What are the TEN THINGS I should know about giving a deposition in my personal injury case? 1. A deposition is a question and answer session. It is not a conversation. The pattern of the deposition should be: QUESTION . . . PAUSE . . . ANSWER . . . QUESTION . . . PAUSE . . . ANSWER . . . It should feel kind of disjointed. If the deposition starts feeling like a comfortable conversation with an old friend, you’re doing something wrong. It should not roll along effo