A few rounds of interviews, met everyone on the team. Questions were a mix of technical and behavioral, focused on investing acumen. Some were a bit random and I had to think on my feet
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Question 1
One example of a question they asked was how I would value a lemonade stand
Multiple rounds - intro coffee followed by follow-up interview with moreteam members. Take home case study and interview on same followed by final round confirmatory interview with senior staff members
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Talk me through your current role and day-to-day and how this can be applied to this role?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at KKR (New York, NY) in May 2024
Interview
This was for an associate position within KKR's Global Institute. Had a 30 minute interview with a member of the HR team. Didn't make it past this but it was unclear what the rest of the process was.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at KKR (New York, NY)
Interview
Series of zooms and in-person meetings at their office in Hudson Yards. Very high-tech, smooth process from the candidate experience lens. One inevitably was looking for someone a bit more junior.
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Describe what you like and don’t like about your current role
Associate applicants have rated the interview process at KKR with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 44% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 70 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at KKR overall takes an average of 35 days.
Common stages of the interview process at KKR as a Associate according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Presentation: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Personality test: 13%
Background check: 13%
Phone interview: 8%
Drug test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
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