I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Kirkland & Ellis (South Bend, IN) in Aug 2014
Interview
On campus interview for an associate position. Was actually one of the more enjoyable big law interviews- but likely depends on who's interviewing you. Feel free to say you haven't determined what practice area you want to be in yet, but if you do be prepared to discuss in detail why that area and what you know about it. Good luck!
Easy process, no hard questions, very conversational but not much real substance to the process. Hard to judge how you did based off the interview. Very little even behavioral questions were asked.
The interview was easy, three attorneys, two partners and one associate. Not super formal and did not ask much about specific knowledge of corporate or transactional work. Overall, the interview was easy.
Done through law school. Did not feel rigid. Was conversational. Mostly about connecting and ensuring we had a good relationship. Nothing technical or even remotely technical. Then had a follow up.
Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Kirkland & Ellis with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 42 days to get hired, when considering 30 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Kirkland & Ellis overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Kirkland & Ellis as a Associate according to 30 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 5%
Other: 5%
Skills test: 5%
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