I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Kirkland & Ellis (Chicago, IL) in May 2019
Interview
Three step process:
1. Phone Interview
2. Two 30 min interviews. One with the Financial Analysis Manager, the other with the Director of Financial Analysis
3. 5 short interviews with various members of the team (totaling 1.5 hours)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions were not difficult if you are able to speak on the job functions and can relate to the job/industry. Things like "describe your background" and questions like that came up. It is necessary to have strong technical background (excel, sql)
Prescreen HR call, then (1hr) two person panel interview , then an excel test, then another call with HR, then a three person panel (2 hr) interview. Whole process took five weeks in total. I thought everything was going great, then I was ghosted. VERY frustrating.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Every kind of Tell me about a time question you can think of. Lots of jobs specific technical questions.
Senior Financial Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Kirkland & Ellis with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Financial Analyst roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Senior Financial Analyst according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 29%
Group panel interview: 14%
Drug test: 14%
Skills test: 14%
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