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%
Personality test: 9%
Group panel interview: 9%
Presentation: 5%
Skills test: 5%
Other: 5%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Kirkland & Ellis (New York, NY) in Sep 2022
Interview
Lateral Interview. First round remote with three partners. Second round was in person with four partners. Standard interview questions to evaluate quality of previous experience and goals. Beautiful offices and provided fruit, cheese, coffee, and water in interview room.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you have experience working on multiple matter simultaneously?
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.