Multiple steps, friendly people mostly behavioral based, few technical questions with senior analysts you interview for. More so looking for culture fit which is important to them. You get a good feel for the people and culture through the process.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at William Blair (Chicago, IL)
Interview
Long - many layers. I interviewed with a total of 5 different teams and multiple times within two teams. I did two separate projects for each team and eventually got the offer for the team I wanted to get on. It is a long process
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What skills do you have? Do you know how to model? How interested are you in this sector? What have you done?
Research Associate applicants have rated the interview process at William Blair with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Associate roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at William Blair overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at William Blair as a Research Associate according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
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