I applied online. I interviewed at King & Spalding (Washington, DC)
Interview
I applied in December and I received an interview in March. I met with 4 Partners and 2 Associates. Each interview was about 30 minutes. Everyone was really nice! I would recommend this firm!
I did a screener and then they flew me to Chicago to do a 3 hour in person callback. The questions were standard but the interviewer didn't pay a lot of attention.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at King & Spalding (Atlanta, GA) in Jan 2024
Interview
30 minute interview with recent hires who spoke to me about what working at the firm would look like. Then, there was an office visit where I sat down with seven attorneys throughout a day and spoke to them about my interests. Then I got offered the job a week later.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at King & Spalding (Atlanta, GA) in Aug 2022
Interview
Four 30-minute interview slots over zoom. Each interview slot was with a different attorney, and I remained in the zoom room while they filtered in and out dependent on their time slot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a little about yourself; why do you want to be in Atlanta? where else are you applying geographically?
Summer Associate applicants have rated the interview process at King & Spalding with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Associate roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at King & Spalding overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at King & Spalding as a Summer Associate according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Group panel interview: 25%
Phone interview: 17%
Background check: 8%
Drug test: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -