I interviewed at Kirkland & Ellis (Chicago, IL) in Jul 2014
Interview
I initially received a call and an email from an HR contact asking that I call her for the initial screening. At the end, she invited me to come into the office for a full interview, and notified me of the proofreading task. You have to get an 80% on it (allowed two attempts) in order to continue to the next part of the interview. I don't think you really need to study for the proofreading portion. I just reviewed grammar rules the day before and passed on the test on the first try. The second portion was of the interview consisted of talking to the HR contact, an analyst, and the manager of the conflicts department separately. The interview was pretty standard. Not too difficult. Just talked about skills and things on my resume. The two conflicts people were very casual, whereas the HR person was more formal.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Kirkland & Ellis (Chicago, IL) in May 2019
Interview
3 rounds of interviews, meeting with 2 people each round. The first round was with my would-be direct report and a colleague in the department and the second round was with 2 others in the same department but I would not report to them. Last round was with the associate director. Questions and discussions got broader as the rounds went on. Talked mostly about my direct experience in the first round.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Kirkland & Ellis (Chicago, IL)
Interview
I was contacted by phone a couple of weeks after applying, did a 20 minute phone screen, and then came in a week later for the in-person interview. I first had to do a proofreading test; I would guess that if you have strong enough skills to be called in for an interview, you will be able to pass the test. I had to wait a little bit to meet with the HR Rep, then a couple of team members and the manager (met with each separately, never multiple people at once). It felt a lot more like they were telling me about the position rather than interviewing me. I received an automated rejection email about a week later.. and then another one for some reason a week after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What pay range are you expecting? What pay did you receive in prior positions?
Conflicts Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Kirkland & Ellis with 2.8 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 67.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Conflicts Analyst roles take an average of 40 days to get hired, when considering 4 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 Conflicts Analyst according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 23%
One on one interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 15%
Presentation: 15%
Skills test: 15%
Drug test: 8%
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