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      Research Specialist Interview

      Oct 25, 2024
      Anonymous employee
      Washington, DC
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Kirkland & Ellis (Washington, DC) in Aug 2024

      Interview

      Interviews were fairly straight forward. There was a screener phone interview. Later followed by Zoom interview with the Assistant Director. Then in interviews with people from the department in person.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Basically asked about my background and type of research I did. How I handle requests and deal with requestors.
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      Kirkland & Ellis interviews FAQs

      • Research Specialist applicants have rated the interview process at Kirkland & Ellis 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 67.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Research Specialist roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 1 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 Research Specialist according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  25%

        Group panel interview:  25%

        Background check:  25%

        One on one interview:  25%

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