Senior associate

The process began with a 30 minute phone call from someone in the local office. Standard questions including a résumé walk through, brief explanation of why I was interested in the position, and then the interviewer spent a few minutes explaining the opening. I was invited in for an office interview within two weeks. The office interview began with breakfast with a handful of associates who all seemed like great people to work with. We discussed the firm culture, and they all had great things to say. I had three, 30-minute interviews with senior executives including one partner. Two of them mostly just dug into my background and wanted to get a very clear view of the things I had done in the past. Very easy people to talk with, and I could tell they just wanted to have a conversation and get me out of interview mode, which I was happy to do. Only one of the three interviewers asked technical questions, like how a DCF works, how I would value a closely held company, etc. He also asked about the last book that I read. After that we had lunch with a few managers, where we had more discussions about the culture and future of the group. Nothing too tough.