I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at William Blair (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2012
Interview
1. OCR: spoke with one of the MDs on campus. 10 or so people were chosen for super day.
2. Super day: had an interview with eight different people (associate ~ partner) for 30 minutes each. The ambiance wasn't intense. In the middle, I had a lunch with two analysts.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical personal/fit questions: walk through resume, why this school, why banking, etc. + couple of brain teasers
A mix of Behav and technicals, pretty easy, and luckily got a nice interviewer. Can tell they’ve got goood culture. Chicago office, waiting for the next step of the process
I interviewed at William Blair (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Phone call Screening and then a 1st round and finally 4 30 minute interviews for the superday. It was challenging but not the hardest of interviews to be completely honest.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at William Blair (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2025
Interview
First round and super day. Spoke to an analyst over zoom. Pretty basic questions mainly behavioral and then a followed by straightforward and standard technicals. Focus was mainly on valuation and LBO mechanics.