I applied through university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Kroll (Los Angeles, CA) in Apr 2014
Interview
Recruiter came to my school. Talked to him, sent my resume over to him. Within in two weeks they contacted me, saying they wanted to setup a phone interview with me. After two weeks of them postponing the initial interview it finally happened. They even contacted at like 10 on a Saturday night to postpone. The VP was very casual in his style interview. Nothing really crazy, but I prepared for all the complicated stuff and the simple accounting questions ended up doing me in.
1. If you have negative net income can you still be CF positive?
2. How do you go about valuing a company?
3. Tell me about yourself.
4. Ability/willingness to work long hours.
5. Have you used Capital IQ
Not in that order.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If your working capital ratio is 15%, while the rest of your competitors is around 12%. What can you do to lower your working capital?
I applied online. I interviewed at Kroll (Los Angeles, CA) in Mar 2017
Interview
After applying online I received a phone call inviting me to come in for a 30-minute in-person interview. I met with the manager and was asked the basic routine questions.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Kroll (Chicago, IL) in Apr 2014
Interview
Family connection with a Managing Director; sent them a resume in late January, heard back in late February, finally got lunch (with the MD and a Director) in late March, interviewed in late April. 30 min with a VP, 30 min with a VP, 30 min with a Director (but he left after 15 min to get a flight). They didn't volunteer me a 'yes' or a 'no' regarding an offer; after 2.5 weeks I e-mailed HR and got the boiler plate 'no offer' e-mail. HR has yet to reimburse the expense of getting to the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The second VP asked me to divide 3,500,000 by 10,000 mentally, on the spot.