I applied through university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at William Blair (Chicago, IL) in Apr 2022
Interview
Go to a state non target school. Networked with a few people in the firm. after a few months, got a first-round. and from there the process went very quickly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Investment banking, and William Blair?
Tell me about a time when you have to work with a team under pressure.
Walk me through levered free cash flow
Paper LBO and qualitative business case study
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at William Blair (New York, NY) in Feb 2026
Interview
30 minute interview session set up through email. Was expecting 1/2 behavioral and 1/2 technical but ended up being completely behavioral. Had the classic TMAY, why William Blair, why Investment Banking, and why [industry group]. Also asked other basic behavioral questions about times you led a group and more.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When is a time that you managed multiple deadlines in order to get something done an dhow did you deal with it?
30 minute interivew virtually. Consisted of 2/3 behavioral and 1/3 technical. It was very conversational and I had a few minutes at the end to ask him questions as well.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at William Blair (Atlanta, GA) in Jan 2026
Interview
One interview split between technicals and behavioral. Asked about valuation methods and the prons and cons of each as well as why William Blair and other standard interview questions. Overall, not to bad of an interview.