Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Simpson Thacher as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Associate and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Associate and roles were rated as the easiest.
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Second round interview involves asking very technical questions about M&A processes, governance rights and transaction documents. All questions were hypothetical technical questions - not really about your experience; it's about whether you are familiar with the field you are going into.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain how would you structure a locked box transaction in a greenfield M&A project.
I interviewed at Simpson Thacher (London, England)
Interview
6 rounds of 30min, one after the other and final HR interview. Overall good questions, seniors are more difficult to get through but team was very nice and if you are well prepared you should be able to do well
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why STB/why a specific team/underlying motivations and technical questions on your spe
I interviewed at Simpson Thacher (Los Angeles, CA)
Interview
It was a pretty chill callback interview, pretty standard questions, mostly asked about resume. Very conversational throughout. Friendly people. Seems like they look for strong personality fits for the most part.