I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cornerstone Research (Santa Barbara, CA) in May 2016
Interview
attended on-campus career fair and after a few days I got the phone interview; first 30 mins behavioral questions, then two 30-min case study; it was conducted by 3 different people. I think it was one HR and two senior analyst
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
questions about resume; leadership experience; what programming language do you use.
The process began with an email notification asking graduates to schedule their interviews on a given week; the case studies consisted of two half hour technical economic case studies with a junior, then senior, level analyst, accompanied with behavioral questions. For the case studies, the first was easy, the second was quite difficult.
I interviewed at Cornerstone Research (Boston, MA)
Interview
very smoothly planned and the timeline from applying to final round was around two weeks so pretty fast. first round was a lot easier than final round, but that can also just be attributed to the difference in interview duration.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
why cornerstone/why econ consulting. specific experiences from resume
I interviewed at Cornerstone Research (Washington, DC)
Interview
The first round will be two back-to-back 30-minute interviews with analyst/associate (usually juniors who joined the company 2-3 years ago). 5 min behavioral + 20 min case + Q&A. Got asked some pretty technical econometrics questions.
Cornerstone Research interviews FAQs
Research Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Cornerstone Research with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Analyst roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 35 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cornerstone Research overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cornerstone Research as a Research Analyst according to 35 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 37%
Phone interview: 20%
Skills test: 10%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Drug test: 4%
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