Interviews for the analyst role occur over two rounds. The first round is two case interviews, the second round has more case interviews and a behavioral interview. These are not management consulting cases, and instead are focused on placing the candidate in specific challenges we faced when working through an economic consulting case. As a result the cases tend to be more guided with multiple questions and answers throughout rather than just an initial set up.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to lead a team. How did you handle any challenges that arose, and how did you learn from the situation?
There were two separate rounds of interviews. The second of which included several scenarios based on past cases where they asked how you would approach the situations. It seemed like they were mostly looking to get a sense of your thought process.
Two 45-minute interviews. First 25 minutes are about job market paper and the rest is case interview. There are two sample cases on the website and the cases in the interviews are similar.
Research Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Cornerstone Research with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Associate roles take an average of 3 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 Associate according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
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