I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cornerstone Research
Interview
Interesting interview process. Very hard to prepare for but I'll just give my experience. Applied online through my university's career website and received a notification I got a first round interview. First round was on-campus and was mostly a case. These cases are not like management consulting cases, and require some knowledge of economics and regressions, but generally test how you react to new information.The analysts will essentially walk you through the case and ask questions or ask how you would tease out more information from the case. Found out I got a second round about a day later. Second (and final) round, I'd state is almost entirely about fit, although it lasts about 7 hours, I had 6 cases, all in the same time of format as the first one, and also was taken to lunch by the office. Overall it was a very good experience and about a week later I was given an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A bunch of case questions based off of cases that the analysts had worked on in the past, which ranged from securitization to analyzing foreign exchange rates. Other than that, basic behavioral questions.
First round: 2 virtual case interviews, 30-45 min
Second round: In person, 3 case and 1 behavioral
All cases included 5-10 minutes behavioral or 1-2 questions at the end. People were nice, cases were fun and fairly structured.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about evaluating strengths and weaknesses of various modeling techniques
I interviewed at Cornerstone Research (Menlo Park, CA)
Interview
The interview was split between behavioral (20 mins) and a economic case. This is the first round, once you do this you will have more case rounds. The superday is 4 back to back cases (40 mins each) in person.
The interview process was succinct, but it was difficult. Depending on the office, they take only a few candidates, so it is extremely competitive, so bring your A-game; you will need to be near-perfect.
Summer Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Cornerstone Research with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 82% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Analyst roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 150 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 Summer Analyst according to 150 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 52%
Phone interview: 17%
Presentation: 9%
Skills test: 7%
Background check: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 1%
Group panel interview: 1%
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