I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cornerstone Research (Menlo Park, CA) in Feb 2011
Interview
Got the Interview from on campus recruiting. Had no experience with Economic Consulting. Actually, I was very likely the only non-economics major in their final round. Had a total of 6 case interviews for the 2 rounds, 2 for the first round and the other 4 for the second round. All cases are from different industries ranging from security damage to antitrust to IP..... Didn't really prepare in terms of the types of the cases since I was only preparing for strategy/management consulting case interviews previously. However, still somehow managed to get through the interview and was placed in their waiting list, after one week of waiting, was extended an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you use statistics to examine if the airline is manipulating prices.
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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