I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cornerstone Research (Washington, DC) in Sep 2015
Interview
The first round interview was an one-hour back to back interview. Met with one analyst and one senior analyst. I was asked 2 to 3 behavioral questions with each person, then I was given one case from each interviewer. The cases are related to Finance and statistics. Didn't do well for one of the cases and got notification 2 days later that I didn't hit the second round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about what you did in your most recent internship.
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%
Group panel interview: 6%
Background check: 6%
Drug test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
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