I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cornerstone Research (Menlo Park, CA) in Apr 2011
Interview
I was called 2 days after submitting my application. First round interview consisted of 3 30 minute interviews each with an Analyst. The case studies were first, antitrust issues of fictional Coal Industry. Second valuation of an announcement that hurt a company stock. And third, sub-prime mortgages and bank risk. 2 business days later I was called to be flown to the office. That consisted of 5 30 minute interviews with case studies ranging from real estate pricing to hedge fund management and pharmaceutical effectiveness suit. All interviewers were very nice and I felt welcome. Because I had a time sensitive offer, I was called a few days after and told I did not get the position. This was after they hired most analysts and were looking for additional ones to fill out the team.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
How would you show that two out of five companies that make up 90% market share would not cause antitrust issues?
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%
Drug test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
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