Survey Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Mathematica with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Survey Associate roles take an average of 36 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Mathematica overall takes an average of 52 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Mathematica as a Survey Associate according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 36%
Group panel interview: 29%
One on one interview: 21%
Background check: 7%
Skills test: 7%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Mathematica (Cambridge, MA) in May 2014
Interview
After sending in my application, I was contacted for a phone interview. The phone interview was a simple conversation, just talking about my background and prior experiences, as well as enlightening me about what the survey associate position entailed. Following the phone interview, I was contacted to set up an in-person interview. The in-person interview was very long, starting at 9 AM and ending at 1PM. I met with a lot of different Senior Researchers, where they all asked questions about my background and prior experiences. A few of the employees asked me questions specific to the projects they have/would be working on, but the questions all in all were relatively easy to answer. The interview component was interesting in that I was interviewing some people in-person, and others via online video (since they were in different offices). Following the interview, the HR coordinator called again to let me know that they wanted to talk to my references. After giving them that information, I didn't hear back for another week and a half. I finally reached out and they let me know the position was offered to someone else. Up until that week and a half delay, the process went smoothly and everyone at the company was really responsive.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if a co-worker started yelling at a child in the classroom during the distribution of an academic survey?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Mathematica (Chicago, IL) in Apr 2015
Interview
I applied online and was emailed within two weeks to set up a phone interview. The call was more of a conversation about the reasons why I wanted the job and what the job would entail. In a week I was emailed to set up an in-person interview. This was scheduled for a few weeks later. I met with 7 or 8 different people either over Skype or in person, and each interview lasted a half hour. They took some time to get back to me (over two weeks when they said 1-2 weeks) and I was informed I didn't get the job.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Mathematica (Princeton, NJ) in Mar 2015
Interview
I had an initial telephone interview that was followed by a full-day interview about a month later (this was due to a combination of full schedule on my part and somewhat limited availability of HR on theirs; I got the feeling they'd have preferred to have it sooner). The full-day interview consisted of interviews (some group, some 1:1) with people at various positions (same position, slightly senior, supervisors, etc.). They all asked pretty much the same questions as each other.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Mathematica
Interview
Initially contacted for a phone interview two weeks after applying. Heard back for a follow-up interview after the phone call less than a week later. Very quick turn around in that process. However I waited more than a week for the follow-up after the in office interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I definitely got the "Where do you see yourself in five years?" question most frequently, personally I'm not fond of that question because you can never really know, and it's silly not to say working for the company you're interviewing with.