Associate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Urban Science with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Consultant roles take an average of 2 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Urban Science overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Urban Science as a Associate Consultant according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
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Interviewed first by a person who I was the replacement for and then by a couple more managers upto the MD as a final interview, hr also participated in the middle
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Question 1
No tricky questions that I recall, just a normal interview
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Urban Science
Interview
I applied online and later received a call about setting up a phone screening. The phone screening took over an hour and it felt more like an interrogation than a conversation. Basically, they're looking for a very specific person with a specific background and skills and they will badger you to answer according to what they want to hear. When asked a question, they wanted an immediate answer, which made it very difficult to gather my thoughts and provide a well-constructed answer. The whole time it felt like they were mostly focusing on my negatives and bringing it up repeatedly rather than actually seeing my skills and how they compared to the job description.
Needless to say, it was a very frustrating process and truly felt like they were wasting my time. If from my resume you were able to tell that I may not be qualified, then why did you call me to keep badgering me about things I already stated I hadn't done? It was a flop on their side.
Anyhow, from reading the employee reviews from this company I wouldn't have proceeded to the next step regardless. I wouldn't want to work for a company that most of their employees describe as a "toxic" environment. Thanks but no thanks.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Urban Science (Detroit, MI) in Nov 2009
Interview
Gave questions pertaining to the position: Tested SQL knowledge asking about common commands, asked for desired salary on the first interview, asked desired position from four choices (database manager, database analyzer, developer, consultant). Very nice and pleasant interview experience. Didn't need too much background knowledge of the company (although the job description was vague to begin with). Following steps is a phone call requesting an on-site interview (in this case at their Detroit, MI location) or notifying of not being accepted to the next round.