Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Charles River Associates with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Analyst roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 122 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Charles River Associates overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Charles River Associates as a Analyst according to 122 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Group panel interview: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
Skills test: 11%
Background check: 6%
Presentation: 6%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 1%
Other: 1%
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The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Charles River Associates (Oakland, CA) in Oct 2011
Interview
First two analysts asked me questions about my resume: explain to me what you did here, what kind of research project did you do, what kind of functions do you know in Stata, etc.
Then they brought me to an associate who began asking me technical questions:
He asked me to find the equilibrium point on a supply and demand graph;
then he asked me a bunch of economics questions:
a labor supply shift;
a change in the elasticity of supply;
finding the deadweight loss;
what does a vertical axis in logarithm mean;
what is a CPI;
if x increases by blah % and prices increase by blah % then how much has the price of x increased;
And there were some others
Overall I thought it was pretty hard by the end, make sure your macro and micro are up to speed.
Two technical interviews, with example real world scenarios. Real world scenarios could be BEC, ransomware, or dead-box forensics. Then, two "personality/vibe" interviews, where they asked about how you handle failure, difficult or new scenarios, and what your work approach is.
There are two rounds of interview for incoming analysts, One with two juniors, fairly quick and not technical. There was also a second interview with 4 rounds, each of which was with a more senior level person
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why I am interested in the practice area I applied for
Smooth. 2 rounds of interview. A lot of questions surrounding research experiences and data processing. Not too many technicals. Many fit questions as well. Generally not difficult and got back to me pretty fast.