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%
Phone interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 20%
Skills test: 11%
Presentation: 6%
Background check: 6%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 1%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Charles River Associates in Oct 2011
Interview
Had a phone interview then a superday. In general, be prepared to discuss anything from your background in depth pertaining to economics. If you have a research project, be prepared to get grilled on it.
For the interview, the questions were a mix of behavioral and random 'consulting' types of questions with a case/situation to test the way you think.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If peanut prices are expected to increase in 7 months, how will that influence the market today?
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.