Associate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Charles River Associates with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 46% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Consultant roles take an average of 56 days to get hired, when considering 13 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 Associate Consultant according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 18%
One on one interview: 15%
Presentation: 15%
Skills test: 13%
Background check: 10%
Group panel interview: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Drug test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 3%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Charles River Associates (Oakland, CA) in Nov 2017
Interview
I had a phone interview with Charles River Associates. It was a job as an economic consultant in their Oakland office. The interview lasted about an hour. It was relatively straight forward. No behavioral questions.
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I spoke with an economist who mostly walked me through my resume and asked me about my research experience. He asked detailed questions about the statistical methodology and data I utilized on previous projects in grad school.
one hour included 30 min fit interview and 30 min case study. Questions: a) describe a research study you've done; b) which monopoly cases do you find interesting c) how do you estimate monopoly/oligipoly econometrically
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how do you estimate monopoly/oligipoly econometrically
Had the first round interview.. just behavioral getting to know you but the interviewers seemed very disinterested and tired. it seemed like they already had someone in mind but were doing this out of a task.
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Tell us about your experiences and how they align with CRA job role
The interviews ran back to back. 2 case interviews followed by a bebavioural interview with a partner. The 2 cases included guestimation questions. One is life science, the other is not.
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A time you worked in a team Why consulting Why CRA