Research Associate applicants have rated the interview process at GLG with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 52% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Associate roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 47 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at GLG overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at GLG as a Research Associate according to 47 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 11%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 6%
Drug test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Group panel interview: 4%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 2%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at GLG (London, England) in Feb 2017
Interview
I submitted my CV online with no cover letter and two days later I received an e-mail to arrange a telephone interview.
During the telephone interview, a lady explained to me what the company does, she also asked me some questions about my educational background and I had to tell her about a challenging situation I had experienced working in a team.
I was invited to attend an interview at their London office. Firstly, I spoke with a lady who had been working for the company in India for several years, she was rude, unfriendly and gave me a very unprofessional image of the company. She also made it very clear that I would not be dealing with clients and that the job consisted in cold-calling 'experts' to persuade them to do consulting for the company. The second interview involved a role play - I had to convince an 'expert' to join the company. During the third interview I had to do a very simple case study (supply chain). I had to think of 'experts' that would be involved at every stage of the chain that I could contact.
It is not a call centre, you are a 'researcher' because you need to find on Google and Linkedin who you are going to cold-call.
In my opinion, the only good thing about the position is the salary: 27k + bonus.
Very unprofessional company and team, I would personally never reapply or work with that company in capacity both as an applicant or client. I have nothing more to say regarding the experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about yourself - what attracts you to the role
I get the interview through agent.First they will give you a laptop write essay. Then interviewer will come to ask you question. Not very technical one , but need think carefully and answer.
I applied online. I interviewed at GLG (New Delhi) in Sep 2020
Interview
They mostly asked questions about you and your educational background and why I had a gap year. They also asked me to tell them about what I knew about the company.