I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Mathematica (Washington, DC) in Feb 2020
Interview
Did initial phone screen for about an hour, next spoke with HR about salary and possible job location, finally was brought in for a 5 hour interview with multiple people. Interview process was straight forward. The questions weren't you typical boring interview questions. Asked a lot about your interest and potential projects you would like to work on. The in-person interview was a little unnecessary in my opinion, especially since everyone was via video and no one was there in person. They offered me the job but salary was too low and benefits weren't that great.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are your interest or topics that interest you?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Mathematica (Boston, MA) in Apr 2019
Interview
I applied in late March and received an inquiry to schedule a phone screen a week after. The phone screen was held shortly after. I was invited for an in-person interview, which did not take place until about 4 weeks later (early May). The interview was all day the office, meeting two people (in person and via video) for 5 hours- they provide you lunch! They did a reference check and an offer was extended two weeks later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if you have two projects with the same deadline and one won't be able to be completed?
Policy Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Mathematica with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Policy Analyst roles take an average of 105 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Mathematica overall takes an average of 52 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Mathematica as a Policy Analyst according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
Presentation: 17%
Other: 17%
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