challenging beyond initial phone screen - for research this is both qual and quant, and some interviewers can be picky about details for quant research skills. Choice of qual research methods is important, along with reasons why. Overall, they take methodology seriously
There was an initial call with recruiter, followed by call with someone on the team. The 1st call went well and I appreciated the context into how the department was perceived and the work visible to CEOs. The next interview was a case study which was centered around an example business problem and how I would approach a plan to address areas of understanding.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case study presenting a scenario and how you would approach it through research and partnership. To be respectful to the company, I won't go into the exact question. I may have signed a NDA, as well.
The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Robinhood (Menlo Park, CA) in Jun 2020
Interview
Recruiter was fantastic, friendly, personable. First interview was fairly technical. On-site was awful. Four hours, and two of the four interviewed were very rude. I didn’t think they were paying any attention during my presentation, no questions or engagement. Overall very negative experience.
Researcher applicants have rated the interview process at Robinhood with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Researcher roles take an average of 50 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Robinhood overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Robinhood as a Researcher according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 20%
Presentation: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
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