Business Analyst
Status
1st Year Analyst at
Group/Division/Type
City
New York
Interviewed
October 2012
Overall experience
Difficulty
General Interview Information
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Interview Details
What did the interview consist of?
1 on 1 Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Please describe the interview / hiring process.
Straight forward application process: submit resume, cover letter, and transcript through OCR and through website.
Did not go to any information sessions / did not have any prior contacts at the firm. High GPA (3.8+) was #1 similarity between fellow interviewees from my campus.
Received interview invite ~2 weeks after application deadline.
First round interview consisted of 2 cases and the PST.
Interviews: Both interviews started with one behavioral question (ie: hardest decision made, best example of leadership) and then proceeded to the case.
Case portion was very straight forward as the interviewer directed the case by asking questions and then waiting until you hit the 'correct' response. Last 5-10 minutes involved asking the interview questions.
PST: Difficult. Many questions with ambiguous answers in a limited time (60 minutes). Perhaps 60% of the questions I wasn't completely sure if I picked the correct answer.
Did not go to any information sessions / did not have any prior contacts at the firm. High GPA (3.8+) was #1 similarity between fellow interviewees from my campus.
Received interview invite ~2 weeks after application deadline.
First round interview consisted of 2 cases and the PST.
Interviews: Both interviews started with one behavioral question (ie: hardest decision made, best example of leadership) and then proceeded to the case.
Case portion was very straight forward as the interviewer directed the case by asking questions and then waiting until you hit the 'correct' response. Last 5-10 minutes involved asking the interview questions.
PST: Difficult. Many questions with ambiguous answers in a limited time (60 minutes). Perhaps 60% of the questions I wasn't completely sure if I picked the correct answer.
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