I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Charles River Associates (Boston, MA) in Oct 2021
Interview
They made accommodations to interview me early so I could consider a potential offer before my offer deadline with another firm. The analysts and managers I spoke with were friendly and easy to converse with. The case study questions were challenging.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The technical components of the interview involved formatting and citing a word document and analyzing an excel dataset to clean it.
Two technical interviews, with example real world scenarios. Real world scenarios could be BEC, ransomware, or dead-box forensics. Then, two "personality/vibe" interviews, where they asked about how you handle failure, difficult or new scenarios, and what your work approach is.
There are two rounds of interview for incoming analysts, One with two juniors, fairly quick and not technical. There was also a second interview with 4 rounds, each of which was with a more senior level person
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why I am interested in the practice area I applied for
Smooth. 2 rounds of interview. A lot of questions surrounding research experiences and data processing. Not too many technicals. Many fit questions as well. Generally not difficult and got back to me pretty fast.
