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Acumen Interview Questions & Reviews in San Francisco, CA Area
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Quantitative Research Analyst-Statistical Programmer at Acumen
No Offer – Interviewed in Burlingame, CA May 2013 – Reviewed May 23, 2013
Interview Details – Submit resume online and given a coding test about texas poker two weeks later. After one week submitting the program, was contacted by HR for a telephone interview. One week more, was invited to have an on-site interview however only reimburse 250 dollars for the travel, which is not even enough for air-ticket only. Arrange the interview in early June. Let's wait and see.
Interview Question – Telephone interview goes deeply into resume. Get prepared for the most recent professional experience you listed on it. Answer Question
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Research Analyst at Acumen
No Offer – Interviewed in Burlingame, CA Jan 2013 – Reviewed May 15, 2013
Interview Details – Initially, I sent in a resume and cover letter and was contacted three weeks later with a "writing test"-- they went me some Medicare data and had me answer a few questions about it (this was actually very time consuming). After I sent this in, about a week later I was contacted for a phone interview. I interviewed with someone who had a PhD in Epidemiology; he was very friendly and the interview was pretty standard, asked about my interests and experience (definitely prepare to answer in-depth questions about your research experience including technical details, I wasn't that prepared for this). A few days later they emailed me and set up an in-person interview. The in-person interview was a 4-hour process including an IQ/basic statistics test (1 hour), and 4 one-on-one interviews with different analysts. The in-person interview questions were pretty standard and a little repetitive. I was a little nervous but thought the interview went well overall; but I was emailed about a week later and was not offered a position. The office in Burlingame was a bit unprofessional, but I actually appreciated this because the environment is casual but they get a lot of good work done.
Interview Question – The phone interview went into detail about my technical research experience. In the in-person interview, be prepared to answer questions about the writing/data exercise you did for them. Answer Question
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Quantitative Research Analyst at Acumen
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Burlingame, CA Feb 2013 – Reviewed Apr 2, 2013
Interview Details – I was contacted by the HR person 3 weeks after I submitted application online. Phone interviewed by one person, and was invited to an onsite interview 1 week after. 4 1 on 1 interview with mostly project leads, and lunch with the interview from phone screen. People there are pretty nice. I was contacted a week later for an offer.
Interview Question – Nothing too unexpected. Just go through my resume and experience. But it depends, someone might face case interviews. Answer Question
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Software Programmer at Acumen
No Offer – Interviewed in San Francisco, CA Jan 2013 – Reviewed Jan 9, 2013
Interview Details – As others mentioned already, it's too unprofessional environment.Got a mail from HR to schedule the phone interview.It was fully technical, with basic OOPS concept questions, design question, database questions, previous projects etc.Managed to answer everything.Got a call for an on-site interview. It went for nearly 3 hours, where I screwed up with a design question.
Interview Question – Nothing Unexpected. View Answer
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Quantitative Research Analyst-Statistical Programmer at Acumen
No Offer – Interviewed in Burlingame, CA – Reviewed Nov 25, 2012
Interview Details – I saw their posting on the school career center website and got an e-mail to request the interview at their office. Their office is located somewhere near the SFO airport. Anyway, signed up for the interview and had a quantitative exam and three interviews on a single day. First interview was with two interviewers and one interviewer for second and third ones. They all asked similar questions--experience with projects, statistical concepts, why did you choose Acumen, knowledge in their business fields.
Interview Question – well all questions were all right. View Answer
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Quantitative Research Analyst at Acumen
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Burlingame, CA Aug 2012 – Reviewed Oct 30, 2012
Interview Details – Initial impression of the office was shock at how unprofessional the interview sessions were. One of the interviewers casually dropped the F bomb 5 minutes into the interview. I'm all for a causal work environment, but this is NOT the first impression you want to make during talent recruiting
Interview Question – How to approach a simple epidemiology question Answer Question
Negotiation Details – There's little room for negotiation, knowing that there are people lining up to take their offers
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Quantitative Research Analyst-Statistical Programmer at Acumen
No Offer – Interviewed in Burlingame, CA – Reviewed Oct 17, 2012
Interview Details – Their processing time is rather slow. The initial contact for a phone interview took a couple weeks, but after that, the following interviews were conducted within the span of a month. Offer responses were made within two weeks after the final round of interviews that consisted of an aptitude test and speaking with four other employees at the company.
Interview Question – Specific questions on statistical models Answer Question
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Quantitative Research Analyst-Statistical Programmer at Acumen
No Offer – Interviewed in Burlingame, CA Oct 2012 – Reviewed Oct 12, 2012
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first round phone interview, current analyst not from HR, walk though the resume, background, programming experience, pervious intern, projects
then typical follow up Q&A, make sure check the websites of the company and get more background information
second round on-site interview, not sure about this, nothing comes to me yet
Interview Question –
was asked what I knew about the company,
did you check the company website, what kind of projects the company do
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Quantitative Research Analyst-Statistical Programmer at Acumen
No Offer – Interviewed in Burlingame, CA Jul 2012 – Reviewed Aug 12, 2012
Interview Details – I applied online and got a phone interview after 2 weeks. The interview is mostly about my resume and experience, no technical questions. I am given a on-site interview after 1 month. The interview starts with a very easy math and logic test. I am then given a few one on one interview. Most of the people are recent graduate and has just worked there for 1 year.
Interview Question – I was not asked any difficult questions. Most of the questions are about why I want to work here, which projects will I be interested. however, the last interviewer told me that this isn't such as much statistical modeling as I thought in the job, and this might not suit me. Answer Question
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Quantitative Research Analyst-Statistical Programmer at Acumen
No Offer – Interviewed in Burlingame, CA May 2012 – Reviewed Jun 4, 2012
Interview Details –
Submitted an application online as was contacted within 1 week to schedule phone interview. Phone interview was easy. The interviewers are not part of human resources, did not ask typical behavior based questions. For example, was asked to elaborate on my experience in a math course I was enrolled in. Additional questions include, what is the most difficulty project you have been involved in and why.
The onsite interview consisted of a 1 hour lunch meeting with two analyst, paid by Acumen.
The logic test should not be a problem for any individual who has taken a logic course/ math reasoning.
There is a total of 4 interviews, 30 minutes in length. The 1st interview the most difficult, meet with a senior analyst and was given a case interview. The remaining 3 interviews were relatively easy. When asked a question, provide as many details as possible. Once again, interviewers are analyst not from HR. The interviewers spent a fair amount of the time discussing their projects, so the 30 minute interview can quickly shrink to 15 minutes of actual interviewing. It is vital you use that limited time to sell your abilities to the company.
Interview Questions
- Tell me about your research experience. What skills you learned and how they can be applied to this position. Answer Question
- Why do you want to work at Acumen? Answer Question
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