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Syndicated Research Analyst at Advisory Board
No Offer – Interviewed in Washington, DC – Reviewed May 9, 2013 New
Interview Details – Initially emailed with an HR assistant and had a brief phone interview with her. I was invited to do an in person interview which lasted from 9am-3pm. During this time, I provided a writing sample and spoke with 2 project managers. Each one spent about 30 minutes on a behavioral interview with fairly straightforward questions. There was also a case interview which asked you to explain how you would conduct research to answer a specific question for a company.
Interview Question – The case interview was the most difficult part. I didn't get a lot of feedback from my interviewer, so I never knew if I was really on the right track. Answer Question
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Analyst at Advisory Board
No Offer – Interviewed in Washington, DC Oct 2012 – Reviewed May 14, 2013 New
Interview Details – Advisory Board contacted me a couple weeks after applying for the analyst position with a phone interview opportunity. I was traveling abroad during the interview, so the technical aspect of the interview was challenging. A conference number was provided, but was not working during the time of the call. The phone interview was cancelled twice a few minutes after the scheduled time of call. This seemed highly unprofessional.
Interview Question – Questions were pretty straight forward. Answer Question
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Strategic Research Analyst at Advisory Board
No Offer – Interviewed in Washington, DC – Reviewed May 6, 2013
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Short story: I had a phone interview, but that's as far as it went.
Detailed story: I feel like this was a complete JOKE and I didn't get a fair deal out of this. So they e-mailed for a wanting to do a phone interview. Despite the fact that I tried to be flexible with my time, they didn't schedule it until 2 weeks after my initial email.
I'm thinking by then, they had already chosen a price, and I had become an afterthought. Anyway, the phone interview came. The questions were fairly standard and things others here have mentioned or you have heard in other interviews.
Basically, the only way you can mess up a phone interview is if you sound disinterested, really mess up your answers, or don't ask good questions (again uninterested). IMHO, I thought I did very well, and asked good questions (i.e what are the long term prospects of this position? etc).
I get an e-mail a week and half later saying I was not chosen. I wish I knew what the reason was, but I let it be.
Interview Question – None, standard questions Answer Question
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Strategic Analytics Analyst at Advisory Board
No Offer – Reviewed May 1, 2013
Interview Details – The HR called to ask me some behavioral questions. She was very interested in learning about the education background, what kind of courses you have taken. The HR was friendly but distant.Did not answer my question about "strategic analytics" directly.
Interview Question – The HR even asked about what will be my piece of advice to the grad school? Answer Question
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QA Lead at Advisory Board
No Offer – Interviewed in Austin, TX Oct 2012 – Reviewed Apr 26, 2013
Interview Details – There is an extensive interview process. I made it through the interview with the Hiring Manager - most questions centered around QA Best Practices and were not too technical. The next step was a half day with various peer level interviews from both QA and Development
Interview Question – How do you report back to Development the results of a test that has failed. Answer Question
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Associate at Advisory Board
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Washington, DC Mar 2013 – Reviewed Apr 25, 2013
Interview Details – went through standard phone interview and then came in for a second round of interviews in DC and the next day got called back for a writing exercise and to meet a few more people. The questions were pretty standard interview questions, nothing that you can't prepare for but you should prepare. All friendly and warm people and they were excited about what they do and answering questions that you had about the company.
Interview Question – How do you prioritize situations if you are given more than one thing that is important at once? Answer Question
Reason for Declining – I had another job offer that had a significant increase in salary and benefits but would have gladly accepted a position here.
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Marketing Associate at Advisory Board
No Offer – Reviewed Apr 29, 2013
Interview Details – phone interview was straight forward and basic. questions like walk me through your resume etc.
Interview Question – nothing too difficult, asked to describe a situation in which i was goal oriented Answer Question
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Dedicated Advisor at Advisory Board
No Offer – Interviewed in Austin, TX – Reviewed Apr 24, 2013
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Replied almost immediately to my application. Initially applied for the Washington, DC office, but was flown to Austin, TX instead for their Crimson team. They seem cheap on travel expenses.
One of the things that I find most annoying is that I asked the HR person for feedback in response to their rejection email, along with one of my interviewers. They will not give candidates feedback on ways to improve their interview skills, and I'm giving them a thumbs down for this reason. Otherwise, it seems like a decent company. They really try hard to create a startup "tech" feel to the environment.
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QA Analyst at Advisory Board
No Offer – Reviewed Apr 23, 2013
Interview Details – I applied for a position through employee reference. After few weeks I was contacted by a recruiter for an alternative position they were interviewing for. The recruiter screened me following which I had an interview with the hiring manger and then an on-site interview
Interview Question – Given a feature, How would you test the feature and report on the confidence of the tests performed by you? View Answer
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Business Analyst, at Advisory Board
No Offer – Interviewed in Washington, DC Apr 2013 – Reviewed Apr 22, 2013
Interview Details – I submitted my resume online and was surprised to get a call back a few months later. HR set up a screening time and the first in phone interview was very easy. She was impressed and decided to move me to the final round. I flew to DC for 3 back to back interviews. I was supposed to have a case interview, a client skills interview, and a technical interview. The client skills interview went okay, they were looking for being honest with the client. There was no technical interview, my interviewer was switched at the last second and it was another behavioral interview. The case interview caught me by surprise, because I was expecting a full blown case on solving a client's profits/costs/etc. It was so simple that I over-thought it and didn't get the offer.
Interview Question – What if your project is behind schedule and the clients are not doing the work, what do you tell the CEO? View Answer
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