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Updated May 21, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Consulting Associate at Cambridge Associates, LLC
Posted May 21, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 in Boston, MA (took 4+ weeks)
1st round phone interview.
2nd round on-site interview with 4 different people.
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None.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Consulting Associate at Cambridge Associates, LLC
Posted Feb 2, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Boston, MA (took 2 months)
First step was a generic phone interview, i.e. favorite class in college, where do you see yourself in 5 years, why CA, etc. Next round is 1:1 with a current Consulting Associate and it has a similar course as the phone interview, but is more to see how you interact with people, and then there was a simple case study about choosing investment managers for a client. Final round is a series of interviews with each interviewer covering a specific portion of you background (College, work experience, interest in investments, what type of person/worker you are, case study (mine was about hedge funds)) given by current Consulting Associates, HR manager, and Consulting manager.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Consulting Associate at Cambridge Associates, LLC
Posted Nov 18, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 weeks)
No competence questions. I was asked about my previous job experience and why want to switch to investment consulting. Then I was asked to describe my portfolio: where would I invest and why, for how long, etc etc. They clearly expected very detailed answer of the firms, sectors, market dynamic, aims.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Consulting Associate at Cambridge Associates, LLC
Posted Aug 8, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in City of London, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)
20 minute phone interview with a few general questions such as: Why did you do that degree, what do you expect to do at CA. After that a quick case study about how to invest a 100 mio. fortune. Very friendly and relaxed atmosphere.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Consulting Associate at Cambridge Associates, LLC
Posted May 19, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 (took 2 days)
The first portion is a phone interview with basic questions like: what were your favorite 3 classes in college? Tell me about yourself? and then you explain your resume. They also ask questions like how did you hear about Cambridge? Tell me about someone who was difficult to work with? What are your strengths and weaknesses?
The second portion is a 3 hour long interview where you interview with 2 consulting associates, one office manager, and 2 consultants. The time length is designed to wear you down so you become more honest. The first 3 people ask very similiar questions and ask you to classify your excel knowledge (do you know vlookups, vbas, sumproducts, etc), interest in investments, etc. The 4th section is a case study asking about sharpe ratios, efficient region, etc. It proposes 4 portfolios and asks you to pick the best one based on the data.
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There is no negotiation, anyone who applies gets a hard offer of $47,000 plus an up to 5% bonus (subject to a 35% tax) in December.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Consulting Associate at Cambridge Associates, LLC
Posted Apr 27, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Menlo Park, CA (took 2 weeks)
Not a great process. I know some good people there, but their process really looked down on my background because it was not in the "hard sciences" or math.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Consulting Associate at Cambridge Associates, LLC
Posted Feb 2, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in Washington, DC (took 1+ week)
Very straight forward - cycle through several of employees then a case study with very basic investments
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Consulting Associate at Cambridge Associates, LLC
Posted Dec 19, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in Cambridge, MA (took 3 weeks)
It was a laid back culture, everyone was really friendly and really young. Most of the employers were from Northeastern schools, NESCA and Ivies. Overall the interview was not hard at all and everyone was really nice.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Consulting Associate at Cambridge Associates, LLC
Posted Nov 22, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in Boston, MA (took a day)
Had my first round of interviews with Cambridge Associates for their Consulting Associates position. It was mostly behavior questions like tell me about a time where you used teamwork. They also gave me a chart which was risk/reward chart based on different portfolio managers. They told me to describe it and talk about the Share Ratio. Besides that, it was a fairly straightforward interview, no tough questions.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Consulting Associate at Cambridge Associates, LLC
Posted Jun 23, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Dallas, TX (took 3 weeks)
Sent cover letter and resume to recruiter. Heard back and arranged for a phone interview.
Phone Interview: Standard questions covering resume, background, and how picked university, etc. Heard back and invited to Branch for the final interview.
At branch: 3 hours interview process. Mostly one-on-one and had a short case to analyze (20 mins). Basically risk-return graphs and to see if you understand basic finance/investments. Interviews briefed over resume, but were mostly looking for a "fit"with local branch. All in all, be sure you can explain that you are proficient with with excel (vlookup, vba, etc), that you can handle the work-load, and you are a good fit with the rest of the branch.
Heard back within 2 weeks via email, about rejection. Also, firm does not reimburse for gas, provide lunch, etc.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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