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Research Analyst at Cornerstone Research
Posted Feb 5, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in New York, NY (took a day)
Focused on a single consulting case. Real world application of legal research question.
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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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Summer Analyst at Cornerstone Research
Posted Jan 31, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in New York, NY (took 1 week)
I applied through my university and was contacted less than a week later for an interview the following week. The interview was a short, 30-minute one. It was 1:1, and he began by asking me about things on my resume (past work experience). Then he gave me the case, which was a lot more finance-oriented than I was expecting. I think prior knowledge of finance would have helped tremendously. My interviewer also kept on pushing me by saying, "And...?" after I had laid out my structure and my answers, which got me easily flustered since I didn't have anything more to say. I was notified a week later about the result of my interview.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Research Associate at Cornerstone Research
Posted Jan 27, 2012
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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 Oct 2011 (took a day)
The interview consisted of two 30-minute interviews. Each interviewer first asked some general questions, and then gave me one specific case. One case is on litigation, the other case is about valuation of a PE firm.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Analyst at Cornerstone Research
Posted Dec 10, 2011
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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 Sep 2011 (took 2 days)
first interview was 2 back to back case interviews.
2nd round was a single case, but required greater detail
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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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Research Analyst at Cornerstone Research
Posted Dec 5, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Washington, DC (took 4 weeks)
First I was given two back to back 30 minute phone interview. Each interview consisted of 10 minutes of behavioral, 15 minutes of case, and 5 minutes of questions. The second interview was more conversational than the first. The cases in this round were pretty easy.
I was invited for a final round where I spent the day attending about six 1-on-1 interviews and a lunch. Almost all of the interviews had both a case and behavioral component. The last interview was just a conversation with a partner. For the cases, I would recommend refreshing your knowledge in econometrics (linear regressions), cost damage calculations, and supply and demand.
The people there are very nice and low-key. The tough part is staying sharp for all of the case interviews.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Research Analyst at Cornerstone Research
Posted Nov 10, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 2 days)
I had 30 min with one researcher and another 30 min with other researcher.
The process of the interview were the same. They asked general resume questions for 15 mins. And then, it was case study for 15 mins. Then, Q&A section.
The case was about antitrust/morphology/pattern violation.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Analyst at Cornerstone Research
Posted Nov 8, 2011
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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 Oct 2011 (took a day)
3 back-to-back interviews, 30 minutes a piece. Each interviewer focused on separate aspects of my resume (leadership background, research background, general/personal background) and asked relevant behavioral questions. After the behavioral questions, each interviewer gave me a case. After that, there was time for me to ask questions.
The case questions involved risk analysis, assessing losses calculations, and determining company valuation.
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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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Analyst at Cornerstone Research
Posted Nov 1, 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 Oct 2011 (took 2 weeks)
3 interviews with analyst, senior analyst, and then the next level up. all very nice, all gave me a case question based on what they are currently working on. cases weren't hard, but i could have been more confident
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Analyst at Cornerstone Research
Posted Oct 13, 2011
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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 Oct 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 1 week)
I got the interview through a Career Center listing for the company. They were interviewing a lot of people for the first round: 2 full days of on-campus interviews and 1 full day of in-office interviews. I don't know how they determined who they wanted to invite on-campus or in-office, but I was emailed about a week after the deadline and asked to come to the office. I wasn't reimbursed, but I figured going through the interview and maybe getting a job would be more worth it than deciding not to spend some money on travel.
The interview consisted of two 1:1 interviews. Each interview had some resume questions (just making sure you know what you've done and see where your interests really lie), but the biggest portion of each interview was the case. They were portions of actual cases they were working on or had completed. More like management consulting cases than economic consulting. Know what area you're interviewing for and brush up on your economics and business skills.
The interviewers were really friendly, and the San Francisco office is really nice. From what I have heard about it, Cornerstone is a really awesome place to work, and the people there are very happy.
A week after the interview, I got an email saying that I was not given an offer and that it was a difficult choice for them because of my strong qualifications (typical rejection letter wording). Anyways, it was still a good experience speaking with them and seeing the office. Maybe it'll be a potential place to work in the future(?)
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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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Analyst at Cornerstone Research
Posted Oct 6, 2011
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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 Oct 2011 (took 1 week)
First round was a 30-minute interview. Consisted of some background/resume questions and a case. The case was not particularly quantitive, but involved a lot financial brainstorming.
Second round was two 40-minute interviews. These followed the same basic structure as the first round but were more quantitative. Was asked questions about asset valuation and the assessment of damages.
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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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