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Summer Analyst at Cornerstone Research
Posted Jul 23, 2010
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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 Jan 2010 in Boston, MA (took a day)
Very secretive interview process. All other consulting firms said before the interview that they were going to do a case study, but Cornerstone didn't say a word--its as if they didn't want us to prepare. Basically no communication before the interview.
There was a case study, regression questions were asked, it went pretty bad for me.
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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 Apr 22, 2010
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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 Apr 2010 in Washington, DC (took 1 week)
Initial communication with the company was very professional although the recruiter misplaced my email so I had to email her again to follow-up and schedule for another interview.
The interview was with 2 analysts (45 mins each) For each interview, it consisted of behavioral interview for about 25 mins and a case interview for the next 20 minutes. The analyst will help you through the brainstorming process of the case interview.
My advice would be to be prepared for the case interview. Have a calculator, pen, and paper handy even when the interview is done on the phone.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Summer Analyst at Cornerstone Research
Posted Mar 3, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 in Boston, MA (took 2 days)
The first round is a case-interview while the office visit consisted of 5 back-to-back 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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Summer Consultant at Cornerstone Research
Posted Feb 18, 2010
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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 Feb 2010 in Boston, MA (took a day)
The interviewer was extremely pleasant. We spoke briefly about some of my previous experiences before moving onto the case study. Case study was difficult, involving auction-rate bonds and the culpability financial advisors have when they provide poor recommendations. Basically, a client wanted to raise money through debt but instead of issuing at a fixed rate, the financial advisor recommended at this so-called auction-rate. Shortly after the client issued these bonds, the economy tanked leading to high interest rates in fear that the client will default on payments. I was also asked to assess the economic value the financial advisor faced.
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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 Jan 18, 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 Oct 2009 in Los Angeles, CA (took a day)
Interviewed 1:1 by two associates.30 min each. Each interview starts out with general q's: Why do you want to work for Cornerstone, etc. This is followed by a case study. The case study is based on an actual project on which the interviewer worked. The interviewer walks you through the case, e.g. You have the following sales data for Company X. It is suing its manufacturer, Company Y, over lost sales bc of defective parts it received from Company Y. How do you determine whether the decline in sales is related to Company Y's defunct parts?
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Consultant at Cornerstone Research
Posted Jan 15, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 in Boston, MA (took a day)
After a telephone call, an interview was scheduled. There were two 1:1 interviews, each approx. 45 minutes. The first one included two part. First I was to talk about myself and ask a few questions about the company, and then the interviewer offered me a stylized "case" to discuss, or, rather an econometric problem. I was supposed to offer the critique of the opponent approach and give my own suggestions.
The second interview included my talk about myself and then a rather long session when I asked questions about the company.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Associate at Cornerstone Research
Posted Jan 8, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2008 (took 4+ weeks)
It involved the interviewer describing a case, and asking what one should look at. the interviewer gave helpful hints. the case was usually a litigation case. for e.g. company A acquired company B, but withheld some important piece of information. after a few months, the information came out, and company A stock was hammered. shareholders of company B then sued. how should we compute damages?
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Analyst at Cornerstone Research
Posted Oct 30, 2009
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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 Apr 2009 (took 2 days)
The first interview went well. However, when called back for a second interview, the interviewer was curt and difficult to talk to. Not a good experience at all.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Analyst at Cornerstone Research
Posted Oct 18, 2009
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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 2009 (took a day)
First round on-campus interview consisted of 2 cases with 2 different Cornerstone Senior Analysts. First, there was a small fit-portion, where I was questioned about Cornerstone, the position, and what I can bring to the company. The cases were both quite quantitative and required some calculations, nothing too complex. The interviewers were very nice and helpful during the process, guiding me (where necessary). I definitely enjoyed the interview since these were actual cases that the analysts had worked on, so they were able to share with me the actual outcomes. Overall, the cases are representative of what Cornerstone analysts do daily. There are 3 rounds (all cases)l and I am waiting to hear from them.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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