Forrester Research Interview Questions & Reviews in Cambridge, MA
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Updated May 2, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Marketing at Forrester Research
Posted May 2, 2012
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2.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 in Cambridge, MA (took a day)
Very basic phone screen. Reviewed my resume and interest in the position.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Tax Analyst at Forrester Research
Posted Apr 24, 2012
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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 Apr 2012 in Cambridge, MA (took 6 weeks)
Recruiter called me for a phone interview. She was really nice and personable. I then had a 1:1 interview about two weeks later. That went well and I was called in for a final round of interviews another two weeks later and after that they wanted a writing sample. Everybody was great, but they wound up going with somebody who had more experience
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Skills Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Consulting at Forrester Research
Posted Aug 12, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 2009 in Cambridge, MA (took 1 week)
First I was phone screened by HR to make sure I wasn't insane and was currently employed as I said I was (totally an easy and normal interview). Then I came in for a super-well-run and organized interview where I met with an HR rep, then 5 people, including my future manager, her manager and 3 other team members, 2 were by phone. Sometimes I know Forrester does telepresence interviews when someone in the CA office interviews an MA candidate, etc. I felt that the interview wasn't incredibly difficult, maybe a medium level of difficulty. Every person was an hour or half hour and Forrester was extremely organized and cognizant of my time, keeping everything on schedule with HR as they understand candidates have other jobs they are leaving to come interview. After this 3 hour or so process, I had to phone interview with someone who was on vacation. After this I was called by HR within a few days and made an offer with an offer letter. The entire process from getting called to interview to the offer letter took only a week. It was extremely efficient and well-run, no rescheduling or second-guessing or keeping me hanging. I commend Forrester on the way they do this.
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I didn't negotiate as I hated my current job at the time and was desperate to get out, and I still regret this. With this company you HAVE to negotiate because you won't be able to get much more than 3% a year once you're in.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Project Consulting Manager at Forrester Research
Posted Apr 12, 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 Feb 2011 in Cambridge, MA (took 2 weeks)
I interviewed with a recruiter and the hiring manager and was then brought in to meet with the hiring manager and 2 team members. I thought each interview went really well. The process was communicated well, and happened in a timely manner.
I did not get an offer for this position but then they asked for me to apply for another position within the organization. I applied for that position and went through this whole process again plus a presentation and at the end was one of 2 final candidates and did not receive an offer. Although I enjoyed my experience with Forrester and enjoyed the people I met I was frustrated by the time taken and effort put into two high level preparatory interview processes with no offer or useful feedback besides the other candidate was a better fit. They must have known that before they asked me to go through several different interview steps.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Account Manager at Forrester Research
Posted Jan 2, 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 Nov 2010 in Cambridge, MA (took 2 weeks)
Friendly , intelligent people in a well organized and coordinated, outwardly congenial but "penetrating" process.
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The interview consisted of a Background Check, a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Support Staff at Forrester Research
Posted Dec 2, 2010
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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 Nov 2010 in Cambridge, MA (took 2 weeks)
I applied for an open position online and received a phone call/email from a recruiter less than a week later asking to schedule a phone interview. After a short "getting to know you" interview, I was contacted a few days later about an in-person interview. I came in about a week after scheduling an interview and interviewed with about five different people, who were all courteous and asked good questions about my skills. The day before my interview, the recruiter was nice enough to send me some "helpful tips" in order to have a successful interview, which was in fact very helpful. The recruiter said they would be in touch in the coming days, and sure enough, I received and accepted an offer four days later.
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There wasn't much room for negotiation, but Forrester was very up-front about salary right from the outset and mentioned it during the initial phone screening. There are also opportunities for bonuses quarterly, which helps the salary non-negotiation, and with many opportunities to grow within the company and receive promotions, the salary isn't much of an issue.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Research Associate at Forrester Research
Posted Jun 16, 2010 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 Jul 2008 in Cambridge, MA (took 2+ weeks)
After applying Monster.com and Forrester's career website, I received an email from the Recruiter. I had an initial phone interview with the recruiter couple days later. Most of the questions were on my background, my familiarity with the company and what they do, and my experience of working with data. Once she realized I had some core competencies they were looking for, I had another phone interview with the Researcher from that team. This phone interview was more thorough. Asking about why I liked data, how much I felt comfortable with it, how I managed myself under stress, and examples of multitasking.
Few questions in there about what I liked to read and the reasons why. Basically trying to see if I was keeping up with Tech industry knowledge and what my personality was like.
After passing that test, I was asked to come in for an interview with the team. What I thought was an interview with 2-4 people, turned out to be an interview with 7! I was pretty exhausted at the end of it, but kept my energy up during the entire process which was one of the reasons I got hired (as well as my analytical background). The recruiter, understanding their website doesn't explain well the dynamics of Forrester's client groups, was great in breaking down to me IT, M&S, and Tech Industry groups before my interviews and answered questions I couldn't answer from my research of Forrester.
Each interviewer asked me different things. I met with the other RA on the team, an RA and Researcher from the sister team, 2 researchers from my team, the principal analyst, and the hiring manager (HM). The RA was mostly focused on what attracted me to Forrester and what I wanted out of it. The principal analyst was testing my data knowledge (have you done logistical regression before? for example), the other researcher on my team asked me a trick question to test if I can think on my feet, the HM asked me where I saw, etc.
Long process indeed, but to last at Forrester and be successful, you have to certain characteristics-- especially for the RA position, and HR makes sure of that.
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Nothing much to negotiate for the RA position-- the salary is basically set in stone.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Principal Analyst at Forrester Research
Posted Jun 2, 2010 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in Cambridge, MA (took 3 weeks)
Group presentation - 45 minutes with Q&A and 5 page written research paper with editing process.
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Limited
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Skills Test, a Presentation, a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Advisor at Forrester Research
Posted Feb 25, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2009 in Cambridge, MA (took 2 months)
I had 5 one on one interviews, most of which were generic questions from those either uninterested or uninformed about the role.
I then had a presentation to more of the same-- There was generally a lack of decision making or concise criteria to base the decision on.
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Presentation and a 1:1 Interview.
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Research Associate at Forrester Research
Posted Jan 26, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2008 in Cambridge, MA (took 2 weeks)
Basically spoke with most people on the team, asked them about their work preferences and tried to make a good impression.
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No negotiation.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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