Grant Street Group Interview Questions

The process is very redundant and the final round is a full day. Expect about 4-6 weeks turnaround. 1. IQ Test 2. Timed Writing Sample 3. "HR" Interview 4. Interview with two managers 5. FULL DAY interview circuit (6 parts if you make it all the way through) The interviews were all over the place, so your mileage may vary. It almost felt like good cop/bad cop. My "HR" interview was weirdly aggressive and felt like an interrogation, which caught me off guard. I was asked to describe a difficult problem I solved in the past. I recounted the story from my writing exercise. They asked a lot of questions, some of which were pointed and borderline offensive. It kind of felt like they were trying to trap me in a lie or poke holes in my story (even though I was telling the truth and just trying to explain a professional achievement). I was on the defensive for sure. Seems like it might be a tactic, but it was a bad first impression. The second interview, in contrast, was pleasant. I met with an Operations Manager and a Software Dev Manager. They were nice, down to earth. Asked me many of the same questions as the first interviewer, but sans the interrogative tone. These were people I would have liked to work with. The full day interview was psychologically exhausting. It's a long time to be in the spotlight trying to sell yourself. Seems inconsiderate and unnecessary (I had to use a vacation day). If every job made you do this, it would be totally untenable. Checked in with an HR rep. Had a meeting with another Operations Manager. Asked me most of the same questions from the other two interviews. They were neutral. Nice enough, but they seemed bored. Don't really know what the point of that was tbh, totally redundant. Then, I met the COO. He was okay, but was clearly just reading notes from the other interviews and didn't have much to say. Asked to tell my story again. Then, I had a case study. I was nervous about this, but it actually went very well. The person who led it was nice, and I felt like it was probably the only worthwhile thing I did that day. Next, a panel of three middle-managers. This one was weird. Two of them were totally checked out and appeared to be working on other tasks during the meeting. One of them showed up like 10 min late. They had me repeat the same story again (I don't know why they do this, but it's annoying). Somewhat interrogative. They also asked for an example of a time something technical went wrong and kept prodding me for more and more technical detail. I didn't feel comfortable about this, since the example I was describing occured at a competing firm (subject to an NDA). This resulted in me getting a "weak" endorsement from these folks. After lunch a had a meeting with each of the two co-CEOs . Both were just reading notes from the other interviews/my resume. They said they had one strong and one weak endorsements for me from the interviews and that I didn't provide enough technical detail. At first, I appreciated the transparency and feedback, but it became kind of awkward as they belabored their skepticism about my ability to perform entry-level BA duties (despite my 5 years of experience doing similar work at a competing firm). The second of these was with Myles Harrington. His behavior was arrogant, elitist, and condescending. My interaction with him felt gross. It seemed like he was just looking for things to criticize. Many of the things he said were offensive and unprofessional. He talked trash about my previous employer, expressed doubts that I could handle the role, and stated the role would be harder than anything I've had to do before. That seemed very pretentious and condescending. (For context, I am a full stack software developer currently, which is plenty difficult.) He also bragged about having a 50/50 involuntary/voluntary termination rate and talked about how people "don't make the cut". That was a big red flag for me. He seemed unimpressed and ended the call abruptly. I was surprised to receive an offer after this interaction. Very weird way to end the day. Offer was 83k, which I don't think is very competitive. It's hard to compare business analyst/consultant salaries accurately because the duties can vary significantly. This amount, however, happens to be exactly what I started at 7 years ago in my very first analyst/consultant role in 2015 (doing very similar work). They talk about this role being incredibly difficult and how only the very best will make the cut, but the pay is not commensurate with that elitist rhetoric. I ended up turning down the offer. I didn't feel good about the reviews I read that mentioned of extreme expectations, people being let go after only a few months, etc. Also, the 12 month non-compete is very aggressive. I would read that carefully. I did not feel good about it. To me this felt like a toxic, risky role.

This will take you so much time. First you apply. Then you are requested to take an hour and a half long assessment. Next is two 30 min video interviews back to back. After that is another couple interviews. A 30 min interview with two people, followed by an hour long project assessment while being watched by two people. AFTER THAT THERE IS MORE. This is followed by two more hours of interviews with multiple more people. And that's where my expertise ends. There could be more interviews, who knows?

Email to set up a technical interview. Not sure what happens after the technical interview. There were a couple 'get to know you' questions that the interviewer really didn't care about. Then he slams you with the technical question. You have 25 minutes: Go! Then he's silent. The amount of time given is not enough to complete the question. Even if you knew a good algorithm to solve the problem, it would probably take 25 minutes to type it. Their interview process is terrible and will miss many very good engineers and only find programmers. If this is their interview process, I can't imagine how bad working here would be.