AEI·Research Analyst

AEI Research Analyst interview experience

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Washington, DCPosted Jun 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter call, I moved into a data-focused stage that felt like the real test.

HR mainly asked behavioral questions, then they brought me to a data assessment that used common research tooling. Depending on the role, the assessment was presented as either Excel or a technical setup where I worked in a stats environment like Stata, R, or Python. I remember feeling like the process was trying to confirm both how I reasoned with data and whether I could handle their workflows.

What surprised me was how much the conversations circled back to alignment with the organization itself. Even when the early screening felt “mostly fine,” I realized quickly that the organization

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