Harvard Business School·Research Analyst

Harvard Business School Research Analyst interview experience

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United StatesPosted Mar 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through HR first, then quickly into a more serious assessment cycle.

After an interview with someone from HR, I took a two-hour timed writing exam. The sequence then continued with a professor interview with the professor who had been interested in me.

Timing-wise, it took about two weeks to get notice about the first interview stage. The parts that followed felt like a direct progression: the HR chat was more about my background, the writing test was the gatekeeper, and the professor conversation was the final check on fit.

I ended up not receiving an offer, and my takeaway was that the writing assessment carried a lot of weight in deciding whether I would

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