Harvard Business School·Research Analyst

Harvard Business School Research Analyst interview experience

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Boston, MAPosted May 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The process took about six weeks from application to the offer, and it followed a tight four-step sequence.

I started with a brief phone interview focused on why I wanted the role, what I was doing at the time, and where I planned to go next.

The next round was an extended in-person interview that felt a bit more technical than the phone screen. I talked through my thesis, how I like working with people, and a time when I faced a difficult task. After that, I completed a two-hour writing test built around a case: I was given two documents and had to answer two questions tied to the same scenario.

The last step was a 45-minute interview with a professor. That one was the most technical part; it

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