Harvard Business School·Research Analyst

Harvard Business School Research Analyst interview experience

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United StatesPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After an initial HR Zoom call, I moved to a longer technical round.

The recruiter conversation was pretty straightforward: we covered my research interests, my prior experience, and what I planned to do next. It didn’t feel like anything was trying to trip me up—it was mostly about fit.

About a week later, I had a 90-minute quantitative exercise. I expected it to be a bigger leap, but it wasn’t too difficult to finish within the allotted time. Overall, the process felt fairly manageable, and the main surprise was how quickly I could get through the problem set without it turning into a time-pressure panic.

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