MDRC·Research Analyst

MDRC Research Analyst interview experience

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United StatesPosted Aug 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a phone screening, I eventually flew out for an in-person interview session that was packed but felt relatively conversational.

The in-person portion in my experience ran on the longer side and was organized into multiple back-to-back interviews with different people across the organization—HR for role details and logistics, plus analysts and technical staff, and at least one session that was more of a Q&A with someone in the same research assistant lane.

A big anchor was a “test” or skills assessment centered on attention to detail. I was asked to work with sample data and talk through how it was organized while pointing out problems I saw. Alongside that, I also answered questions about my interests, why I wanted

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