University of Chicago Research Analyst interview experience

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United StatesPosted Oct 2017 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview was built around a couple of small practical components rather than long theoretical questions.

I did a basis RA interview where I worked through coding tasks focused on basic data manipulation.

After the coding part, there was an applied write-up where I tried to forecast sales in an industry. The out-of-interview work ended up taking only a few hours total, which made the whole exercise feel manageable and time-bounded.

The difficulty was easy, and the process didn’t feel like a huge hurdle. I appreciated that the evaluation was concrete and directly related to the kind of analysis work the role would involve, and even though I didn’t get an offer, it was still a clear and fairly

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