University of Chicago Research Analyst interview experience

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Chicago, ILPosted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter touchpoint, I ended up going through a fairly compact loop: two interviews plus a coding assessment.

I had one call with the hiring manager, who was also my direct supervisor, and another call with a teammate. Both conversations ran for about an hour and mixed behavioral questions with technical ones, so it felt like they were testing how I think as well as how I work with others.

What really set the process apart was the technical screen afterward. I was given a coding exercise and a few days to submit it. The rest of the process felt more like a build-up to that moment: in the earlier phone-style discussion, I walked through a data exercise conceptually and discussed my experience, and

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