University of Chicago Research Analyst interview experience

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United StatesPosted Mar 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview had a distinct two-part structure that split computation from domain thinking.

The first round was a data-focused discussion where I analyzed a climate-related dataset and explained how I’d scale the computation to handle a larger dataset.

The second round shifted to an interview-style conversation with empirical economics questions. That combo made it feel like they were testing both the technical reasoning behind data processing and the underlying subject knowledge.

The difficulty was average, but the first round especially required more than just describing what I’d done—it forced me to reason about scaling and performance. I left with a clearer sense of what

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