I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Acumen in Apr 2013
Interview
First the recruiter contacted me because I dropped by their stand in career fair. After talking to her, I had another phone interview with one analyst in the group. He asked me about my project and also told me kind of the work they do. Then they processed to an on-site interview which lasted 2 and half hours. I met with 5 analyst, 1:1, each lasts about 30 minutes. They are from different groups and were going to see what group I might fit better. At the end, there is a math test, which is quite easy, like what you can expected in SAT.
The HR was very unorganized. She rescheduled the phone interview a few time and was slow in response. After I gave her my availability for the on-site interview a week in advance, She replied me the day before the scheduled day, which gave me so little time to prepare. The office looks crappy and the location is bad. I guess if you just want a stable job it's okay, but I don't feel the salary is worth it.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Acumen
Interview
I submitted application online, and got invitation to a statistical test. Once passed, you will receive phone interview followed by on-site interview. I went to Acumen's office, talked to 7 people. Most of the conversation is about past research experience and some basic statistical modeling questions. They also shared what projects they are working on at Acumen. The on-site interview includes a numeric/logical test. They also took me to a neighborhood restaurant for lunch.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about your research experience
Discuss the statistical test
I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Acumen (Burlingame, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
After I submitted the cover letter, resume, transcript and sample code, I got a case analysis test by answering three questions based on a excel data. Then followed by a phone interview about resume screening. I'm going to the on-site this coming Thursday. At most 200$ reimbursement for traveling and housing. I really like the HRs there. They response super fast. I got the phone interview chance couple of hours after I submitted the case analysis, and I got the on-site opportunity 30 mins after the phone interview.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Where did you heard about Acumen? Please guid me go through an analytical project you have done including the model and any quantitative methods you used.
I asked him what did he think about my case analysis. Because I spent a lot of time preparing any potential questions he might ask before the interview. But he ended up asking nothing about that. He said it was pretty good. That's it.
I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Acumen (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
After the application submission, first a quantitative test, and then a phone screen to talk about the test. Then I was flown in for on-site interviews, which consisted of another basic reasoning test and talks with people from all over the company. They were all great and interesting people, was good to meet them.