I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Mercer (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2013
Interview
Interviewed through on-campus recruiting. On the job posting page it advertised two positions, a general analyst and one in the communications track which had separate qualifications. However, when interviewed the interviewers were only aware of the general analyst position, and seemed confused when I told them I had applied to the communications track only and simply gave "internal reorganization" as an explanation. While both interviewers were friendly I was interviewed for a position I was not entirely qualified for and left the interview very confused and no longer interested in the position. The first interview was a 'fit' interview with general questions about my resume, interest in Mercer, etc. Second was a weird case interview which included questions about graphs and tables.
Interview questions [1]
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The questions about the graphs weren't exactly difficult but were definitely unexpected, i.e. what is the relation between these tables, give me the mode of these cells, etc.
First it was a one way interview, both spoken and written. Took about 30 mins. Second can a zoom interview with the head of the department. The one way interview was more situational questions.
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What are the tools that you have used in the past when it came to working with data in regards to analysis?
i did the online screening, took me a long time, a lot of very niche questions, but very interesting games (there were three games to play, might need pen & paper
IT took approximately 15 days in 3 rounds
One with HR
Then written round
And finally interview with two manager
Manager round was very different and technical
It's totally bases on job discription
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Checks your excel skills?
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