I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Charles River Associates in May 2018
Interview
I took two interview via skype. There were no motivation or personality question. For each interview I had 3 case study. During the first interview the cases was quite easy. The second interview was way more taugh.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Imagine you own a coffee place with automatic machine, there is nearly no cost to refill the machine and no labor cost. How would you price the coffee?
Now you have the possiblity to make more fancy coffee. Why would you do so and how would you price them?
I interviewed at Charles River Associates (Munich, Bavaria)
Interview
I applied online, 3 weeks to call to interview. the interview consisted of introduction and motivation, professional questions (about a merger of my choice and my thesis - mostly methodology) and a cartel damage estimation case study
Two Rounds; the first was an informational interview with two junior staff (analyst and associate). Very friendly, typical interview questions with an emphasis on econometrics and data science backgrounds. The second round was nearly four hours, with one formal case interview and two interviews with Principals.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a project or work experience that used complex data to solve a particular problem or inquiry.
It it a 4 stage interview with same group of people of 3, changing interviewer each round. Behavioural, market sizing, quick maths, inidividual case and group case are all included.