Cleveland Research Company Interview Questions

12 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (69%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.3
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (87%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

2.8
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (69%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interviews at Cleveland Research Company

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Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
Intern
Year 2022
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Equity Research
Location Pittsburgh
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Research Associate
Year 2021
Job Title Research Associate
Group/Division Equity Research
Location Cleveland
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2019
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Equity Research
Location Cleveland
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2020
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Equity Research
Location cleveland
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2020
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Equity Research
Location Cleveland
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2019
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Equity Research
Location Cleveland
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2017
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Equity Research
Location Philadelphia
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Year 2015
Job Title
Group/Division Equity Research
Location Cleveland
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Summer Associate Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division N/A
Location Cleveland
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2013
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location Cleveland
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Cleveland Research Company Examples

Intern Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous interview candidate in Pittsburgh
Interviewed: August 2022
Date Submitted: Oct 04, 2022
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Presentation
Other
Interview
Applied online, first interview was a one on one phone call. Simple behavioral questions. Second round was a cold calling research project.
Interview Questions
pitch me a stock
Sample Answer

Equity Research Associate Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous interview candidate in Cleveland
Interviewed: January 2021
Date Submitted: Jan 15, 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
Applied online in October/November. Took a few weeks to hear back. Started off with an online assessment similar to other companies before moving to a first round/ screening interview with HR. Second round consisted of a skills test/presentation where you work on a case (cold calling companies) and presenting your findings at the end. The case part will probably illustrate to both you and them whether this role is a good fit given that CRC focuses a lot on channel research although they don't do a lot of cold calls in real life.

Following the second round would have likely been a superday.
Interview Questions
The case study was most likely the most difficult "question" asked. You were asked to reach out to certain retail stores and talk to whoever you could to gather information.
Sample Answer

Equity Research Associate Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous interview candidate in Cleveland
Interviewed: January 2019
Date Submitted: Nov 12, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
The process begins with a personality and basic IQ test. Next is an interview with HR, a channel research project, and then a final set of interviews.
Interview Questions
How would your friends describe you? Why are you interested in equity research? Walk me through your resume.
Sample Answer

intern Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous interview candidate in cleveland
Interviewed: September 2020
Date Submitted: Oct 08, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Submitted application on their website after attending a career event. A week later I was asked to schedule a thirty minute minute phone screen. The phone screen was very typical. walk me through your resume. Why CRC. Why equity research. The next day I was asked to schedule a two and a half hour channel check assessment. The assessment consisted of them sending me a case telling me to call a retail chains stores to try and gain some insights, and after two hours I would present my findings. The presentation was just a thirty minute conversation with an associate, they asked how I approached it, what I found, and how I would rate myself.
Interview Questions
Nothing was difficult or unexpected it was entirely base on your resume and story, so just have that nailed down.
Sample Answer

Equity Research Associate Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous interview candidate in Cleveland
Interviewed: January 2020
Date Submitted: Feb 26, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
The process starts with a comprehensive IQ/personality assessment which took about 2 hours. One week later, I was invited to do a 1 on 1 phone interview with the hiring manager. After 5 or 6 days, they reached out to ask me to do what they call channel research. This is essentially cold calling branches of a company in an attempt to gain information on revenue and demand trends. After 2 hours of this, you follow-up with an associate via Skype to describe what you did, what information you were able to dig up, etc. That project serves as the 2nd interview. I did not proceed to the 3rd and final in-person round, but it was described to me as an all day super day consisting of roughly 12 interviews and a dinner.
Interview Questions
The channel research project was challenging because the financial figures of privately held companies are proprietary. Unless you have a direct line to corporate, you cannot get financial information on that company. So, the question they wanted to know was: how you were able to ascertain financial information from the branches of a private company? The idea here is to see if you are crafty enough to come up with a method that yielded positive results. It is a very unconventional project for an interview, but the philosophy is that it shows them how you think on your feet.
Sample Answer

Market Research Associate Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous interview candidate in Cleveland
Interviewed: December 2019
Date Submitted: Jan 17, 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Presentation
Background Check
Other
Interview
The interview process consists of 1). first round phone interview 2). channel research project 3). onsite interview with around 6 people and also a presentation/ stock pitch to senior management.
Interview Questions
The company asked for an Apple stock pitch. You will be grilled on both the qualitative and quantitative info you put on your stock pitch. Questions can be intense and don't try to bs your way if you don't know an answer to a questions since they cover the stock and most likely know the answer to the question they are asking. Also don't be adamant about defending your thesis, you are judged more on the process. Overall, the pitch shouldnt be too difficult if you are sufficiently prepared and don't include information that you dont want to be grilled on.
Sample Answer

Intern Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous employee in Philadelphia
Interviewed: September 2017
Date Submitted: Aug 30, 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Background Check
Interview
Recruiter reached out to me over email, set up a phone interview a week later with HR. Mostly behavioral, 2nd round in-office with an analyst much more technical.
Interview Questions
You’ve got a 10 x 10 x 10 cube made up of 1 x 1 x 1 smaller cubes. The
outside of the larger cube is completely painted. On how many of the
smaller cubes is there any paint?

You have stacks of quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies. The number of
coins in the stacks is irrelevant. You can take coins from a stack in any
amount, any order, and place them in your hand. What is the greatest
dollar value in coins you can have in your hands without being able to make
change for a dollar with the coins in your hand?
Sample Answer

Summer analyst Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous interview candidate in Cleveland
Interviewed: October 2015
Date Submitted: Oct 06, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
Started with a quick test on simple mathematics, and SAT type word association games. I believe it was 170 multiple choice questions. Quite easy. Leads to a phone interview before a superday later in the year.
Interview Questions
The unexpected part was the word questions. I did not really see how an SAT vocabulary would be applicable.
Sample Answer

Summer Associate Intern Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in Cleveland
Interviewed: January 2014
Date Submitted: Feb 16, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
Other
Interview
Applied online through LinkedIn and got a first round interview with the head of HR. The first round interview lasted about 30 minutes and was full of behavioral questions. After that, you speak on the phone with the comapny's CEO, which was intimidating. He asks you weird questions like "How are you different from your siblings?" and stuff like that. That interview only lasted 15 minutes. I got an email a week after saying I had to go up to their offices and get lunch with some associates. Four associates took me out to lunch and asked me why I wanted to work in Equity Research and CRC in general. It was very casual and we talked about the markets, sports, etc. After the lunch I waited two weeks and never heard back. I subsequently emailed the head of HR three times and the woman who coordinated my lunch and never heard back. The fourth time I emailed, I got no direct response from her but an automated message saying I hadn't gotten the position. The lack of communication from their part was extremely frustrating.
Interview Questions
"How are you different from your siblings?"

-My response: I talked about my two younger siblings and how they each were athletic and had different mindsets. Also talked about how they wanted to do engineering and I wanted to do finance. The CEO asked me this and he seemed satisfied with my answer.
"How do you value a private company?"

-My response: I had known that this question may come up so I did some research beforehand. Essentially what you want to say is something along the lines of a comps analysis. Compare the sizes of the companies, employees and markets they're involved in.
Sample Answer

Internship Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Cleveland
Interviewed: November 2013
Date Submitted: May 01, 2014
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
Screening for interviews conducted with resumes and I was invited to an on campus presentation/dinner about how their company researches. Invited to an interview, and I declined the second interview in Cleveland.
Interview Questions
What are some of the groups you have been involved with on campus?

This question was part of the behavioral interview and it led to further questions about how I was challenged specifically in the groups I was involved with on campus.
What are some of the challenges you have faced in your involvement, and what have you done to work to solve these challenges?
Sample Answer