Pension Consulting Alliance, Inc. (PCA) Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (52%)

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.

5
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  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (34%)

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.

3
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at Pension Consulting Alliance, Inc. (PCA)

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Year 2011
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Real Estate
Location Portland
Experience
Very Positive
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Interview Questions & Answers - Pension Consulting Alliance, Inc. (PCA) Examples

Intern Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous employee in Portland
Interviewed: 2011
Date Submitted: Jun 02, 2013
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Initial communications were facilitated by College Professor. I was contacted by Sr. VP of Real Estate and requested to send Resume/CV.
After arranging an interview, I arrived on site to be interviewed by Sr. VP and VP of Real Estate Consulting Services. Less than a week later I was called back to a 1 on 1 interview with the Managing Director and then offered the internship.
Interview Questions
Give an example of a time where you failed and also, from that failure, what did you learn? How were you be able to deal with that failure and how have you since altered yourself to avoid similar mishaps in the future?
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