Analytic Partners interview questions

I interviewed at over 10 companies my senior year, and this is the only place I had a negative experience. I applied online with no connection to the company. Got an email from HR a few weeks later asking me to complete an online test. Received an email a few days after that from an Analyst to schedule a phone screen. The phone screen was standard although the interviewer did sound somewhat bored and disinterested - that should have been my first hint. I asked how many rounds of in-person interviews there would be and they confirmed only one. Got an email from HR a few days after that to schedule the in-person. By the time I showed up for the in-person, still had never spoken to an HR rep. I arrived promptly on time, to meet the receptionist who instructed me to sit and wait paired with a gloomy stare and about zero eye contact. I waited more than 15 minutes beyond the scheduled interview time before HR finally walked in and took me to the interview room, no apology for being late. Note to HR - don't let the process unfold like this. It makes the candidate feel very unwelcome. Walking through, the office looked very old school and uncomfortable. Tiny little desks spaced closely together and everyone was intensely focused on their small laptop screens. I had three interviews. Two of them contained "technical" questions. I think standardized questions are fine if you’re actually interviewing for a technical position, but that clearly wasn’t the case here. I was told all they use for analysis is Excel and PowerPoint and they want to “see how you problem solve” because “sometimes clients ask us questions we don’t know the answer to.” However, they were exactly the type of simple brainteaser/ number questions designed to make it easier for them to compare candidates and the interviewer feel smart. Needless to say, I wasn’t impressed at all. To make matters worse, I was informed the next step would be a follow up in-person interview, which was exactly the opposite of what I had been told earlier. Based on my observations and the people I met, AP seemed like a place where A) nobody smiles or has fun B) yes men (or women) exchange a year of their lives for enough barebones skills to go look for another job in marketing analytics and C) a few people stick around for a long time, rise to the top, and stay put…I’m guessing ¼ because the money is good and ¾ because they wouldn’t really have the skills to move anywhere else…could be wrong though. I didn’t follow up or go through to the final stage interview. Guess they detected my lack of enthusiasm.

Sent in my application, they got back to me in a timely manner via email, unfortunately my resume did not meet their requirements, but they were very kind and polite letting me know that they are looking for someone else to better fit the position at their highly competitive internship opportunity.