I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Charles River Associates (Chicago, IL) in Nov 2017
Interview
First round was a 30 min on campus interview with two analysts. Just behavioral questions, very informal. Second round was a 3 hour in office interview. 2 20 min behavioral interviews, 1 20 min technical interview (mostly questions related to finance practice) and an hour and a half lunch with two analysts. Overall good experience and pretty easy and laid back.
Two technical interviews, with example real world scenarios. Real world scenarios could be BEC, ransomware, or dead-box forensics. Then, two "personality/vibe" interviews, where they asked about how you handle failure, difficult or new scenarios, and what your work approach is.
There are two rounds of interview for incoming analysts, One with two juniors, fairly quick and not technical. There was also a second interview with 4 rounds, each of which was with a more senior level person
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why I am interested in the practice area I applied for
Smooth. 2 rounds of interview. A lot of questions surrounding research experiences and data processing. Not too many technicals. Many fit questions as well. Generally not difficult and got back to me pretty fast.