Forrester Senior Analyst interview questions

The interview process was long, intense, and quite thorough. This may scare some applicants off, but it actually allowed me to "try on" the role before actually taking it. In other interview processes, you talk about the role and your own capabilities. In this process, I go to do the job and Forrester got the vet my capabilities. It started with a phone interview with the recruiter, then a phone interview with the hiring manager. Then, I believe I interviewed with several other members of the team. Once I got through that round, I was tasked with writing a brief, which is an Analyst's chief responsibility at Forrester. When I finished and submitted that, I flew to Cambridge to present my report to the team in person. Yes, it was a long process, but the selection process is so important to employers and candidates that I think it was totally worthwhile.

It's very involved, but that has been documented elsewhere, and they explain it on the careers section of their website. Essentially you end up pouring about a month of sr analyst work into the process, after the interviews writing a sample analyst report, and then defending it in a presentation. My point though is that after getting excellent feedback on all steps, and me pouring a month work over a two month period into the process, they changed their minds on whether my experience was sufficient for the target audience of their team. The teams at Forrester seem very siloed, yet my experience fit right between two teams. So if that's your situation, think twice whether you want to engage in this process.