Cushman & Wakefield Research Analyst Interview Questions
& Process

I was contacted by a HR person for an initial screening call, and the first question she asked was what my salary expectation was. It was clear that their budget did not match with my expectation, which is fine. But, after this initial question, she got irritated for some reason and started to make comments on my answers that I was inadequate for the position. Also, it was clear that she did not read my resume because she kept asking me how many years of experience I had when it was clearly stated on my resume. In the end, I did not care to give good answers to her. She was the most unprofessional interviewer and the company should really rethink about who they are hiring as a third party recruiter.

I applied online and a recruiter reached out to set up a phone interview. The questions were pretty typical, though a couple caught me by surprise. At the end of the call, they asked me to send over some writing samples. After I sent them, the recruiter emailed back to let me know I'd be moving on to the next stage, which was an in-person interview. I was interviewed by two people at once. They were really nice but spent more time talking to each other than asking me questions. It was a weird experience; I kind of felt like they had already made a decision about another candidate.

First there was a phone call with the research director. Then, I went in person to meet with some of the team members. It was mostly behavioral questions, plus some stuff about my commercial real estate exposure and my data analysis experience.