Forter Analyst Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process started with an HR screen, followed by a brief chat with the hiring manager. Then, there was a 90-minute in-person interview that included an SQL exam with the hiring manager and team lead. After that, I had two more interviews with team leads from adjacent departments. Finally, there was an HR interview, and then an offer. The whole experience was pretty quick, enjoyable, and gave me a good sense of the job from different viewpoints. It wasn't super tough, but everyone was really focused on making sure my expectations and understanding of the role were in sync. They also wanted to see if I'd be a good personality fit for the team, considering working style and culture, and generally if we'd both be happy with the day-to-day and long-term fit.

I went through a hiring process, and want to share my feedback. It had two parts: a test I did at home, and an in-person SQL test with two people from your team. The at-home part had two sections. The first was called 'The Robber Test' and was easy, just a warm-up. The second was a Google Sheets test that was interesting and made me think. It was a real-life situation that tested my problem-solving and critical thinking. I liked this part. Then I had the in-person SQL test. This part wasn't very professional. It had three parts and was done on a teammate's computer, which was awkward and not a good setup. They said they knew it was an issue, but it still felt unprofessional. Also, I had to wait because they weren't ready. The first part of the SQL test was to read and finish some code, which wasn't too hard, but the syntax was unfamiliar, which was tough for a less experienced analyst. The second part was finding and fixing mistakes in code. This was hard. The code seemed okay, but I found a schema error when I ran it, and wasn't sure if that was the error I was supposed to find. I only realized it wasn't the intended error in the next part, where I had to run SQL queries. It turned out the schema problem wasn't what they wanted me to fix, so the teammate had to fix it, which wasted time and took away from the main task. What was worse was that in the review afterward, they didn't even mention the technical problem I ran into and told them about. It felt like they weren't paying attention to details or communicating well. Plus, people kept coming in and out of the room during the test, which was distracting and unprofessional. So, while the test showed me what your team expects, I was disappointed with how unprofessional and unfair it felt. Fixing these things would make the candidate experience better and make your company look better.

I went through Forter’s multi-step analyst interview process. It had a take-home assignment and then two interviews where we focused on fraud analytics, logical thinking, and solving problems with data. I had to look at real fraud situations, spot unusual things, and then explain my findings in a way that was easy to understand and act on. This really helped me get better at balancing deep analysis with making smart, practical choices for preventing fraud.