I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at CNA Corporation (Alexandria, VA) in Mar 2011
Interview
No one had read my resume, and there was no input into what projects I might get to work on. Nobody seemed very happy to be working there, and no one thought that they had any influence on making any government agency run better. It was a terribly disappointing experience. The people who worked there seemed genuinely surprised that I was interested in policy questions, as none of them seemed to be.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No difficult questions. Every interview was simply a conversation.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at CNA Corporation (Arlington, VA) in Oct 2025
Interview
Phone interview with HR, then a primary phone interview with a program manage, and lastly a full day interviews with seminar talk, analytical review, and one-on-one interviews in the afternoon.
Whole day, many interview panels but everyone was super friendly and there was not a lot of tough questions asked. They will ask about your research. They are concerned with quantitative experience.
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at CNA Corporation (Arlington, VA) in Mar 2025
Interview
The first interview was a 30-minute phone call with the recruiter. The second round included a one-day onsite visit to Arlington, VA. It was a busy day, including seven interviews with division and program leaders and a 40-minute presentation, followed by a social with more of the team members at a restaurant/bar down the street. I expected the day to be very draining, but the team members were all super welcoming and encouraging. It felt like a very supportive environment and though I didn't know much about the company before the visit, I fell in love with the culture and people during the day-long visit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about a time when you disagreed with your team members or colleagues and how you dealt with/worked through that situation.