I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Mattersight in Jan 2012
Interview
This is an interesting company in a brand new field. As a young company, their recruiting process was really odd. I had two phone interviews. One was with an HR person; the other with someone that was formerly in the role.
Then they brought me to Chicago for a final round interview. This consisted of a Wonderlic test and four one-on-one interviews. One interviewer was painfully awkward and another was not personable at all.
After the interview, the HR person was extremely slow at getting back to me despite knowing that I had another offer on the table. I had to call her a couple of times to try to get an answer. The worst part of the entire process was they did not pay for travel expenses to and from Chicago. For a company that seemingly prides itself on getting top talent from top universities, it seemed odd to not pay a relatively small amount for travel.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
You are dealing cards out to four players. The phone rings, and you answer it. You come back to dealing, but you can't remember where you left off. How do you continue dealing so that the outcome of deal is that same that it would be normally? You can not count or touch the dealt cards.
If you were selling an expensive painting to either Ben Bernanke or Mick Jagger how would you go about selling it to each one of them? Which one would you feel more comfortable trying to convince to up their bid?
I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Mattersight (Chicago, IL)
Interview
Phone Screen (involving general questions, behavioral questions and word problems/brain teasers); personality tests online (supposedly not affecting viability for employment) 2 sets of interviews each by multiple people from different levels and departments.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me an example when you used data to solve a problem.
I applied through university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Mattersight
Interview
Met recruiters at career fair. On campus interview, two weeks later was invited for an in person interview. The on campus interview was about 45 minutes and the interview in Chicago took about 2.5 hours. Prior to the on site interview, I took a personality test. When arriving at Mattersight after checking in, a recruiter will greet you and you'll take the Wonderlic test. I then met with four different people. One focused on my resume, another on behavioral questions, another on different scenarios, and the last on more logic/critical thinking problems.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Theres a vending machine with 50 diffferent options in it. Each item costs 10 cents and you only have 50 cents, what would be the most effective way to test the machine with only that amount of money?
Suppose you could go back to 1990 and start any business you wanted with all of the knowledge about you have now. What would you choose? Why? What would concern you with your choice?
There are three boxes. One is labeled apples, another oranges, and the third apples & oranges. Each box is mislabeled. You are allowed to reach into one of the boxes only and pull a fruit. How do you determine what the proper labels should be?
