I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Charles River Associates in Oct 2012
Interview
Submitted resume to school career site and CRA's site. Had a 30 minute, on-campus interview. Met with two experienced employees of CRA (i.e, not a first-year analyst). Interview was almost entirely about my past experience in economics but no economics questions. Received a call back a few weeks later that I did not make it to the next round of interviews.
Two technical interviews, with example real world scenarios. Real world scenarios could be BEC, ransomware, or dead-box forensics. Then, two "personality/vibe" interviews, where they asked about how you handle failure, difficult or new scenarios, and what your work approach is.
There are two rounds of interview for incoming analysts, One with two juniors, fairly quick and not technical. There was also a second interview with 4 rounds, each of which was with a more senior level person
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why I am interested in the practice area I applied for
Smooth. 2 rounds of interview. A lot of questions surrounding research experiences and data processing. Not too many technicals. Many fit questions as well. Generally not difficult and got back to me pretty fast.