I applied through university. I interviewed at Quanco
Interview
10 mins phone interview + 30 mins in-person interview
The phone interview was just about company introduction and asked a few questions for screening.
In-person interview was in Downtown Los Angeles shared office. It is a nice place to work and the metro station is just downstairs.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Quanco (New York, NY)
Interview
I submitted an application and was invited for a brief 10-minute phone interview with the founder. It was just an initial screening asking about my background and my interest in the company. It sounded as though he wasn't really listening because his follow up questions negated what I had been saying. He told me that the next step was to set up an in person interview, which would likely happen at the end of the week. I sent him an email follow up giving him my availability, to which he never replied. A couple days later, I missed his phone call. Though I replied within 5 minutes, there was no answer. I left another follow up email, eager to set up an interview and he never responded again. I found this extremely unprofessional and disorganized.
I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Quanco (Los Angeles, CA) in Aug 2014
Interview
Beginning with an online application, there was a phone screen, and then an on-site interview.
As this firm tends to recruit interns from the same local universities, the rapport was formal but not stilted. The phone screen was clearly designed to test communication skills and general background, and occurred after the standard screen on GPA/internship experience from the online application (via university website).
The on-site was all scenario questions, and aimed at soft skills, like management, your unique value proposition; the interviewer also used the interview as a review of the firm's pipeline of projects.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's the difference between management and leadership?