I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Statistics Canada (Ottawa, ON) in Jan 2011
Interview
About 2 hours for both technical skills and soft skills, one hour for each part. Soft skills part includes both sentence-type questions and a role play (like consulting scenario). Technical skills part is mainly about sampling and data analysis, very basic but requiring familiarity and quickness. A relatively more objective, comprehensive and therefore fairer interview process compared to many others.
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Application
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Statistics Canada in Jan 2011
Interview
Asked a few general questions, then tests on application of statistics and sampling, role play