Numerator starts out their relationships with candidates on a level of deep mistrust. They send an impersonal email requiring you to install software (potential spyware?) to record yourself taking cognitive and personality tests. Obviously, they not only don't trust you to be truthful on your resume but they also don't trust you not to cheat. I took the tests out of curiosity. The personality assessment was pretty standard, but something I would not expect until I was further along in the interview process, i.e. until I had actually spoken to a human being. The cognitive assessment consisted of 8th grade math word problems (if a plane flies for three hours at 400 mph...), those really annoying geometric sequences (which comes next in the series?), and, I kid you not, analogies like "fish is to swim as bird is to _?" What any of this has to do with being a good manager or researcher is beyond me. I definitely don't recommend. Did I get an interview? No. Did I want one? No. I didn't really try on the test. I just found it morbidly fascinating. I wonder if the real test is whether you're smart enough to refuse to take it?

I went through the full interview process: Online test Interview with Recruiter Interview with Hiring Manager Case study that takes 5-8hrs (proposal and executive summary) Presenting case study to 4 team members Interview with VP of Survey Interview process was quick and the team were mostly lovely, except for the VP. It was clear to me that she was the one who rejected my application. Waste of time and, honestly, loss of a great candidate on their end. The job is still open and actively recruiting months later.