Market Analyst, CoStar - Paris
Posted Aug 6, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you found a pattern in data that nobody else had noticed.
What they are checking: Whether they look past the obvious numbers and dig until they understand what is really moving a market.
Tell me about a time you had to present findings to someone more senior who disagreed with you.
What they are checking: Whether they can hold a reasoned position under pressure without becoming defensive or folding immediately.
Why do you want to cover the French market for a data company rather than work at a brokerage or investor?
What they are checking: Whether they understand that the role is about independent, credible research rather than selling a deal.
What would you do
A broker tells you your published rent for a submarket is wrong. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they defend verified data with evidence while staying open to the chance the source has better information.
If you were asked to write a market report on La Défense, what would you research first and why?
What they are checking: Whether they plan research around the questions investors and occupiers actually ask about a specific submarket.
You have three reports due this week and a client call that needs prep. How do you decide what comes first?
What they are checking: Whether they protect deadlines and client-facing work without letting the quality of research slip.
About the work
Walk me through how you would explain the current state of the Paris office market to a client in two minutes.
What they are checking: Whether they can turn vacancy, rents and take-up into a clear story a busy client actually remembers.
What is the difference between take-up, net absorption and vacancy, and why would a client care about each one?
What they are checking: Whether they know the core commercial real estate metrics well enough to explain them without notes.
How would you build a short forecast for Paris retail rents over the next two years?
What they are checking: Whether they can name the drivers behind a forecast and admit where the uncertainty sits.
How do interest rates and financing costs show up in property yields and investment volumes?
What they are checking: Whether they connect the capital markets side of real estate to what they see in transaction data.
Which Excel or analysis tools do you rely on most, and how have you used them to check your own numbers?
What they are checking: Whether they build in checks on their own work, since published analytics damage trust when they are wrong.
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