I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at AlphaSights (New York, NY) in Dec 2018
Interview
I applied for a position at AlphaSights through a recruiting agency. Upon being selected for an interview, I was asked to re-record myself answering prepopulated questions (I already did this through the recruiting agency). Anyway, I happily redid my video interview and made it to the 2nd round. When speaking with the AlphaSights recruiter for my round 2 interview, I noticed the interview seemed very scripted on her end. When I would ask questions, the answers given were not direct and did not even answer my question. Moreover, she made it less of a conversation and more of a test. When I would answer her questions (correctly may I add), she would then tell me what my answer should have been (a.k.a. the exact wording used on their website) even though we were saying the exact same thing.
Long story short, if you want to work at a place where everyone seems to be cookie-cutter and has the same thinking process then apply to work here! If you're like me and value critical thinking and individuality then it may be best to look elsewhere. All-in-all, they're a good company but we just weren't right for each other.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at AlphaSights
Interview
The first interview was a pre-recorded video interview with 15 seconds to read the question and one minute to answer. You have to answer 4 questions. (I researched all the previous interviews from October onwards and questions 1&2 will be asked for sure)
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Please explain in your own words what Alphasights does
The initial interview was a screening process, after applying reached out via email to take a video assessment. The assessment was a series of questions to evaluate the interviewee's candidacy for the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you could spend your next Saturday doing anything, what would it be?