I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at AlphaSights (New York, NY) in May 2014
Interview
Found the job application on my university site. They scheduled a Google Hangout right away. As I was waiting for the Hangout, no one was present. After a few minutes past the start time, I called their office and it turns out that the Hangout was a default setting and I was actually supposed to just speak on the phone....This is was a chaotic and disorganized mistake on their behalf. The phone interview was an hour and fifteen minutes long--questions included standard behavioral questions and explaining some of my decision making with my major and school.
Next, they invited me onsite and only paid $200 for the $400 plane ticket and hotel. The onsite interview was less than ideal. I had thorough conversations with the first two analysts about my passions, the job, and my goals. Then, the recruiter I spoke to on the phone told me I'd meet with the man who runs the firm and two more analysts. I met with the head of the firm and we had decent conversations, but his eyes were very red and I saw him yawn. Then, he proceeded to walk me out without any explanation about why I was not interviewing with the other two analysts. This was disheartening and made me feel like despite the fact I flew in and put so much effort and energy into the interview, that I was not good enough for everyone's time or even an explanation. The email said to block off 2-3 hours for interviews and it lasted just about 1.5 hours.
I received an email 1.5 weeks later saying I did not receive the job.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at AlphaSights (New York, NY)
Interview
Two phone calls, two in person. The first interview went great, I loved the conversation, the second phone call seemed fairly irrelevant and unnecessary as very few questions were asked and it seemed like they were reaching out as a filler for time/follow up. The first in person was great, I liked meeting everyone and learning about the company and met one of the two hiring managers. I got called in the second time to meet with a high-level exec who when I got there was "not in the office"... when hilariously enough, I looked up the person via LinkedIn and knew what he looked like and he actually passed me in the office. Strange. Anyway, even though I had great conversations, it didn't sound like they knew what they wanted to hire for within POps. There are a myriad of groups in POps and I think they need to figure out how they want to grow and interview that way.
Ask you to submit resume and describe yourself in three words then explain those words in 200 words or less. Then you're asked to record yourself answering questions. They will ask you a serious of about 8 question and you have 30-60 seconds to answer each of the questions. You'll get an email saying that they may or may not get back to you. The step in the process is a Google Hangouts interview with someone from the team in the city you're applying to .
Everyone below has pretty accurately described the process. Definitely was not a difficult interview but was not impressed with how the interview was conducted. It was very rushed and the interviewer did not direct questions that were pertinent to my work experience/resume. I thought the video stage was a great tactic in efficiency but the phone interview just seemed to be a waste of everyone's time.
