I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at AlphaSights in Oct 2014
Interview
The initial round was an automated interview, which seemed pretty impersonal and awkward. There is a camera filming you and it's a rapid-fire round of questions, and you only have about a minute to answer each one. I did not hear back for about 2-3 weeks, so I assumed that I had not moved on, which didn't surprise me as I thought the automated interview was not a great representation of my abilities. However, I was eventually asked to take part in a second round interview. The scheduling was a little bit confusing, as they invited me to a google hang out, and then called me on the phone. The recruiter was nice, and we had a pleasant conversation, but overall we did not click. I think they are looking for people who excel in one specific hobby or skill, and who can communicate that excellence clearly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why AlphaSights?
Why people operations?
What are you passionate about?
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.
