I applied online. I interviewed at AlphaSense (London, England) in Jan 2023
Interview
The process is a couple of interviews (or so I thought) and a work sample. The information as to how to complete the work sample was adequate but just be sure to be very focused on the features and user personas. The timelines are very misleading. I was told the whole process will be wrapped up in 2 weeks should the required decision makers have availability, the process took nearly 3 months... I'm sure part of this was due to the volume of applications which is understandable and I have no issue with this. To keep someone on a holding pattern for this long isn't acceptable unless clearly communicated from the outset. There is an issue with the lack of structure and communication through the process. I had 2 stages added onto my process after what I was told would be the final round. Annoying but I assumed they're being very thorough with their decision. So, these final calls were with very senior member of the organisation (not naming names or roles for obvious reasons) yet there was no agenda for these calls, one individual was eating lunch while I was talking to them, speaking with food in their mouth etc. One call even concluded with the individual saying "aight see ya" - I would like to remind you that the person who said that is on the SLT and manages globally dispersed teams. The team who I would have been working with were actually really nice and seemed like they'd be super helpful. Ultimately I didn't accept the offer because of the issues I mentioned above. I had a bad feeling about the senior management from the way they conducted themselves on calls with me and the lack of structure, clarity and transparency made me wonder if it would be the same when I was on the job. Not to mention a 3 month hiring process let's you shop around for something better.
Interview questions [1]
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Pretty standard stuff you'll see in other interviews, ones to watch out for is what do you do outside of work, how would you break the ice with the team etc.
3 rounds with an offer interview at the end. Speak to the recruiter, than a team member and the hiring manager, then a case study at the end. This was over a year ago, but still similar to today. The hiring process may be more difficult now. Entire process took about 1.5 months.
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Question 1
What is the difference between a public and private company?
I applied online. I interviewed at AlphaSense (New York, NY) in Aug 2025
Interview
Interview process began with a recruiter screening, followed by a couple 1:1 calls and finished with a case study.
Overall, the parts of the process spent speaking with actual members of the team were pleasant and educational.
The negative aspects mostly come from the recruiting team that's much less communicative and helpful. Multiple times they were unresponsive to email questions. Additionally, there was no response after the case study for a week until I followed up asking for an update.
This ends up coming across as somewhat disrespectful after requiring a significant amount of case study work. Case study interviews require a lot of free time and work, and candidates should not need to chase down updates afterwards.
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Question 1
How do you think about particular topics you might not be familiar with?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at AlphaSense (New York, NY) in July 2025
Interview
Pretty sub par interview process. The questions asked were incredibly repetitive for a 5 step interview process. They were also mostly irrelevant to the role and experience and more abstract questions. Gave off the feeling they watched an influencer video on instagram or LinkedIn and followed it to the tee. Was very scripted and refused to vary from script.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked the question to describe a public company 3-5 times asking to further explain time and time again. ie: "and tell me more about that"