I applied online. I interviewed at AlphaSights (London, England)
Interview
The interview process involved two stages. First with a member of the recruitment team and then the final interview with a senior management person. The recruitment team put a lot of emphasis on candidate experience and followed through with this. They were positive and friendly people and this part of the interview experience was enjoyable. However the candidate experience was then marred by the interview with senior management. The interviewer was very intense in their approach. It included a lot of questioning about why and how you have got to where you are and where you want to go etc. There were also scenario questions. These questions were fairly standard, however the interviewing style was more of a character assassination than an interview.
The first round is just a basic HR screening, but it felt more like an interrogation than an interview. I was asked lots of very standard interview questions, it wasn't very difficult, just stressful.
Recruiter was friendly but stern. She expected you to lead the conversation based on her questions. Questions were very difficult. I was given a lot of information beforehand and had to study it and was expected to be able to know and apply all of the information for the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you names the steps of our interview process and explain the details involved in each step?
Not from an interview, rather an initial call I had with a recruiter after I applied. My recruiter was extremely rude. The beginning of the call went well and I was asked questions relevant to the job. Seconds later, I was asked extremely personal questions about my work history. I was also asked a lot of invasive "why" questions. I was left pretty uncomfortable given the fact that I had just met this recruiter and I do not owe them explanations or trust. To be honest it was a lot of mental checkers rather than a genuine "get-to-know you" conversation.