Mechanical Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at ALTEN with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 38% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Mechanical Design Engineer roles take an average of 132 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at ALTEN overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at ALTEN as a Mechanical Design Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 20%
Background check: 15%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 15%
Phone interview: 15%
Personality test: 10%
Group panel interview: 5%
Other: 5%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at ALTEN in Jun 2024
Interview
Initial headhunted via Phone call - Primary phone interview done - was meant to progress to initial teams interview but no response from them. Was called up ~2 months later stating that their system must have malfunctioned, continued interview process. 2:1 teams interview explaining myself, and them explaining how alten works. Was told would only be getting a salary max of £36,000 for 8 years experience in the Mechanical Engineering industry, so decided not to continue as other roles suited for me were £45-60,000 with far more benefits, and they were interviewing me without having a project for me to work on anyway. Basically a huge waste of time. Would not recommend.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Generic Interview - asked about past experiences - no specific hard questions
Pretty straight forward process, called by a recruiter, and interviewed for a couple of rounds. There were more but i didnt make it as i needed VISA (i think). They did not make it clear. Interviews felt more like listening than answering questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why would an engineering company ask for ALTEN's services if they already have speciality teams at their site?
Pretty short, nothing really focused on experience. Just HR Questions and a quick rejection later. 5 minutes is not an interview in my opinion. This was my experience anyway with the interview process.
First interview with human resources, then technical questions with manager then last interview with hiring manager. Test was 5 questions that could be done online. The people were receptive and very kind