Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Actalent with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Design Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Actalent overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Actalent as a Design Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Group panel interview: 22%
Skills test: 11%
One on one interview: 11%
Background check: 11%
Drug test: 11%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Actalent (Atlanta, GA) in Mar 2022
Interview
My recruiter called and we discussed my background and experience briefly and they said that they would get in contact with the hiring managers about if they wanted to continue with the interview process. The next day I received another call saying they did want to continue so we scheduled a video interview with my recruiter where we discussed my resume and went through all of my experience and I was asked to provide references that the recruiter would then check. They edited and rewrote my resume throughout the interview. The following two days I got updates about where they were with contacting my references and with submitting my resume. The next week I got another call to schedule a video interview with the hiring managers and my recruiter also wanted to schedule an interview prep session with me. When I declined the prep, they were very pushy about it. The final interview was very generic interview questions. After the interview, my recruiter came back to me and asked if I would accept an offer with the terms we discussed if it were offered to me which I declined to give an official answer to. I received an offer 3 days later. I asked about an offer letter and was told they don't usually do that unless specifically requested, which makes it seem as though I was supposed to accept a verbal offer from them and that would be it. Overall the interview process was pretty fast and easy, but the recruiter was overly communicative and pushy about wanting information from me right away which turned me off of wanting the position.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Actalent in Apr 2025
Interview
Great interview process, recruiters were honest and supportive. Process was quick and enjoyable. I could tell they genuinely cared about finding me a good fit for my next role. Phone interview & technical interview with their client (my recruiter helped prepare me for the technical interview).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about experience, compensation, availability.
Assessment followed by Personal Interview. Assessment majorly included quantitative aptitude. There were 3 rounds of personal interviews - 2 Technical rounds and HR round. Technical rounds were about 1 hour each which was in depth, focus on fundamentals in mechanical engineering.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Application based questions focusing on mechanical design
It was a 4 round process first written test followed by 2 technical and last round HR. Each round completion you will be carried out for thr next round. After completion of all 4 rounds you will be getting an offer letter