I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at AlphaSense (London, England) in Oct 2023
Interview
3-4 round interview process and an initial call with the internal recruiter to find out more about the role, and for them to find out about you. The first couple rounds were simple, and the interviewers asked pretty standard questions. The third stage is a case study you are asked to present, which is quite intense and felt the questions being asked were intense, and pretty grilling. Overall the process could be made shorter, and fairer from my experience. Seems like the company would be an intense environment to work in based on the way the interviews were.
5 rounds, 1 case, met various members of the team, had to know basics of the buy side and sell side, was fairly easy. They want to see great communication skill
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.
Interview questions [1]
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you think about particular topics you might not be familiar with?
Product Specialist applicants have rated the interview process at AlphaSense with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 17% positive. To compare, the company-average is 34.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Specialist roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 18 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at AlphaSense overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at AlphaSense as a Product Specialist according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 17%
Presentation: 15%
Skills test: 10%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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