I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at AlphaSights (Tokyo) in Jan 2023
Interview
The interview is conducted via phone call. The whole process took about 30 mins. The interviewer called about 5 mins late but the interview was pretty casual and friendly in my experience. The interviewer asked about 4 to 5 questions and all those questions were similar to the other interviewees' written experiences.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q1. Why Alphasights? Q2. Experiences / Skills that could contribute to the position Q3. Level of Japanese language proficiency Q4. Other fields of work that you are interested
Three rounds - first round general competency, second round case study and phone call role play, third round an hour long competency and experience interview with a VP. Third round was a longer and more difficult version of first round. Second round involved one case study with access before, and the second case study was done on the spot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why client service rather than consulting, and what is the difference
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at AlphaSights
Interview
Coffee chat with Alphasights recruiter
One to one interview with recruiter - regular STAR questions, ended up asking about my proficiency in a third language I spoke even though that wasn't what I was recruited for
Interview with VP(?)
3-4 stages, last stage was really unexpected a far more intense behavioural and background interview, wasn't really given any materials from the company. However HR was super helpful whenever I reached out.