Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at ALTEN with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Design Engineer roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Design Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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Assessment and phone interview, followed by a video conversation regarding expectations. Assessment was relatively straightforward and interview was easy going. I would recommend interviewing with this company for the experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What experiences from university can you apply to a real world job.
I applied in-person. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at ALTEN (Derby, England) in Jun 2025
Interview
"A total faff - a mix of too many recruiters/recruitment officers and other hiring admin staff. A series of telephone calls has yielded no progress. They have cold-called and then been unable to provide details as to how contact information has been obtained, let alone confirm the receipt of a CV. They are unable to match skillsets to roles and determine how applications should proceed. I had previously interviewed with Alten; there is a total lack of coordination within the hiring team. Team morale is low, staff do not enjoy their work and do not seem to have a clear process to work from
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at ALTEN (Helsinki, Southern Finland) in Sep 2021
Interview
Interview was pretty good, but feedback from the company was poor. I was told that in 2 weeks I am going to get call or mail about future progress ( next stage of interview or not), but they didn’t contact me anyhow, so I was just waiting…even reject mail was not delivered to me
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Current position? Plans for the future? Why this company? Previous experience?