I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ALTEN (Kista) in Mar 2017
Interview
I was initially headhunted via LinkedIn fairly early in my job hunting process. I was then called to give a short explanation of who I was and what I was looking for. A meeting was then booked for me to come to their office and meet with a recruitment chief. I was then invited to a 2nd in person interview where I was offered the job on the spot.
My main gripe about the entire process was that I felt as if they were sort of preying on new grads who are easily impressed by salary that is large in comparison with our student grants. I was approached earlier than any other company and in my opinion, they knew they had the upper hand at pushing for a very low starting salary with very standard work benefits. Lastly, after a long spiel about how much money I could be earning in 3 years, I was already asked to accept the job on the spot. I asked for time to consider and the recruiter was taken aback, as he claimed they usually expected a yes or no. This point led to me declining the offer as I did not feel comfortable during the interview process at all.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The most important thing they were looking for was flexibility with regards to travel and moving elsewhere.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ALTEN (München, Bavaria) in Feb 2017
Interview
The application response was really fast. Within 7 days of applying, they scheduled a telephone interview with a business manager before that I had to fill a technisches Profil in their format. It went well. He noted down my skills and interests and also the kind of jobs I am looking for and named some of the clients for possible projects. He asked me to wait till Monday so that they will have a round table conference where they present the profile to all business units. Monday I got a call asking me to come for a personal interview in Munich with one more business manager. It was almost the carbon copy of the telephone interview. He praised my German and said most probably I will get a call next week for another interview either with the client or with a senior manager. Nevertheless, I got an email next week saying there are not projects. The contact person in Alten did not care to reply to my calls or Email later.
Overall, the process went very fast and smooth.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your biggest challenge in Thesis?
What was the motivation behind choosing particular course?
Why Germany? Why Automotive and Medizintechnik ( I had told these are my main interests ).
What is your dream job?
Flexibility, Salary expectation, availability date etc etc Stadard questions
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at ALTEN (Boulogne-Billancourt) in Mar 2017
Interview
Une RH m'a contacté le lendemain de ma candidature. Il m'a été demandé de présenter brièvement mon parcours, le secteur dans lequel je voulais travailler ainsi que mes prétentions salariales. J'ai obtenu un entretien le jour même avec un ingénieur d'affaires. Celui-ci s'est d'abord présenté puis m'a posé des questions sur mes motivations et mon parcours. Ensuite, l'ingénieur d'affaires a présenté l'entreprise et les missions sur lesquelles je pourrais être amené à intervenir. J'ai obtenu la semaine suivante, après avoir rempli un dossier technique sur mes compétences, un entretien avec un responsable d'agence, qui m'a fait une offre et répondu à mes questions.