Alten·Software Engineer

Alten Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

United StatesPosted Dec 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I first spoke with someone over a phone interview focused on a requirements-engineer position, and it seemed like they believed I was a strong fit.

They said I needed to wait a couple of days for next steps, which lined up at least with the timing they implied.

But feedback never came through the way it was supposed to. I tried reaching out by email and phone, even leaving a voicemail, and eventually I received a message indicating I wasn’t qualified—despite having extensive experience in the area. The email timing and the fact it seemed like an automatic rejection system ran on a holiday period threw me off.

I escalated by contacting the company itself to understand whether this was normal recruiting behavior, but I got contradictory

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