Alten Software Engineer interview experience

Over a few stages, the conversations ended up circling the same purpose, with very similar questions each time. I kept having to restate what I had already said in earlier rounds, and I never got a real sense of whether I was getting closer to the job or whether the decision was already effectively made.

The difficulty level felt average, but the tone made it hard to stay engaged. Each conversation tried to pull my value downward—low-balling in how my worth and experience were treated. What surprised me most was how little the interviews felt like a meaningful exchange; it felt more like a