J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Alcimed (Köln)
Entretien
Group interview with at 7-8 other individuals where the company mission is presented for around 2 hours, followed by printed slides of a case study to evaluate the presentation skills of each candidate. The applicant was required to present 4-5 slides of a totally new topic in under 2 minutes. Afterwards, an individual interview with a higher-up was completed.
According to the output received post-interview, it is expected from applicants to ask a lot of questions about the company to show interest and motivation.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
The individual interview has just one question: "Tell me something about yourself that you want me to know?"
In Köln.
Unprofessioneller Umgang in Bezug auf Terminvereinbarung/Einhaltung. Freundlicher Empfang und angenehmes Gespräch (nachdem ich weitere 15 Minuten im Raum wartend sitzen gelassen wurde).
2. Runde Case Fall: zunächst kurzes Gespräch über Motivation/ Warum Alcimed und eigene Fragen stellen. Der Case war aus einem Datensatz eine Empfehlung herauszuarbeiten, welches Produkt empfohlen werden sollte (auf Länder achten). Bisschen mit Zahlen rechnen, leichte Prozentaufgaben. Im zweiten Teil dann "Experteninterviews" mit dem Gegenüber führen, dabei nicht nur eines sondern mehrere fiktive Personen interviewen auch wenn man das Ergebnis schon hat.
2 Tage nach Gespräch kam Absage. In Anbetracht des Aufwandes sollte man sich sicher sein das man den Job haben will (Anreise...)
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Alcimed (Princeton, NJ) en mars 2026
Entretien
I applied directly for this role on their website, and the next day, I was invited for an in-person group interview at the Princeton, NJ office to be held the following week (Mar 2026). They gave a typical HR-style presentation on the company and its culture (~1hr), and they seemed to be evaluating who was asking questions during this portion. Then, they each gave us a different printout of some slides to review for 15min, where we were tasked to give a 4min presentation as if we were the consultant working on that particular project. A week later, they notified me via email that I am not moving forward in the interview process. Their feedback was that they appreciated me asking questions, but that I didn't clarify something in the presentation.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
What position are you applying for and what is your earliest start date?
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Alcimed (Princeton, NJ) en févr. 2026
Entretien
It was a group style IN PERSON interview, the only thing they asked each of us was when we can start and what role we applied to. They then presented about the company and allowed us to ask questions. After this we were each given slides of previous projects and had 15 minutes to prepare them, then each had 4 minutes to present in front of everyone and that was it. Got an email after following up claiming I never asked any questions when I asked several during the interview