Initial call with hiring manager, then two live “case interviews” which were basically SAT math word problems where they don’t want you to use Excel or any other tools, just a calculator. Interviewers were very nice, but asking someone to form algebraic equations on the spot doesn’t seem like a proper way of evaluating potential and is irrelevant to the role.

After submitting your application, you're invited to do a "self-paced video interview" via HireVue, a platform which provides "AI-Scored Interviews" whose algorithm previously "[used] everything from word choice to facial movements to figure out an 'employability score' that is compared against that of other applicants." Now they apparently just score the transcript of your answers with an LLM. It goes without saying that a "one-way interview" is impersonal and provides no insight into the team dynamics or day-to-day environment, while denying the candidate the opportunity to ask questions about the role and organization. I would strongly encourage Ally to reconsider its use of black-box algorithmic screening for applicants, because it sends a bad message about the culture of the org.