under two days
“the time from application to first conversation fell from two weeks to under two days”
As published on alex.com, September 2026. Captured by usedby on Oct 7, 2026.
What happened
Mattress Firm uses Alex as a first-round phone interviewer for store applicants in a regional deployment. Candidates who pass an inline assessment are contacted and can interview on their own schedule, and recruiters get transcripts and category assessments in Workday.
Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Alex and Mattress Firm, not ours.
- 109“In the first weeks, Alex completed 109 interviews.”
In the first weeks, Alex completed 109 interviews. Nearly two-thirds of invited candidates finished their interview, and the time from application to first conversation fell from two weeks to under two days.
Alex has handled difficult conversations with more ease and confidence than some of our recruiters could.
What the story claims, and what we checked
We compared the story with its live page on Oct 7, 2026.
- The figure: under two daysCheckedPrinted word for word on the page, near the name of Mattress Firm.
- The passage quoted aboveCheckedCopied word for word from the page, near the name of Mattress Firm.
- The publication dateCheckedRead from the page’s own metadata, never guessed.
- Mattress Firm uses AlexCheckedConfirmed line. Latest check across sources: Oct 7, 2026.
- The result itselfNot checkedWe quote it; we did not measure it.




