I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Gartner in Dec 2024
Interview
Interview process is multiple rounds. First round is with a phone call with a recruiter and is very simple and straightforward. They will ask you basic questions about your background and just want to get to know you at a surface level. After this, you will have a teams interview with a talent acquisition specialist. The recruiter will give you a prep call the day before the call. On this call, the recruiter will tell you what to prepare for and sends you resources ahead of time to help prepare. The recruiter provided me with questions to prepare for and none of those questions were asked in the next interview. Everything we touched on in the prep call was not touched on in the next interview, which was quite frustrating. You should be prepared to answer questions in the STAR method. Along with this, they essentially want you to answer the questions in an exact way with the resources they provide you. There isn't much personalization, they are looking for very specific answers. Interviewer will push back and try and go deeper on very specific questions, again, that weren't discussed on the prep call. They are looking for extremely corporate answers, so if that's not you, I wouldn't recommend going through the interview process. Overall, the process was disappointing, as the questions that I was told to prepare for weren't asked, and I was asked completely different questions that the recruiter said they wouldn't touch on/wouldn't dive deep into.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Sales? Why Gartner? What motivates you? Tell me about your background. Tell me about a time where you had to persuade a manager. Explain to me what Gartner does. What do you know about the role?
It was just a basic phone call screen with the recruiter, very laid back and easy. Think it went well and am hoping to make it to next round of interviews.
Very winding. It is about an hour long, you are graded on the five competencies, and are largely asked star based questions, with large emphasis on the action portion of your response
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Gartner in May 2025
Interview
I had a quick chat with one of Gartner's HR representatives—very professional and pleasant to speak with. I'm looking forward to the rest of the process and hope to be selected!