Candidates applying for Account Executive roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Gartner overall takes an average of 39 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Gartner as a Account Executive according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Personality test: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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Four rounds. Lots of behavioral questions. They want you to have challenger mindset. They provide amazing feedback on how to get better at interviewing. however it does seem like they have an ideal cookie cutter profile so you either got it or ya don't .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you failed
Tell me about your biggest win?
How do you collab with others in the company?
What does your process look like?
Strengths/Weaknesses
What motivates you
Why Gartner
Why should we hire you
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Gartner (New York, NY) in May 2025
Interview
Not a great experience, flaky recruiters who don’t keep the timelines. I had to chase the recruiter on multiple occasions trying to figure out what next steps were very unprofessional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard canned questions with really no substance seems like these people are reading off a script, but from what I hear about Gartner it’s a lot of scripted sales calls.
The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Gartner (Brüssel)
Interview
There are 4 stages with preparation meetings in-between: A discovery/screening meeting, First role-play meeting plus screening, Second role-play with another recruiter, and finally a panel interview at their premises with +-5 people.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Gartner?
Why you?
You need to be able to show that you've improved during the whole recruitment process by applying their continuous feedback.