Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Gartner as 33.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Account Executive and SMB Account Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Large Enterprise Account Executive and Client Executive roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Gartner takes an average of 39 days when considering 6 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Client Executive had the quickest hiring process (on average 3 days), whereas Account Executive roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
The interview process consisted of several rounds, each with a different person of the hiring team. The interview is also very much behavioral based so prepared to leverage the STAR method.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you influenced a decision of a key stakeholder
4 stage process - recruiter, recruiter, hiring manager, panel
behavioural questions, experience, traits based interviewing, demonstrate you understand the offering. gartner articulation, why sales, why gartner.
interviewers were quite arrogant and thought gartner was best company with the best salespeople anywhere.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
why gartner?
Why sales?
what does gartner offer to clients?
The interviewer was someone in an internship position and they hadn't prepared many questions for me. Overall, the process didn't feel very well prepared. Also, be aware they cannot sponsor you if you don't have your own visa (I wasn't told beforehand).