Gartner interview questions

The selection process is very structured and thourough. From the very first contact, I was made aware of the criteria (personality traits based), setting (treat every interaction with Gartner as a sales call/meeting), purpose (mutually decide if you/Gartner are a good match) and next steps. These were consistently and professionally followed for all the 5 stages, I always received in depth feedback and had every question of mine addressed in full transparency. In terms of process: calls with talent acquisition (deep focus on traits), calls/meeting with hiring manager (testing and challenging you: the manager would play a role to see how you would react to an aggressive/abrupt approach, how you would deal with a long silence on the other side, how you would reply to a totally random and irrelevant question etc) and final role play with 2 hiring managers and regional vice president.

The Gartner recruitment process was made of 3 phone calls, 1 one to one interview and 1 panel interview. I sent my CV to HR in Gartner. After a few days I received a first short call to fix a telephone appointment. In the first call the interviewer described the company and the position, asking at the same time about me, my past experience and my current job. after that the recruiter sent me a brochure and some information regarding the Company. The second call was basically focused on he features that a successful candidate should have and a link between these traits and my background experiences. This interview was structured also in order to understand my "drive" for this position and an alignment between what I am looking for and what they are looking for. The call was approximately 1 hour long. The third call was with my current Manager and was very tough and surprising. The approach was different from any other interview I had previously. He tried to put me in trouble during the conversation and there was an intense use of Anxiety questions. But this was very nice to prove to him and to myself that I really want this job and I will have the correct features. 1-2-1 interview: in London I had a face-to-face meeting with the Manager. He behaved in order to make me feel comfortable and we went in depth on what we told on the previous calls. The final step, the panel interview, involved my area manager, another area manager and an HR representative. It was as interesting exercise in order to understand how I will react in a real sales situation. I am really satisfied and proud to be part of this company now, where I am sure I will do great as all the amazing people around me are doing.