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Updated Jan 25, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Account Executive at Gartner
Posted Jan 25, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took 3 weeks)
First through a talent acquisition. Then to HR.
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I found it a very long, pointless, rehearsed interview. With what seems like an inexperienced person on the other side.
No feedback. No input. Its seemed like an exercise with a robot.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Client Partner at Gartner
Posted Jan 13, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took a day)
Gartner's recruiter reached out to me to check in on my interest. His call to me was a cold call. The interview experience was very professional resulting in a very good dialogue,exchange of information, good fit and a commitment for next steps. The company recruiter was very clear on role and expectation for the position and who I'd report to. The recuiter also emphasized the positive points of the Gartner culture as being extremely collaborative and fair. Overall my interview experience very positive and peaked my interest for continued conversations with the leadership team.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Consulting Director at Gartner
Posted Jan 4, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 (took 3 weeks)
Inital phone screens are fairly simple, they are looking for fit and knowledge of your industry or specialty. The groups within consulting vary greatly so I would make sure to interview them and make sure they are the people you want to be working with.
In person interviews are more difficult and you should be able to present and be comfortable in front of a group of consultants who will challenge your knowledge.
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Negotiation Details
Very little room to negotiate, most of the offer was solidified before it was officially delivered. Salary varies by location and have large bands within each level but that is usually based on your experience and current position.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Background Check.
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Client Director at Gartner
Posted Oct 27, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 (took 3 months)
Applied for the Client Director role through theLadders.com. I also contacted the specific recruiter and passed along my credentials via e-mail. I have past experience with management and IT consulting with a similar model to Gartner's. First interview was a telephone screening with the recruiter in Stamford, CT. The was a general overview of the position and walkthrough of my resume and experience. The second interview was with a recruiter from the local office. This was a more in depth questioning of my experience with solution-based sales, and me providing examples of desiging client engagements and solutions. I was also asked about my expected compensation, and past compensation for the previous two years. The local recruiter, and an additional recruiting coordinator remained as my primary contacts throughout the remainder of the interview process. The third interview was in person with the hiring manager and an individual who is currently in-role as a Client Director. This interview was generally a judge of character, experience, and cultural fit with Gartner and the workgroup. The fourth interview was scenerio/behavioral-based, with two hiring managers. The only preparation needed for this was a personal review of client experiences, and how I, as an individual, would handle different client situations. The final interview was a panel presentation/sales call roleplay. The panel consisted of the hiring manager, the local recruiter, the Managing Parter of consulting, and the General Vice President of the office. After the presentation, which lasted about an hour, I met individually with the GVP. The GVP looked for ambition, drive, influence, intellect, and poise. The fifth and final meeting was with the recruiter, hiring manager, and GVP.
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Negotiation Details
Towards the end of the interview process, the role was restructured slightly, based on the business needs of the local office. I found the restructured role to be equally as compelling, with a similar compensation structure, so I continued through the process. The offer was competitive with other offers I received in the same timeframe. The recruiter made an effort to model the offer based on some of the compensation desires I expressed in the second interview. I was transparent with all parties that I was actively interviewing with several firms.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Account Manager SMB at Gartner
Posted Oct 25, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Egham, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 weeks)
Initial contact made through Linked In by a recruiter, consisted of a brief overview of the role and a discussion of my suitability. First Telephone interview scheduled. First telephone interview consisted of intrusive questioning into long term goals, short term goals, life expectations, brief questioning on experience and skill set. INTERVIEW THEM BY QUESTIONING AND MORE QUESTIONING Next Step - 2nd telephone intervew with Area Manager.
2nd telephone interview - less intrusive and generally far more pleasant and conversational based. Recommended to purchase Value Selling by Julie Thomas and provide indepth info on long term goals. INTERVIEW THEM, QUESTION AND MORE QUESTIONSNext steps - on-site interview consisting of 20 min role play with area manager and interview, and a second panel interview with two other area managers present.
1:1 interview. No interest in preparation of long term goals or any information learned from the book, Value Selling by Julie Thomas. Intrusive questioning followed by Main objective is to assertain the meaning of MANT - money, authority, need, timeframe which you are supposed to be able display through general interview process. Unless asked the question, really unsure of any advice on how to do it!! Original 20 minute role play with area manager, was replaced with an 1 and half hour panel role play with three actors and more business issues. Do not be fooled by the info they provide you with to prepare.
3:1 Panel Role Play: Horrendous. No matter how much preparation or research conducted the issues will change and they will play hard ball with you from the offset. After 30 mins of role play, they will leave you to deliberate over your performance and ask you to do the same. Do not give them any negative feedback with regards to your performance, it will be perceived as weakness. A further 30 mins role play was requried to sell myself into Gartner. Overcame all objections and informed they would let me know by the end of the week and told that it is not a matter of if I will work for Gartner, but a matter of when. Walked through the back offices of Gartner, obviously a sign to the initial recruiter of success or failure and then sat down for a brief discussion of how things went.
I've only been out of the interview for approx an hour and I am unsure of whether they were serious or merely humouring me. Quite a childish game of cat and mouse and switch of interview content which could've been dealt with within the first hour interview and meant that any preparation was unnecessary.
It may be good to note that at 40, I was advised that I would be oldest member within their team, and I'm fairly certain that my preparation was seen as an invite to try to undermine and ridicule.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Field Sales at Gartner
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 2 months)
I was contacted by recruiter after applying and had a series of five interviews. Two with the recruiter, one with the hiring manager, one via teleconference with two managers from headquarters, and finally one with manager and national sales director. Director was hard ass and hostile.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Account Executive at Gartner
Posted Oct 23, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 (took 1 week)
The recruiter was very nice. She asked general questions about my background. Within a week, she followed up with a personal email saying the hiring manager wanted experience that I did not have. The phone interview was about 30 minutes long. We connected on LinkedIn also.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Account Executive at Gartner
Posted Oct 21, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Mexico City, The Federal District (Mexico) (took 4+ weeks)
1. They called me via Linkedin
2. I had a phone interview with recruiter number 1
3. I had a phone interview with recruiter number 2
4. I had a 1:1 interview with the manager
5. I had a 1:1 interview with the region manager
6. I called them to see if they hat taken a decision. They told me that I was not he chosen candidate but they will open more positions soon and they will have me in mind because I was one of the finalists.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Major Accounts at Gartner
Posted Oct 17, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 (took 4+ weeks)
Tough one!
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Negotiation Details
Chance to negotiate
Other Details
I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Account Executive at Gartner
Posted Sep 25, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 (took a day)
Interview as part of the screening to get to an initial short list. Did not make the short list as they have a typical profile and experience they look for. Interested in your sales training and sales methodology. Said subsequent interviews would include a staged interview with someone representing a CIO.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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