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Updated Jan 26, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Editorial Assistant at Pearson Education
Posted Jan 26, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 in Boston, MA (took 2 days)
I phone interviewed with the editor I would be directly working for. Then was interviewed in person by the editor. Then interviewed with the vice president (that was mostly an informational meeting). The one that mattered was the editor, and I think it was mostly to see if there was a match in personality. Every editor seemed to have their own way of choosing.
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Negotiation Details
No. The pay for this position is set and there isn't room for negotiation.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Publishing at Pearson Education
Posted Jan 20, 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 Apr 2010 in Boston, MA (took 4 weeks)
About what you would expect from a large company. several of the people interviewing were disinterested at best.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Test Administrator at Pearson Education
Posted Jan 12, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took 4 days)
Routine email scheduling the phone interview one day in advance. Called on time. Sounded like a recent grad who had a heavily scripted 5-page packet to run through. First we covered the position expectations, hours, pay, responsibilities, company culture. Interviewer discussed potential issues such as commute time, personal obligations, if I was scheduled to take any of the tests offered by the company in the near future, and potential conflicts if I were to accept the job. Withing 24 hours I was to complete and submit an official application, to then be called back (or not called back) for a 1:1 interview on-site. Was told the process would take 2-3 weeks from call to start date.
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Reason for Declining
After interviewing I felt over-qualified for the position and would be bored in the company's environment. Borderline insulted. Pay and hours offered were not worth continuing the process.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Editorial Assistant at Pearson Education
Posted Jan 3, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Upper Saddle River, NJ (took 2 days)
First I had a phone screen interview with an HR rep. Then I interviewed in person with the HR rep, the hiring manager, and one of the admin coordinators.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Intern at Pearson Education
Posted Jan 1, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 (took 4+ weeks)
Initially I applied on Pearson's website for the position. I got an email from HR saying that I would be getting a phone call from the specific department that was interested in me in a week. That next week, I got a phone call from the department with a woman, who would later be the person I reported to. That was fairly easy. Then, I got an email saying that I made it to the final round and would need to go to the office to interview with my boss. Here, I interviewed with 2 younger workers who prescreened me and then I interviewed for about an hour and a half with my boss. The people were generally friendly and it was not a difficult process, but the final interview was hard. I would advise people to definitely read up on the company a lot beforehand and know the competitors.
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Negotiation Details
I had to accept on the spot because of the competition. There really is no negotiation with your offer. They basically told me to take it and if I didn't, they had a list of people who they would call.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Editor at Pearson Education
Posted Dec 31, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 (took 2 days)
First interview was a group test, which consists of questions which test your knowledge of English. Doing well for this initial part, I was called for a 1:1 second interview with the Senior Publisher. Run-of-the-mill interview questions were asked.
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Negotiation Details
Did not negotiate. Don't bother too; there is not much leeway.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Sales Representative at Pearson Education
Posted Oct 28, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 (took 2+ weeks)
The recruiter called me to schedule a half hour phone screen. During the call she described the territory geography and account sizes. She kept asking if I had any questions throughout our conversation and emphasized this was a difficult job. From there I was recommended to meet with the district manager who scheduled a 1 hour face to face interview I thought the conversation went well but I never heard back from him.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Software Developer at Pearson Education
Posted Oct 27, 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 Jun 2010 in Boston, MA (took 1 week)
Did a phone interview. During the phone interview I was invited to come in for an in-person interview. The in-person interview consisted of meeting with several different people in the team I was to be joining (usually 1 or 2 people). At one point I sat down with the head of the group and was verbally quizzed on some very technical aspects of what approaches I would take to solve a particular problem. This was an informal test, but it was clearly a test.
After this I received a phone call about 2 or 3 days later with an initial offer. I countered, and received a second offer the same day. Accepted the second offer.
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Negotiation Details
The only thing I negotiated was salary. They were not able to come up to the figure I named without special authorization, but they came close and actually exceeded that amount when the bonus they offered was counted (the bonus, however, is based partly on company profit--so, I don't like to count this).
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Financial Analyst at Pearson Education
Posted Oct 18, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Denver, CO (took 2 weeks)
The young lady I interviewed with was nice and the interview was as expected. I tried my best. Actually I was really confident at the time since I was recommended by my friend (who worked there) when I applied for the position. And the position matched what I had done and what I learned in school.
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Reason for Declining
Too low salary, considering the work expected to be done.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Software Developer at Pearson Education
Posted Oct 11, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 (took a day)
I met them on campus career fair and schedule an interview next morning. It was a very standard interview held by 1 hr and 1 department manager. All are behavioral questions. They asked about strength and weak points. There are also teamwork questions and about difficulities.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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