Instructional Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Pearson with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Instructional Designer roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Pearson overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Pearson as a Instructional Designer according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 36%
One on one interview: 24%
Group panel interview: 20%
Background check: 12%
Personality test: 4%
Skills test: 4%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Pearson (Orlando, FL) in Jun 2016
Interview
Phone interview with Recruiter who immediately scheduled a second interview, this second interview was rescheduled the day of, the 2nd interview was via phone interview with peer who seemed to be happy to speak to me, spoke for almost an hour, got called by the recruiter again to go to a 3rd interview with the same peer and the rest of the group. The 3rd interview on skype with the team only 2 people showed up, and one was late. Recruiter was very attentive in between initial interviews. After the last interview, never heard from them again, followed up a week later and not even the courtesy of a form email.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain how you handle SMEs who aren't cooperative.
Phone interview with two team members followed by in person interview on site with manager that was about half an hour. It was a pretty standard interview and it was held at a university campus.
I was contacted for an interview and set one up for the upcoming Friday. I got no email confirmation back regarding the interview date. Friday morning, I received an email saying the availability had changed... even though I had never gotten a confirmation on the availability. We reschedule for 2:30 pm....... not sure if it was the same day or the following Friday, but I was prepared anyway. I got a call on Monday... not even on a "Friday" we agreed to. I received a follow up email with "per our emails" even-though Monday was never mentioned. The recruiter also asked for a new date to call. I point out that Monday was never discussed and send a new time for Wednesday. She replies and then again asks when I am free.... although I just told her Wednesday. Terrible experience. I cancelled everything.
It was long and a bit tedious. There were multiple rounds of interviews and long stretches between interviews so I was never totally sure if they were still interested or not.