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. I interviewed at Pearson in Jun 2017
Interview
The HR Representative I spoke with was very helpful at the beginning of the process and kept in contact. However, the person I spoke with to interview for the position via the phone was not as personable. They asked many questions and seemed annoyed and would sign on the other end of the phone as I was answering. I did not hear back for two weeks, and emailed HR multiple times before finally receiving a rejection email.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you deal with an angry faculty member?
What makes a good learning objective?
Describe a lesson plan you would put in an online course.
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.