Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at The National Gallery as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.33 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Communications Intern and Development Assistant rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Communications Intern and OSHA Compliance roles were rated as the easiest.
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I applied online. I interviewed at The National Gallery (London, England) in Apr 2024
Interview
Interview process was straightforward, all of the questions were expected and the interviewers were very friendly. Finding the entrace was slightly difficult but the security team were really helpful in getting me where I needed to be. The location is stunning.
I applied online. I interviewed at The National Gallery (London, England)
Interview
I've been involved in several recruitments for curatorial and education positions. Sincere interest in the arts, audiences and the National Gallery's collection are key for those posts. Very positively, I have never witnessed favouritism, but a really fair, balanced screening and interview process with genuine interest in the candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Warm up: What successful exhibitions have you recently visited?
Follow-up: What made them successful?
Screening: Can you give us an example of how you developed and delivered a successful project? What was the most important strategy for success?
Above & Beyond: How do you think your personal approach to that project relates or differs from wider practice in the field?
Panel interview, ghosted and then automatic reply
Despite having years of experience at international level and could do the job from day 1, I didn’t get the offer because I don’t fit their agenda. It was good to interview because it made me realise that this place will remain classist and elitist forever. Because I’m foreigner, I felt treated differently during the interview and probably only invited to mock the diversity list. I also felt discriminated and there were misandrists dog whistles said many times during the interviews.
You’d think they are professionals at this level of gallery but it was an awful experience. I was also asked questions that had nothing to do with the role
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Diversify the gender and nationalities but also class levels. All your curatorial workforce at the same people