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      Senior Principal - Research Interview

      26 July 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Gurgaon, Haryana
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Gartner (Gurgaon, Haryana) in June 2019

      Interview

      I was unhappy since it seemed like a huge communication gap between the HR and the Director who was conducting the last round for me. The HR said i would be given a case study and i would be evaluated on how i look to solve the problem, the topic could be anything under the sun but involving finance since i'm from that background When i attended the case study round, it turned out the interviewer was looking for technical statistical terminology. The interviewer didnt care that the logics i gave were all making sense and correct and kept pushing me to answer in statistical language involving hypothesis testing etc. I clearly feel either the HR didnt communicate correctly to the interviewer about my background or didnt communicate to me that the case study could be technical and in any field. It clealy made no sense to ask a candidate from a Finance background to know technical statistical testing. This was my third round. The first round was more of a general, what do you do...fitment kind of round. The second round was a writing assessment. I genuinely feel, dont waste candidate's time if you have internal alignment issues. When i reached out to the HR for feedback, the HR never responded. Overall, bad experience, didnt expect this from Gartner!!!

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Case Study about predicting the no of medals a country could win in the next olympics
      Answer question
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      Senior Principal Researcher Interview

      2 Sept 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Gartner

      Interview

      HR screen with a recruiter going over the basics of your resume, followed by an interview with hiring manager who was seeing how good a fit you might be for the team, third interview was a case study/mock research question that involved answering questions about a short presentation the interviewers gave you.

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      Senior Principal, Research Interview

      21 Dec 2018
      Anonymous employee
      Arlington, VA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Gartner (Arlington, VA)

      Interview

      Initial contact was a call from a recruit. Extremely friendly, and informative. Provided a clear description, and was inquiring about my compensation range, desire and ability to relocate, etc. This was done over the phone. This recruiter acted as my guide throughout the process, which was immensely helpful. She would stay in contact via phone to chat before each part of the process, and provide me with advice. Second part was the behavioral interview, conducted by the hiring manager. Again, super friendly and informative. They were mostly interested in better understanding my research background, and asked some basic methodological questions about my research, as well as other normal questions you may get during an interview. I then advanced to the final round. This was an in-person interview that consisted of three parts. The first was a business case exercise, the second was an intellectual curiosity exercise, and the third was a writing sample. You had an hour for each. The first two are designed to better understand your process - how you frame a research question, conceive of the variables, how you would operationalize and measure the variables. They are really concerned with your ability to formulate, and more importantly, organize your ideas quickly. To be honest, there wasn't much of a difference between the business case and the intellectual curiosity exercise. Finally, for the writing test, they asked you to create a 250-350 word blog post summarizing a business article. They provide you with guidance on this via email before the interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How would you create a model to explain employee engagement?
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