I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Gartner in Jul 2024
Interview
A recruiter reached out to me. Then they gave me an editing test which was quite hard, but I must have passed it since I got the interview. It was with 2 senior editors or managing editors. Most of the questions had to do with editing. I thought it went well but I didn't get an offer. At least I got the rejection within a week of the interview and didn't get ghosted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's the difference between proofreading and editing?
What would you do if a writer didn't want you to make changes to a document and wanted to send it out with errors in it?
Was reached out to by the recruiter to have a phone screen set up. After 30 minutes of them not showing up they emailed and said they were pulled into a meeting. I emailed them available times and the screen never happened and was just passed onto the take home test. Test was straight forward but was given minimal feedback on performance.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Gartner
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter on LinkedIn. The role looked like a good fit and the initial video call went well. I was supposed to do an editing test the following Wednesday, and I'd receive the info about the test on Tuesday. By Wednesday morning, I hadn't received anything, so I checked in about the test -- no response. The time for the actual test came and went. I heard nothing back from the recruiter. They never followed up to explain what happened. Not wanting to engage with a company with this many red flags so early in the process, I did not email them again either.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the initial recruiting interview, we went over typical broad topics like my prior experience and skills.
Took a test and had a few interviews with other editors and TMs. Included a background check. Questions included a lot of scenarios, so coming with previous examples and experiences is important.
Editor applicants have rated the interview process at Gartner with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Editor roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Gartner overall takes an average of 35 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Gartner as a Editor according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 41%
Group panel interview: 24%
Presentation: 18%
Skills test: 18%
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