Business Development Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Gartner with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 42% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Business Development Manager roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 45 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 Business Development Manager according to 45 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 15%
Group panel interview: 14%
Skills test: 11%
Background check: 11%
Presentation: 9%
Personality test: 5%
Other: 4%
Drug test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Gartner (Barcelona) in May 2025
Interview
Introductory phone call with HR for presenting and understanding the fit between the opportunity and the candidate.
First video call with HR for knowing each other where it's asked to describe your career pathway, to be precise and concise since the position would be for a person who speak with the C-levels, questions about Gartner (suggested to prepare well about it), behavioural questions using the STAR method.
Second video call for understanding the lead skills of the candidate.
Third and final call with the VP and Regional Sales
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself.
Why Gartner?
In 3 points why we should choose you.
Tell me a situation of a very difficul deal and how you manged it.
Introduction call with talent team. 2 x roleplay where you must build on feedback with panel interview and presentation of your why, goals, motivations. Roughly 4 stages across a month
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
C level experience, role playing of client call, what motivations me
The process is extremely thorough. Josephine was incredible at guiding me through to the final stage.
Each team member reached out to inbetween rounds was quick to respond and eager to give their time to me.
One first call of 15 minutes and one interview of 1h. The process is right they explain everything and send you an email. They asked for feed back. Great process