I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Gartner (New York, NY) in Oct 2017
Interview
I applied through my school's career portal after attending an informational session. The first interview round was held at my school and consisted of 1:1 interviews with 2 different managing partners. Within a couple of weeks later, I was notified that I had been invited to participate in the final interview round at the NYC office. Attached to the email were materials to prepare for the case presentation. The final round was scheduled for the following week and consisted of a 60 minute case presentation (30 minute presentation + 15-30 minutes for questions) and 1:1 interviews with 3 different managing partners. The entire process seemed to go really smoothly and everyone I interacted with at Gartner was friendly and responsive. The presentation and interviews were moderately difficult, but enjoyable at the same time because it felt as if everyone was really just trying to get to know me and make sure I would be a good fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you had a huge stack of contracts and only limited time and resources to review them all, how would you approach this task?
The process involved 4 rounds: 1. HR basic detail clarification round, 2. Technical round if interview with hiring manager, 3. Case study, 4. Interview with a panel of 2-3 Senior Directors to check your fit with the firm.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
My research and analytical capabilities across multiple sources to create a triangulated solution to a given problem.
Interview experience was terrible. Interviewer arrived two hours late, wasted my time, and only revealed at the end that the role didn’t even exist. Completely unprofessional and frustrating for candidates.
Lengthy multiple phase interview which included a typical job interview followed by a business case.
The questions were mostly personal with a strong focus on fit and feeling out how much of a grinder you are.
The business case was quite hard (it was on the education sector, weird) and I had to develop a single slide solution a very short space of time on a very rubbish laptop.
All in all - the whole process seemed design to fail people not pass them.