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Pearson interviews FAQs
Test Publisher applicants have rated the interview process at Pearson with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Test Publisher roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Pearson overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Pearson as a Test Publisher according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Drug test: 33%
Presentation: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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I applied online. The process took 3+ months. I interviewed at Pearson (London, England) in Aug 2014
Interview
A long process. Email, then phone from London, then video Skype from Minnesota, then face to face in Melbourne, then another Skype to Minnesota. Long periods of no communication, but then when word is that I was through to the next round, the process quickened and I was through. To the following round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How have you tackled a situation in your office where the boss is clearly wrong.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pearson (Hadley, MA) in Sep 2020
Interview
The interview was about an hour long, and began with questions about experience with coding and Excel, general office etiquette-type questions like "who should you contact in X situation", and college coursework. The second half of the interview was a timed test of ability to understand/interpret XML code fragments and some questions testing general reasoning ability.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked to describe in detail a Python project from my resume