I applied through other source. I interviewed at Pearson (Boston, MA)
Interview
Very nice conversation first with future manager then with coworkers. I had a chance to meet everybody (about 5 people) in one day. Decision was made next day, which also is very nice.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Pearson (Colombo, Western) in Apr 2026
Interview
An Online interview conducted through Teams, the interviewers were highly experienced individuals, Most of questions focused on industry related problems, problem solving, Relational databases, database optimization, OOP and unit and integration testing.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Pearson in Feb 2026
Interview
First had a screening call with a Pearson recruiter. Technical interview was a deep technical conversation about resume and previous work experience with Tech Lead and Senior Software Engineer. I was expecting live coding based on conversations with the recruiter but it was largely just technical discussions.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Pearson (Washington, DC) in Jul 2025
Interview
Initial recruiter screen for about 15 minutes. Then 1 hour panel interview (when it said only one person would be on the call in the inital invite), with technical questions on stuff on your resume, brain teaser, leetcode (didn't have time for this part), and behavioral/cultural questions at the end. Got ghosted after this
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical questions on technologies listed on your resume
Senior Software Engineer 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 45% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 20 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 Senior Software Engineer according to 20 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 29%
Phone interview: 27%
Skills test: 16%
One on one interview: 16%
Presentation: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Personality test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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