Though people are nice , very confused interviewing process. Like many negative reviews call it “bizarre “.
HR reach out to me via LinkedIn asking my interest to an open role which I think is not highly relevant to the field I have been working in. (Still Analyst, but not in HR professional field)
After the first phone interview, I was arrange to speak with another recruiter located in Spain which is strange and the internet is unstable that we have to keep repeating ourselves. Yet, so far the recruiters are nice and try to provide details according to the position, but
1. When it comes to salary, they low ball me a $56k-$64k , which on Gartner’s website posting the salary up to $80k.
2. None of the recruiters can tell what’s exact the skill set needed for the job and what actually the role is doing.
3. The job posting description changed overtime that seems they don’t even know what candidates could be a good fit. Job listing says need advanced Excel, a recruiter told me may need basic SQL, and the team managers saying they need someone who can debug their sales management program and modeling. I found at least two different job descriptions when googling the Gartner+the position title makes me believe they have no clue about who they trying to hire.
When it comes to the third interview with team manager, a third HR come into play and ask my availability. But they instead giving me a heads up but set the interview outside my schedule that I need to take a time off for an interview. Also, they told me to be ready for a live Excel assignment with the manager. However, when it comes to the interview, no project brings to the table just like they never mentioned before, no attachments sending my way and we spend another 30 min chatting through the role detail and behavioral questions again. I totally missed my opportunity to demonstrate my skill with my time off and preparation. And I knew from that moment I might be dropped off already before the 3rd round of the interview. They don’t even care to give you chances to compete with other candidates that I would rather they just shut me down after the 2nd round without wasting our time. I can accept been turned down due to my skill not met the requirements, yet being ghosted and skipped the skill test felt way worse.
I received a cold system email 3 days later saying I am not selected. The interview is not transparent and showing huge information gaps between recruiters and managers. The whole process took 2 and a half weeks. This is my second times interview with Gartner, both get to the 3rd round and the same old issue when comes to meet the team manager, they are look alike having an internal decision already and just spending some time window shopping.
