Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Gartner with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 27% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 12 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 Software Engineer according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
One on one interview: 17%
Background check: 11%
Group panel interview: 11%
Skills test: 11%
Other: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 6%
Drug test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Gartner (Gurgaon, Haryana)
Interview
I was interviewed for Java. Firstly, they took 2 round of technical interviews followed by the HR round and salary discussion.
They took around 40 days to send the offer letter
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Main interview question was related to Java only and project on which i worked upon.
More focus on Java + Spring boot core
Like bean lifecycle, @transational .
How exceptional handling can be done in spring boot.
One easy dsa question was related like fibonacci series. Basic que on react or any frontend tech you worked on.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Gartner in Jan 2026
Interview
Very smooth process.
First screening round about 30 min.
Second Online Test for around 60min (Coding and MCQ Question)
Technical Round 1 (One hour with two panelists) Resume based question and one coding question
Technical Round 2 (Deeply discussion with project and Coding question)
Managerial Round
Final HR Round
I applied online. I interviewed at Gartner in Oct 2025
Interview
I interviewed with Gartner twice for two different software engineering roles. During my initial interview for the second role, I spoke with the same recruiter I had met during my first application. Both experiences were pretty underwhelming.
In the first call kept their camera off the entire time, and the conversation only lasted about ten minutes. It felt rushed and a bit impersonal. When I applied again for a different role a few months later, I had a similar experience where the recruiter didn’t seem very engaged or interested in the conversation.
The process felt unorganized and lacked communication.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain you experience and how it matches to the role.