Gates Foundation interview questions
Updated May 12, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 14%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 9%RecruiterRecruiter
- 5%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 4%OtherOther
- 2%In PersonIn Person
- 2%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
181 interviews
Gates Foundation interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Gates Foundation as 51% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.04 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for APO and Officer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Coordinator and Senior Technical Advisor roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Gates Foundation takes an average of 55 days when considering 159 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Operations Assistant had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Software Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 240 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Gates Foundation according to 159 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 35%
One on one interview: 27%
Group panel interview: 11%
Background check: 10%
Presentation: 6%
Skills test: 5%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Personality test: 0%
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