Pearson interview questions
Updated Jun 3, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 12%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 7%RecruiterRecruiter
- 4%OtherOther
- 4%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 3%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 3%In PersonIn Person
Interview search
1,341 interviews
Pearson interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Pearson as 59.9% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.77 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Leadership Development Program and Inside Sales Representative rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Associate Software Engineer and Inside Sales Representative roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Pearson takes an average of 26 days when considering 1,025 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 Java Developer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Senior Customer Service Administrator roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 360 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Pearson according to 1,025 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 10%
Skills test: 9%
Presentation: 8%
Drug test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Other: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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