The Gap Partnership Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process was really nice. I had an online interview with HR and then two separate 1:1 on-site interviews with hiring managers. The interviews focused on my experience related to the job and my personal background. It felt like they genuinely wanted to know me and my career goals. They were also open about the company, the role, and what they expect. Even though I didn't get an offer, it was a great interview experience because the conversations were consistently good, and the logistics were handled smoothly. The Global Recruitment Manager was especially helpful and responsive throughout the entire process.

I was contacted by a recruiter and had to go through a series of exercises and remote interviews. I had about 6 interviews over Skype with recruiters and members of TGP. I had to do a 15 minute pitch of their hour glass negotiations technique, which I thought was a joke. For the final interview, I was invited to fly to Rye, NY. While I was there, I had to wait in a cafeteria for over an hour, which made me want to leave. For my final presentation, I was asked to present on my region. During the interview, an HR person rudely asked me to get to how I will help increase their sales. I was forced to jump to the last slide and the other team members kept asking me questions on slides I couldn't get to. At the end, I thanked them and swore I would never go back. I was given cab fare to and from the airport. Later, the recruiter called and said they didn't want to move forward, telling me to keep my head up because they only hire 1 out of every 50 people they interview. I would not have accepted the job anyway because they are cold and show no class.

Oddest interview process I have experienced, and opposed to others here, not difficult. It seemed to all be focused on personality- hardly any questions about skills. It started with a skype call with a HR representative. She tried to explain the role, which remained a bit vague but OK. She didn't ask me anything, only to consider the role and let her know if I wanted to proceed. I figured why not- if invited to an interview I will learn more about both the role and the company. So, next step was a F2F interview with a client manager and a senior manager. Hardly any in-depth questions about skills or examples of business situations. Questions were a lot about personality, and how you would deal with other personalities (or rather: ego's). Sounded like the consultants you would be working with needed a lot of chasing, motivation and kicks in the behind. (The HR representative had called it "babysitting the consultants"). After the interview I got invited within a day to a second interview, for which I was asked to prepare a presentation on gold standard client service. This interview was with the same people as the first round, plus another senior manager (which was a last minute change). After the presentation more questions along the same line as before. At the end of the interview I was informed to be contacted soon- and then nothing. Literally nothing. I even reached out myself after a while (around 2-3 weeks later), with an email to both the HR representative and one of the people I had interviewed with F2F. No response. This is of course both highly unprofessional, as well as disrespectful. Considering their air of "market leader in negotiation" one would expect at least a professional level of communication, also when they would not want to proceed with a candidate.

I was contacted and after reading about the interview process and company values on Glassdoor, I decided to continue because the first interview was professional and I was a great fit. The second interview only had two questions, one of which was personal: 'Tell me about your family situation.' When I mentioned my husband, the interview changed, making me uncomfortable and feeling discriminated against for being LGBTQ+. Although this was painful and unacceptable, I'm glad I experienced their practices before joining due to incompatible company values. I think the company's values are just empty words and don't align with their hiring process.