Gallup Consulting Interview Questions

5 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (67%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.4
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (88%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

3.2
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (63%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

Interviews at Gallup Consulting

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Location Singapore
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Year 2014
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Location San Francisco
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Interview Questions & Answers - Gallup Consulting Examples

Statistician Interview - Consulting

Anonymous interview candidate in
Interviewed: March 2010
Date Submitted: Aug 14, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I applied online and got a phone interview around one week later. It was 45 minutes long and consists of a large number of behavioral and personality questions. I had to give short answers under time pressure. There was no feedback and no chance to talk to the interviewer. Got an email around a week later telling me they are not going to proceed with my application. This was a while back. It does not look like they are hiring Statisticians at the time of writing.
Interview Questions
The questions I got were pretty standard behavioral and personality questions. I would not say they were difficult or unexpected. But here are a few.

1. Are you a hardworking / motivated person?
2. Describe a stressful situation at work.
3. Are you a team player?
4. Are you good at numbers?
5. What is your greatest achievement?

To be honest the toughest part was having the stamina to answer questions non-stop under time pressure for say 45 minutes straight. It is hard to tell exactly what kind of personality they are looking for with these questions.
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Associate Analyst Interview - Program Management Group

Anonymous interview candidate in San Francisco
Interviewed: 2014
Date Submitted: Dec 10, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
When you first apply online you take what seems to be a personality assessment. From that point they will send you an email to continue the process which is another phone call. The phone call is around 45 minutes and is straight questions asking you about your personality. After I was told on the spot that I made it to the next phone interview round.
Interview Questions
What do you think about while driving in the car?

There were a string of questions like this that the interviewer would not elaborate on and you had to answer them as best as you could.
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Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Chicago
Interviewed: February 2013
Date Submitted: Apr 04, 2014
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
Initially there are two personality screens. The first, screening fit for role, one follows a personality type that Gallup developed called "StrengthsFinder." Typically they are looking for competitive types who also exhibit traits of "cause-effect" thinking. The second personality test tests fit for firm. Gallup is a firm believer in "pay-for-performance." They are also seeking "grinders" who are comfortable with a data driven approach to Human Capital.

Following this, there will be a series of 2-3 phone interviews. Some of these interview questions will seem similar to those on the online tests, however they are now testing for how quickly one thinks.

Finally, applicants who get past the phone screen, are invited to come on-site to the internship location. On this super-day there are a series of group and one-on-one interviews with individuals ranging from the office-head to senior consultants. During the one-on-one interviews, the interviewer will expect that you have questions.
Interview Questions
Describe a time when you were challenged.
Describe a moment where your morals were tested.
Have you ever had to turnaround a team?
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Associate Consultant Interview - Gallup Consulting

Anonymous interview candidate in Washington
Interviewed: November 2013
Date Submitted: Dec 27, 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Took test online, then 2 phone interviews. they just want to see whether you are a good fit for their company. good fit meaning exact fit. From what I know and heard from career counselors, Gallup looks for and only hires people of a certain personality who fit their profile. So you are only working with people who are almost exactly like you.
Interview Questions
Would you accept salary or pay per performance? Why? Pay per performance because I'm competitive and a hard-worker.
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Client Development Intern Interview - Management Consulting

Anonymous interview candidate in Chicago
Interviewed: 2013
Date Submitted: Sep 29, 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Gallup's recruiting process is very structured and rigid. Gallup claims to have created a proprietary recruiting method that takes subjectivity out of the equation and relies solely on statistics and quantitative analytics.

My experience started with your generic online application. Afterwards, I was directed to take an online assessment. The test was comprised of about 100 statements like "I write things down to keep track of them" 1. Strongly agree, 2. Somewhat agree, 3. Neutral, 4. Disagree, 5. Strongly disagree. In all, the test took about 45 minutes to complete.

About 1 week later, I was invited to a structured telephone interview with one of Gallup's strengths analysts. The interview was very robotic and somewhat strange. The analyst would ask questions like, "Do you like to be a leader and why?" and I was expected to give a 3-5 sentence answer. There was no feedback by the interviewer.

Gallup claims that there are no "right" answers to any of the questions, but that your answers are used to build a personality profile which is subjected to analysis to determine if you would be a good match for the specified job. I'm not really sure I buy it, McKinsey, Bain, & BCG seem to get top candidates with the standard case interview approach. My personal opinion is that Gallup just wants to get you into their system and that hiring is still typically done with managers who recruit selectively from top schools.
Interview Questions
"Do you prefer to lead or let someone more experienced lead?"

A lot of the questions are like this. I don't think that there are any right/wrong answers.
"How do you feel about performance based compensation?"

Gallup is really keen on performance based compensation. Expect to get asked is question multiple times.
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