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      Project Manager Interview

      10 Aug 2010
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Gates Foundation (Seattle, WA) in May 2010

      Interview

      Initial phone w/ HR, followed by phone w/ hiring manager. 1:1 you sit in a room while people come to you. I ate lunch alone, in the room (it was explained that they seem to think that people like a breather to be on their own. er, lunch w/ potential co-workers is where you get a real sense of what it is like to work there.. so that was concerning). You do not get to see where you will work, or who co-workers are aside from those involved in the interview. Interview Qs depended upon the person, but for the most part clearly untrained in determining best fit. A few illegal Qs thrown in, but I think these were ignorance over intentional fact finding. Major attitude w/ junior peers, which is to be expected, I suppose. Not one person could clearly explain how things work or identify specific projects or tasks- everything described in a vague sort of way. I got the distinct sense that decisions are not made easily, or by any specific person or persons. The environment described as collegiate, but seems more like "under managed" is more accurate. Initial follow up emails were not responded to (probably because I wasn't going to be offered the job, but still. "nice to meet you, too" - is that so difficult?). I don't think they would've bothered to tell me that I wasn't going to be offered the position if I hadn't been diligent about following up. My criticisms are not coming from bitterness- to be honest, if I had been offered the job it would've been a difficult decision. Something was not right, and I got the feeling that I was not given an accurate picture of what the job really entailed (despite direct questioning) or what the environment was really like- it was like talking to politicians. To turn down an opportunity to work at Gates would've been major... I probably would've taken it and been miserable within a month.....so in the end best outcome...

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Do you get along with all types of managers? What managing style do you prefer?
      Answer question
      18

      Other Project Manager interview reviews for Gates Foundation

      Project Manager Interview

      12 Oct 2015
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Gates Foundation

      Interview

      Phone calls and then made it through to a full day interview. During the full day interview the first person to interview me was just rude. She leaned back in her chair, arms crossed, looking out the window and didn't make eye contact. Clearly had no desire to like me. Tough....

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Details about what I thought I could bring to the project, my work history, why I wanted to be at Gates etc.
      Answer question
      5

      Project Manager Interview

      17 Sept 2014
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Gates Foundation

      Interview

      No surprises. Same standard interview questions from interviewer to interviewer. Generally nice, but stressed, people. It seemed to take them a long time to schedule the interviews, and they kept adding interview dates after saying the current one was the last one. It became quite an investment. The facility was very nice. Lots of windows. But area traffic was horrendous.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Describe your approach to a particular project related problem that had challenging political, executive management, stakeholder and internal relationship dimensions to it.
      2 Answers
      5

      Project Manager Interview

      8 Jul 2013
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Gates Foundation (Seattle, WA)

      Interview

      phone interview

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      none. It was easy and very professional.
      Answer question
      1

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