Gartner
Practice questions for the skills this job lists, plus common questions for any interview. These are for practice: we don’t know the employer’s actual questions.
What is the difference between a list and a tuple, and when would you use each?
Python
How do generators work, and why would you use one over a list?
Python
Explain optionals and how you safely unwrap them.
Swift
Explain merge versus rebase. How do you resolve a conflict?
Git
How would you design a paginated, versioned REST API? Which status codes would you return?
REST APIs
What is DAX, and how do measures differ from calculated columns?
Power BI
What happens, step by step, when you type a URL into a browser?
Networking
Explain the difference between TCP and UDP and where each is used.
Networking
Walk me through a project you built: the design, a hard bug and what you'd change.
This kind of role
Reverse a linked list, then explain its time and space complexity.
This kind of role
How would you design a URL shortener?
This kind of role
What do you know about Gartner's products and customers?
Gartner
Tell me about yourself in two minutes, focused on this role.
About you
Why this company, and why this role?
About you
Tell me about a time you disagreed with a teammate. What happened?
About you
Describe a time you failed or missed a deadline, and what you changed afterwards.
About you