I initially applied online for any positions in the sales or marketing sector and the role of Sales Representative interested me as a recent grad with 1+ year professional work experience. I was contacted the next day by a recruiter along with a follow up e-mail asking what times I was available to chat. We were able to set up a "phone interview" for the same day where the general questions were asked: What is your current role? What did you do for x, y, and z companies? What do you know about CRM/high-tech sales? Breezing through the phone interview, the recruiter set up a panel interview for the following week and recommended I go through the website and learn more about the company (as I emphasized to her that I had no prior experience in high-tech sales). I did my due diligence and the night prior to my interview, I read about the company and leafed through the website. The panel interview consisted of sitting down with a current Sales Rep who was extremely friendly and was able to answer all of my questions regarding the company, their current role, sales pressure (competitive yet friendly, I was informed) and whether they were overall, happy working at Salesforce. I then sat down with the SR managers who were a little intimidating. A few days following the interview I received a phone interview from another recruiter where she politely declined my application and explained that I was seemingly unprepared and had no prior experience with CRM and high-tech sales. In retrospect, I should have looked more in-depth into the company and its business goals.