I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at AppDynamics (New York, NY) in Jan 2018
Interview
I applied online. I wrote in my cover letter that I don't have sales experience but was interested in a career change.
Received an email from the recruiter to set up a phone call a few days later. We talked and I was grilled me on all the finer points of APM as if I'm supposed to be an expert on their product already.
I then had a phone interview with the hiring manager and that didn't go so well. The hiring manager basically told me to keep applying for other jobs.
I then have to speak to the recruiter again and was told to try again some other time. I just don't get why this company would waste my time going through these phone conversations with me when I specifically stated on my cover letter that I had no sales experience but then reject me because I have no sales experience.
We are committed to hiring people from diverse backgrounds, so not having sales experience is not necessarily a deal breaker. In this case, it sounds like you were not a fit, but we apologize that you feel like your time was wasted.
Other Sales Engineer Interview Reviews for AppDynamics
Introductory meeting with hiring manager. Work sample leveraging AppDyanmics. Fairly technical - need to be savvy with the command line. Took probably 8 hours. Then reviewed answers with the manager, who was super helpful in answering questions. After that had a chat with a teammate who helped answer my questions.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at AppDynamics
Interview
1) Phone screen with recruiter
2) Call with Sales Engineering Director
3) Call with Sales Engineering Manager
4) Take home lab
5) On site interview - presentation, technical questions and professional work experience questions
The lab is great because you get to actually use the AppD product and play around with it. I had no APM experience and was able to figure it out, there were a few things that took me a while to grasp but learning was fun.
Overall, great team - you can tell they care about you as a person, your happiness in the role and really setting clear expectations. I loved the interview process, I was challenged and got to meed some amazing people who I now get to call coworkers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technically, I was asked about Linux commands and some coding questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at AppDynamics (New York, NY) in May 2019
Interview
Good. Asked few questions related to my resume, some technical questions, my goals, how can I prove that I am best for the job , how are your future aspirations related to the job applied. Will you be willing to learn the skills required for the job etc
