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      Account Executive - Small/Medium Business (SMB) Interview

      Jan 10, 2015
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Salesforce

      Interview

      I applied on the company website. I received an email back from an HR recruiter, who scheduled a phone interview. During my phone interview the HR rep seemed very rushed, he spoke so fast I was barely able to take legible notes. It was all very scripted, he sounded like he was reading straight off a script, probably has the same conversation 50 times per day. He went over some deal breakers like travel, office time requirements, location, etc. He also wanted to know if I knew anyone at the company. I felt that I seemed to lose major points for the fact that I did not currently live in the city the office is located, even though I said it would be no problem for me to move there, and I also lost points for not having an inside referral. He went over my background of which I have plenty of experience, education, and qualifications for this position. He explained some details about the process, answered my questions, but it all seemed very rushed, and mechanical. I had more questions, but he seems to cut me off at the end an wrap up the call, saying he was coming up against his next call. He told me he would meet with the hiring manager, then they would get back to me if I was selected to move forward. The next day I received an email stating I was not selected to move forward. Not a big surprise from what I have read and how they conducted this interview, seems you need to currently live in the city, know someone on the inside, and be prepared to become a kool-aid drinking robot.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      No difficult questions
      1 Answer
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      Account Executive - Small/Medium Business (SMB) Interview

      Apr 4, 2017
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Salesforce

      Interview

      Entire process would have taken 5 steps, I received an initial email after I applied online, once I responded to that email and then did not here back for 1 month, but after that the process was extremely efficient with the next 3 steps taking only about 1 week. They laid out comp, details of the role as well as the entire interview process from the start which I appreciated. Unfortunately I decided to withdraw due to commuting issues. Next step would have been a chronological interview and the final would have been a presentation regarding my most difficult sale.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about your sales process
      1 Answer

      Account Executive - Small/Medium Business (SMB) Interview

      Apr 2, 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Salesforce

      Interview

      Initial screening with sales recruiter which lead to individual phone interviews with two sales managers. At last there was a presentation to the sales manager and a conversation with a sales VP.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Nothing out of the ordinary. What is your sales process?
      1 Answer

      Account Executive - Small/Medium Business (SMB) Interview

      Apr 10, 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Bengaluru
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (Bengaluru) in Mar 2017

      Interview

      Interview process was quite smooth. I applied for three sales positions on the Salesforce careers page. Got the call from recruiter in 2weeks for Account Executive Role. The interview process had three rounds. First round was the phone screening by the recruiter. Second round was F2F interview with Sales Director (SMB)& Strategic Account Executive. Final round F2F with Area Vice President, Sales.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      First Round Questions :- 1. Asked about my role in current org. 2. Asked the Salary compensation and my expectation. 3. Setting up the schedule for next round. Second Round Questions (With Sales Director) :- 1. Tell me about yourself. (Not about professional and academics. But about yourself as a person) 2. Tell me about your professional journey. 3. Why I want to leave this company and why I left my previous company? 4. What are the customers won? Who was your first and Last customer? Biggest Customer? 5. Why you want to join Salesforce? 6. Why should we hire you? 7. How soon can you join if we roll out the Offer to you today? 8. Any Questions? Final Round Questions :- 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. What is your current compensation? 3. I understand you have already had 2 rounds. I may not waste much time. I will speak with recruiter to process it further to roll out the offer. 3. You play cricket? What you are good at (Batting, Bowling or Fielding) ? I replied - Bowling. You could be a good fit to our cricket team. We play on weekends. Welcome on Board. Looking forward to see you soon :)
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