To keep this brief, I had an 1st call interview with an internal recruiter at a Series B (very recent) Company that offers phenomenal benefits, empowering internal culture, and super strong compensation.
They are less than 3 years old and have a great niche, product-lead company.
I'll be honest, I am very excited at the prospect of working here but I am REALLY trying to not get ahead of myself even though the call could not have gone better. I'll have the 2nd call scheduled this week.
But the only thing I am curious to get your take on, is that up till now all sales has been headed up by the CEO. The small AE team has been reporting to him, and have strong attainment and POCs. They are in the process of hiring a CRO and a head of sales but don't have anyone placed for it yet.
From my own experience, working directly under a CEO can be a crapshoot but it's not a deal breaker. Let me know what are the best questions you would ask regarding this as I go forward besides:
-Who will I ultimately be reporting to? (CEO to start and then Sales Director once hired)
-What qualifications are you looking to hire sales leadership down the road so I can best position my efforts to be helpful?
-How has the sales process been run up to this point?
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