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thisisjustno

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Ideas to blow interviewer’s mind?

I'm progressing in the AE interview process and am thinking of ways to stand out and secure the job.  One idea I have is to start building a prospect list and present it to the interviewer.  
Has anyone done this?  What are some other ideas that show, "this is the guy we need"? 
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Gasty
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I found loopholes in their existing lead gen workflows (demo signup/pricing request etc.) and showed it to them in the interview.

Added some $$ figures around how much it might be costing them.

Worked like a charm!
braintank
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Magic trick?
jefe
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My mind went to the exact same place
TennisandSales
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i like the thought, but that wouldnt blow my mind if i was a hiring manager.

what would blow my mind is seeing that you know the product better than you should, and that you understand how to run a really solid sales processes.

find ways to convey that, and i think you are in a great spot.
SgtAE
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Legit I took an interview for the hell of it two months back (as a BDR so maybe not the same) just showed them last months stats how I topped the board on calls made, showed them the Logo's that I booked (big names in ANZ) and toolstack used. It took 10 minutes for me to create that slide, pinged her a PDF of it afterwards, she said that no one ever prepared for an interview that well? Apparently it's not that hard to stand out these days, so just do a little more than the bare minimum and I think you'll do great haha
jefe
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MAGIC!!
DungeonsNDemos
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It's an ILLUSION Michael!
jefe
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A trick is something a whore does for money
ChumpChange
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Hit them with 30/60/90-day plans with a competitor analysis. A huge part of the interview is convincing your audience that you're a polished product and that the only decision that they have to make is if you're a culture fit.
thisisjustno
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This worked like a charm…didn’t take me long and I got an offer with a base 38% higher than what I’m making now. Thanks for the tip!
ChumpChange
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Congrats mate! Now go kill it!
Pachacuti
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
Seems like half of blowing an interviewee kind is just showing up nowadays.

You can do the prospect list, 30/60/90 day plan, learn the product the best you can, etc. IMO the best thing you can do is be the guy who best meshes within their organization. And that’s hard to demonstrate in an interview.
saaskicker
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Set a meeting for them with someone in your network. I did this once and got an offer on the spot from the Hiring Manager, didn't even have to go to the "pitch round"
thisisjustno
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Senior Account Executive
Are you saying you set up a meeting with someone you already knew as a fake sales call but the interviewer thought it was a real prospect? Haha
UserNotFound
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Depends on who you are interviewing with. Recruiter? Hiring Manager? VP? What level is it because there are (should be) different tactics for each.

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