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Woolfshark

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Recruiters and HR looking busy and wasting your time.

How many meetings should it take to hire a sales dev/ biz dev rep? 

I get that it looks good for a company to have hiring for x and y on their website and linkedin. 

I also get that recruiters/HR folks linkedin engagement is tracked as activity metrics.


Appropriate number of interview steps before offer for salesdev/bizdev

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CuriousFox
WR Officer
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3. Anything more looks like overkill and company disorganization.
GDO
Politicker
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BDM
I had 9 conversations and a presentation in the past with one company. It wasn't even a closing role. After that they decided that it was not a match. Seriously fucked up my day back then
CuriousFox
WR Officer
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You live and learn 😉
Kosta_Konfucius
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Sales Rep
3-4
HR, Hiring Manager, Mock Interview with Peers, Leadership Sign off
Beans
Big Shot
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Enterprise Account Executive
Screener, Hiring Manager screen, role play/project.
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Sales Coach
If you can't get it done in two interviews you will lose candidates in the process

Plus the company needs to look at their process and fix it, 3 rounds for bd rep is too many
TommyShelby
Good Citizen
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Account Exec
Recruitment agency side here - not familiar with agencies using social metrics as a KPI. Companies having roles open can look good, but it can also look bad if it’s open for a long time.

Typically having more rounds of interviews is because of decision anxiety - HM wants you to meet the whole team so that they share the responsibility if things go sideways. Nobody loves doing interviews, including HMs.
snafu_sales
Catalyst
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SaaS Sales
Depends on the region - hiring culture differs drastically but expect 3 or 4 in this market

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