Hi All,
When interviewing a candidate OR when being interviewed. What are questions a great candidate asks?
SaaS_Slinge
When interviewing Sales/Biz Dev Executives, what questions do good candidates ask?
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“Why now?”
This question is good for both directions. If I’m the candidate, I want to know why they are looking to hire for this role now. The answer can tell you more about the chances of success than any other answer you’ll receive all session. A poorly thought out or articulated answer is a red flag.
For the company, if you’re interviewing a top performer with seemingly everything going for them, you want to know why they are making a move at all. If they just came off a good year with a top finish…why change gears and start over completely when you could keep crushing in your current role?
This question is good for both directions. If I’m the candidate, I want to know why they are looking to hire for this role now. The answer can tell you more about the chances of success than any other answer you’ll receive all session. A poorly thought out or articulated answer is a red flag.
For the company, if you’re interviewing a top performer with seemingly everything going for them, you want to know why they are making a move at all. If they just came off a good year with a top finish…why change gears and start over completely when you could keep crushing in your current role?
This is the best one.
As someone who hopped jobs too frequently in the past, it was a tough one to get past.
As someone who hopped jobs too frequently in the past, it was a tough one to get past.
Great answer. Especially for the candidate asking the organization. Lots of insight can be gained there.
I turned down two offers in my last search because the company's VC (actually both had the same lead investors) said they needed to hire a leader for that role...but they didn't know what to do in terms of integrating the function into their orgs.
Can you tell me more why that was a reason to turn down an offer? Seems like it's a discussion between you and the team. Also I think it's off the the company's VC was part of your hiring process. Did you think so?
1) The VC told the company to open the role because it was trendy at the time, but they did not talk to me.
2) I spoke with the team and they had no experience in integrating the role into their existing business process or plans for what the role would bring to the table. No plans or executive buy-in? You won't get me.
2) I spoke with the team and they had no experience in integrating the role into their existing business process or plans for what the role would bring to the table. No plans or executive buy-in? You won't get me.
Do I smell shade 💅
So much shade I could kill a succulent.
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For me it isn't their questions, its how they got to me. Did they take the time to find me, reach out to me, make the case via PM/Email to talk to them, etc.? If they are willing to do that, I know they'll make a good sales rep.
When being the candidate and I wanna get em impressed and hopefully being accepted I ask these questions once done with the interview.
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