I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Smarsh (New York, NY) in Jul 2024
Interview
Interviews: Recruiter Interview & 3 additional interviews from the Solutions Engineering Team.
One of the oddest interviews I have ever had for a "PRE-Sales" Solution Engineer Position.
1) Minimal to no Technical questions.
2) Most questions were SALES Methodology BASED (MEDDIC/ SCRUM/SPIN). {Which many entry level SE's and some sales people would certainly not be familiar with or asked)
3) Many questions on Discovery-Sales-POC technique
- It was obvious from the interview the company is having issues closing POC's and converting to sales.
- It was also clear that SALES and SE's are having collaboration issues.
- It was clear that the company is bogged down with RFI\RFP's that are written by other companies - hence, they are spending too much time responding and not initiating those.
- Unclear if Sales are hitting their targets as the Sales Cycles are extremely long.
Got the impression the company is interviewing candidates and feeling out the market only.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: What Sales Methodology are you familiar with?
Q: How do you relate and work with difficult sales people?
Q: Are you familiar with the SAAS Model?
Q: Who have you spoke too so far ?