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Requirements found

Sales Onboarding (must)

What this posting asks for

Level: Manager — The title says "Director".

Main responsibilities

  • Manage the day-to-day operations of a Corporate sales team and ensure quarterly revenue targets and monthly goals are achieved.
  • Manage and optimize the team pipeline, ensuring that it is healthy, accurate, and up-to-date.
  • Build and maintain a high-impact team that drives value through diverse capabilities, a shared purpose or common goal, and an environment of trust and collab…
  • Lead with curiosity by providing impactful, dynamic coaching and feedback to drive direct professional development and performance of each AE.

Competencies an interviewer will look for

  • Communication Core
    In the posting: “Adopts consistent forecast management processes aligned to global standards, accurately and often communicating their forecasts to their leaders.” · “Expertly communicate ideas, directives, and guidance to team members and the entire organization, with particular focus on providing clarity and distilling c…” · “Strong customer-facing and presentation skills;”
    Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech.
  • Customer focus Core
    In the posting: “Okta’s Corporate Sales Team manages the sales process for small to medium-sized customers.” · “The team organizes and conducts sales presentations, site visits and product demonstrations to prospects and represents Okta in a consistent, effective and p…” · “Exemplify team selling and cross-functional collaboration by leveraging the full power of Okta and our partners, ensuring the customer achieves maximum value.”
    Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company.
  • Planning and organisation Core
    In the posting: “Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era.” · “The team organizes and conducts sales presentations, site visits and product demonstrations to prospects and represents Okta in a consistent, effective and p…” · “Actively engage in territory planning and opportunity development.”
    Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
  • Attention to detail and quality Core
    In the posting: “Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era.” · “The right Sales Leader for this position should have the ability to increase the productivity of account executives through skill development, adherence to a…” · “Manage and optimize the team pipeline, ensuring that it is healthy, accurate, and up-to-date.”
    Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
  • Stakeholder management Core
    In the posting: “The Area Sales Director of Corporate is responsible for the development and business results of a team of quota-carrying Account Executives in their region.” · “The right Sales Leader for this position should have the ability to increase the productivity of account executives through skill development, adherence to a…” · “Exemplify team selling and cross-functional collaboration by leveraging the full power of Okta and our partners, ensuring the customer achieves maximum value.”
    Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.
  • Teamwork and collaboration Core
    In the posting: “Build and maintain a high-impact team that drives value through diverse capabilities, a shared purpose or common goal, and an environment of trust and collab…” · “Exemplify team selling and cross-functional collaboration by leveraging the full power of Okta and our partners, ensuring the customer achieves maximum value.”
    Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
  • Leadership and mentoring Core
    In the posting: “Lead with curiosity by providing impactful, dynamic coaching and feedback to drive direct professional development and performance of each AE.” · “Proven track record of leading a team focused in prospecting and identifying opportunities for growth to secure new logos”
    Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
  • Adaptability and learning Core
    In the posting: “Lead with curiosity by providing impactful, dynamic coaching and feedback to drive direct professional development and performance of each AE.” · “In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable) and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid l…”
    Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.
  • Technical skill Supporting
    In the posting: “Facilitate and influence decision-maker or executive-level customer conversations as necessary, using their economic, financial, product, integration/ISV arc…”
    Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
  • Problem solving Supporting
    In the posting: “This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes.”
    Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix.
  • Ownership and accountability Supporting
    In the posting: “Enforce operationally sound cadences and expectations, holding themselves, their team, and partners accountable.”
    Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.

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Practice questions

  1. Tell me about yourself. Dedicated step-by-step practice.
  2. If an interviewer asks something improper How to respond to questions about age, family, origin or health.
  3. Built from this posting (8):
  4. Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. From this posting
  5. Describe a time you went out of your way to solve a customer's problem. From this posting
  6. You have three urgent tasks due today and time to finish only two. How do you decide? From this posting
  7. Tell me about a time you caught an error before it reached a customer or a report. From this posting
  8. How have you used onboarding in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
  9. Tell me about a problem you solved using sales. From this posting
  10. Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
  11. Walk me through a piece of work where you used your strongest technical skill. What exactly did you do? From this posting
  12. Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
  13. Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
  14. Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
  15. Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
  16. Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
  17. Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
  18. Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
  19. Describe a process you improved.
  20. Do you have any questions for us?
  21. Why do you want to work here?
  22. Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
  23. Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
  24. Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
  25. What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
  26. What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
  27. You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
  28. Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
  29. A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
  30. How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
  31. Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
  32. You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
  33. Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
  34. How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
  35. Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
  36. How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
  37. Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
  38. A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
  39. How do you keep your pipeline organised?
  40. Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
  41. You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?
  42. Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.