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Sales Supervising Salesforce Training Marketing

What this posting asks for

Level: Manager — The title says "Manager".

Main responsibilities

  • Attract, hire, retain, and develop talent
  • Provide strong coaching and mentoring through a deep understanding of sales, our business model, and our sales methodology
  • Be involved in prospect qualification and discovery calls/meetings
  • Provide weekly team performance summary as well as timely and accurate forecast to senior management
  • Cross functional collaboration to establish scalable processes for incoming lead management and follow-up SLAs and conversions
  • Develop and own KPI’s, supervise the activity of the team, track the results and drive team execution based on those metrics
  • Work closely with Field Sales and Inside Sales management to drive increased performance and align pipeline production to our Sales team's needs
  • Invest in your self-development, focusing on the skills and attributes that will make you successful in your core role and get you set for future success
  • What You Will Bring to the Table
  • 2+ years experience prospecting as an individual contributor and closing

Competencies an interviewer will look for

  • Technical skill Core
    In the posting: “Complex enterprise software experience in a comparable company (technical and multi level decision making)” · “Experience in open source software sales is a distinct advantage” · “We have redefined the data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software.”
    Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
  • Leadership and mentoring Core
    In the posting: “We’re looking for a dynamic and empowering Sales Development Manager who will be responsible for building and leading a team of enterprise ADRs.” · “The role focuses on leadership, development and a high performance culture to execute against our rapid sales goals.” · “Provide strong coaching and mentoring through a deep understanding of sales, our business model, and our sales methodology”
    Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
  • Customer focus Core
    In the posting: “You must be credible with direct reports, customers, recruitment candidates, and internally across the organization at all levels including senior management” · “MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market.” · “With offices worldwide and over 67,000 customers, including AI-native startups and approximately 75% of the Fortune 100, relying on MongoDB for their most im…”
    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: “In this role, you will have two core priorities: Talent Development & Revenue Development.” · “You will also be a key asset to our Enterprise Sales organization, partnering with regional leaders across our sales organization, you will be a crucial part…” · “You must be credible with direct reports, customers, recruitment candidates, and internally across the organization at all levels including senior management”
    Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
  • Data and analysis Core
    In the posting: “Develop and own KPI’s, supervise the activity of the team, track the results and drive team execution based on those metrics” · “We have redefined the data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software.” · “MongoDB’s unified data platform, the most widely available, globally distributed data platform on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads,…”
    Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
  • Teamwork and collaboration Core
    In the posting: “Cross functional collaboration to establish scalable processes for incoming lead management and follow-up SLAs and conversions” · “Work closely with Field Sales and Inside Sales management to drive increased performance and align pipeline production to our Sales team's needs”
    Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
  • Communication Supporting
    In the posting: “Excellent verbal, written, listening, and presentation skills.”
    Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech.
  • Ownership and accountability Supporting
    In the posting: “A Sales Development leader at MongoDB hires outstanding talent, maps out the gaps in that rep’s skillset, holds them accountable to reaching their potential,…”
    Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.
  • Adaptability and learning Supporting
    In the posting: “Other benefits for eligible employees may include: equity, participation in the employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks fully-paid …”
    Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.
  • Attention to detail and quality Supporting
    In the posting: “Provide weekly team performance summary as well as timely and accurate forecast to senior management”
    Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
  • Stakeholder management Supporting
    In the posting: “We view our Account Development Representatives as the next wave of Account Executives at MongoDB.”
    Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.

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