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Requirements found
Sales (must) Marketing (must) Salesforce Negotiation (must) Training (nice)
What this posting asks for
Level: Senior — The title says "Senior".
Main responsibilities
- Identify and drive new business. Build and maintain a strong pipeline within the payments segment.
- Understand the payments ecosystem, including a strong technical acumen of the segment.
- Be able to communicate the challenges facing providers in the payment segment.
- Have a working knowledge of fraud risk.
- Understand SaaS solutions.
- Be a thought leader and build relationships at all levels within product, technology, and risk organizations.
- Understand and be able to communicate the company value story, and the ROI story aligning to the dynamics in the payment segment in parallel to influencing t…
- Drive the sales cycle from end-to-end.
- Collaborate with internal teams including marketing, sales engineering, system architects, delivery, finance, and legal.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records in Salesforce.com.
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Communication Core
In the posting: “Be able to communicate the challenges facing providers in the payment segment.” · “Understand and be able to communicate the company value story, and the ROI story aligning to the dynamics in the payment segment in parallel to influencing t…” · “Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “Our culture is open, positive, collaborative, and results-driven.” · “The candidate will need to partner with marketing, represent the organization at conferences, and take all measures to build a healthy new opportunity pipeli…” · “Collaborate with internal teams including marketing, sales engineering, system architects, delivery, finance, and legal.”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Ownership and accountability Core
In the posting: “DataVisor's platform is architected to support multiple use cases multiple financial services use cases with flexibly, dramatically lowering total cost of ow…” · “This candidate will drive the sales cycle from end-to-end as the “quarterback” of the deal, driving the supporting sales engineers, data scientists, delivery…” · “Drive the sales cycle from end-to-end.”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it. - Planning and organisation Core
In the posting: “With an open SaaS platform that supports easy consolidation and enrichment of any data, DataVisor's solution scales infinitely and enables organizations to a…” · “The candidate will need to partner with marketing, represent the organization at conferences, and take all measures to build a healthy new opportunity pipeli…” · “Be a thought leader and build relationships at all levels within product, technology, and risk organizations.”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “With an open SaaS platform that supports easy consolidation and enrichment of any data, DataVisor's solution scales infinitely and enables organizations to a…” · “Our award-winning software platform is powered by a team of world-class experts in AI, machine learning, security, big data, and scalable infrastructure.” · “This candidate will drive the sales cycle from end-to-end as the “quarterback” of the deal, driving the supporting sales engineers, data scientists, delivery…”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “As a Senior Account Executive – Payments, you will be responsible for hunting and securing new accounts within a defined Payments sector target list.” · “They will have good technical knowledge of the payment transaction eco-system and be able to interact and influence the c-suite, product leaders, risk leader…” · “Understand and be able to communicate the company value story, and the ROI story aligning to the dynamics in the payment segment in parallel to influencing t…”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Technical skill Core
In the posting: “Our award-winning software platform is powered by a team of world-class experts in AI, machine learning, security, big data, and scalable infrastructure.” · “Collaborate with internal teams including marketing, sales engineering, system architects, delivery, finance, and legal.”
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: “Its patented unsupervised machine learning technology, advanced device intelligence, powerful decision engine, and investigation tools work together to provi…”
Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix. - Customer focus Supporting
In the posting: “Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams both internally and within our client’s organizations.”
Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company. - Adaptability and learning Supporting
In the posting: “DataVisor's platform is architected to support multiple use cases multiple financial services use cases with flexibly, dramatically lowering total cost of ow…”
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: “Maintain accurate and up-to-date records in Salesforce.com.”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
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Practice questions
- Tell me about yourself. Dedicated step-by-step practice.
- If an interviewer asks something improper How to respond to questions about age, family, origin or health.
- Built from this posting (8):
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. From this posting
- Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
- Tell me about a task you took from start to finish without anyone asking you to. From this posting
- You have three urgent tasks due today and time to finish only two. How do you decide? From this posting
- How have you used sales in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using marketing. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
- Tell me about a difficult problem you solved at work. How did you find the cause? From this posting
- This posting reads as Finance & accounting: its questions come first.
- Tell me about a time you found an error in a financial report or reconciliation. Finance & accounting
- Walk me through how you build a budget or forecast. Finance & accounting
- It is the last day of month-end close and a balance will not tie out. What do you do? Finance & accounting
- Describe a time you explained a financial result to a manager outside finance. Finance & accounting
- How do you make sure your work holds up in an audit? Finance & accounting
- Tell me about an analysis that saved money or found revenue. Finance & accounting
- Three urgent requests arrive during close. How do you decide the order? Finance & accounting
- Describe a finance process you made faster or more reliable. Finance & accounting
- Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
- How do you keep your pipeline organised?
- Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
- Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
- Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
- Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
- Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
- Describe a process you improved.
- Do you have any questions for us?
- Why do you want to work here?
- Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
- Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
- Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
- What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
- What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
- You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
- Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
- A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
- How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
- Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
- You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
- Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
- How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
- How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
- Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
- A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
- Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
- You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?
- Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.

