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What this posting asks for

Level: Mid level — The posting asks for 3 years of experience.

Main responsibilities

  • Own the full sales cycle for SMB customers, from discovery and demo through pricing, negotiation, and close.
  • Run 10–12 customer conversations a day while keeping a clean, accurate pipeline and forecast.
  • Close at high volume (the team expects 50–60 new customers a month per rep once ramped).
  • Self-source part of your business through daily outbound (about 10% of your closed-won customers).
  • Run focused discovery with founders, CEOs, and finance leaders, and connect Ramp to the pain they describe.
  • Learn Ramp's products and internal tools quickly, and adapt as products and workflows change.
  • WHAT YOU NEED
  • 2–3 years of combined sales experience, including at least one year in a quota-carrying, closing AE role.
  • A start in sales development (SDR or BDR) or another outbound role, with a track record of self-sourcing pipeline.
  • Experience selling SaaS or tech, ideally a product similar to Ramp.

Competencies an interviewer will look for

  • Customer focus Core
    In the posting: “The median Ramp customer saves 7.5% and grows revenue 16% in their first year – far in excess of businesses operating without Ramp.” · “You'll own each customer relationship from the first conversation through close: learning how the business operates today, uncovering what's slowing the team…” · “It's a fast-moving seat with a lot of customer conversations, so you'll sharpen your discovery and closing craft quickly and see your impact in every custome…”
    Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company.
  • Stakeholder management Core
    In the posting: “Own the full sales cycle for SMB customers, from discovery and demo through pricing, negotiation, and close.” · “Comfort leading pricing and negotiation conversations.” · “Experience selling to executive buyers such as CFOs, CEOs, or directors of finance.”
    Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.
  • Ownership and accountability Core
    In the posting: “At Ramp, everyone is a builder who owns problems end to end and makes consequential decisions that shape the outcome.” · “Own the full sales cycle for SMB customers, from discovery and demo through pricing, negotiation, and close.”
    Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.
  • Leadership and mentoring Core
    In the posting: “You'll get coaching, a team that shares what works, and clear paths to grow into Commercial sales, Ramp's newer AI product teams, account management, or lead…” · “Familiarity with finance or Office of the CFO topics (we'll coach this).”
    Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
  • Planning and organisation Core
    In the posting: “Strong organization: you can prioritize a large book of deals and keep each one moving.” · “Group Retirement Plan with employer match (RRSP + DPSP)”
    Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
  • Adaptability and learning Core
    In the posting: “Learn Ramp's products and internal tools quickly, and adapt as products and workflows change.” · “Comfort with change and ambiguity in a fast-moving, high-intensity environment.”
    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: “Centralized home-office equipment ordering”
    Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
  • Data and analysis Supporting
    In the posting: “The problems are high-stakes, data-dense, and unforgiving.”
    Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
  • Attention to detail and quality Supporting
    In the posting: “Run 10–12 customer conversations a day while keeping a clean, accurate pipeline and forecast.”
    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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  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. Describe a time you went out of your way to solve a customer's problem. From this posting
  5. Tell me about a time you had to get agreement from people who wanted different things. From this posting
  6. Tell me about a task you took from start to finish without anyone asking you to. From this posting
  7. Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. 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 negotiation. From this posting
  10. Walk me through a piece of work where you used your strongest technical skill. What exactly did you do? From this posting
  11. Tell me about a time you used data or numbers to make a decision. From this posting
  13. This posting reads as Finance & accounting: its questions come first.
  14. Tell me about a time you found an error in a financial report or reconciliation. Finance & accounting
  15. Walk me through how you build a budget or forecast. Finance & accounting
  16. It is the last day of month-end close and a balance will not tie out. What do you do? Finance & accounting
  17. Describe a time you explained a financial result to a manager outside finance. Finance & accounting
  18. How do you make sure your work holds up in an audit? Finance & accounting
  19. Tell me about an analysis that saved money or found revenue. Finance & accounting
  20. Three urgent requests arrive during close. How do you decide the order? Finance & accounting
  21. Describe a finance process you made faster or more reliable. Finance & accounting
  22. Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
  23. Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
  24. Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
  25. Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
  26. Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
  27. Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
  28. Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
  29. Describe a process you improved.
  30. Do you have any questions for us?
  31. Why do you want to work here?
  32. Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
  33. Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
  34. Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
  35. What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
  36. What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
  37. You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
  38. Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
  39. A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
  40. How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
  41. Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
  42. You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
  43. Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
  44. How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
  45. Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
  46. How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
  47. Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
  48. A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
  49. How do you keep your pipeline organised?
  50. Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
  51. You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?
  52. Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.