I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Esri (Minneapolis, MN) in Sep 2023
Interview
I've interviewed for the Account Manager role twice now, with no offer each time. This most recent interview process I made it through the initial 45 mins with the recruiter/HR person, then met with the Regional Manager on site in Minneapolis, along with a team leader based out of the midwest. After doing well there, I interviewed with another team leader and an senior account manager through Zoom. I was then told I'd be moving on to the final round with 2 company directors and after getting an interview set up, the team backtracked on their offer saying they were waiting for other candidates to "catch up" in the interview process. The first time I interviewed for the position, I also made it to the final interview with a director and it was a super short 20 minute chat, nothing crazy. That interview process also came by being recruited through LinkedIn. This second time I submitted my application directly on the Esri website. After this most recent interview process, and along with reading a few other interview experiences on here, I'm pretty convinced that Esri has no intention to actually fill this position (and possibly others) as it's been open for 4+ years now. I don't know if they're just collecting data, or info from interviewees on their field of work, but something is not right. It's also very unprofessional of them to go back on their offer for the final round interview. With Esri not having much of any kind of direct competitor in the GIS software market, I feel like they can get away with this kind of business practice. My advice for anyone wanting to work at Esri would be to only do so if you know someone really well that already works at Esri. Otherwise it's just a waste of time. Or if you would like to get some interview practice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work for Esri? What kind of team collaboration did you have in your previous role? Questions about sales presentations. What about Local Government makes you excited? Who would you go to first within a Local Government to sell Esri's software? How would you position Esri's software to someone within Local Government that isn't familiar with it?
Very professional with good communication and a good timeline of response. It’s quite a few interviews but it feels like you’re being appropriately vetted to be a good fit on a team.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Esri (Olympia, WA) in Jan 2026
Interview
A recruiter reached out and encouraged me to apply based on my background. After a basic screening call where we confirmed by background as being directly relevant (hence their encouragement to apply), "I'll reach out to you early next week". I sent a follow up email after a week. Ghosted. No courtesy email.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you have any direct experience in this particular vertical. Answer: yes.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Esri (Louisville, CO) in May 2025
Interview
Straight-to-the-point 30min initial video interview with HR rep and then forwarded to prospective supervisor for 60min interview. The prospective supervisor was casual. There were a handful of questions that got us back into a more formal interview process in between chatter. These included behavioral questions including a couple of scenarios. There was also an open-ended question about how I would go about engaging the prospective account. I tried to get detail about what the supervisory style was and what priorities were, but the prospective supervisor wasn't very reflective or forward-thinking. They even acknowledged that the role was largely about getting a paycheck. Was disappointed that there was no direct follow up from prospective supervisor despite a thank you email and even a question or two over a few weeks following the interview. Just received a notice from HR rep that Esri was passing me over but to keep looking for other opportunities. The position continues to be advertised and unfilled for maybe 5 months now.
