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      BDR Interview

      Jun 22, 2018
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Sydney
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at HubSpot (Sydney) in Jun 2018

      Interview

      There were for me, FIVE rounds to the interview process. 1. A preliminary phone interview, with a HR person from Singapore. This was asking me general questions about why I wanted to work in sales, and some of my experience. Took about 15 minutes. 2. A second, longer phone interview with the Business Development Manager in Singapore who asked me behavioural questions. This interview lasted half an hour. 3. There was then a 30-minute role-play interview over a software video service called Zoom, again with the same person I'd spoken to in the previous interview. In this I was given a client in advance and told to research them. During the roleplay I was expected to try and "uncover their pain points". After one go-through of the roleplay I was asked to give myself feedback and then my interviewer gave me feedback too, and I was expected to then use that feedback in my second run-through of the same roleplay. 4. This was a 2+ hour interview in the Sydney Hubspot office, with four of their sales managers. Each interviewed me separately for around half an hour. Their questions differed. One asked me a lot about my past experience in sales and how I'd learned to do well in my current job. She also asked me to "teach her something". Another asked me about general life experiences which taught me lessons for things like discipline, particularly probing me for what my overall drives are in life and what motivates me to work hard. After our interview he gave me some great sales resources to increase my knowledge. Another interviewer asked me questions to do with lust for learning, asking me about "something I taught myself recently". We talked about books. I also was asked about other passions in life. This was a really fun discussion with great rapport, I felt. The final interviewer was my third time talking with the Business Development manager from Singapore, who repeated some questions he'd asked me before, and elaborated on others, wanting to know how I would learn on the job, and what types of incentives would motivate me most. He also (and I was thrown a bit by this) asked which other companies I was applying to. I was told this was the final round of interviews, and would receive feedback by the end of the week. However this was not the case. 5. I was asked to do a second role-play, this time with the sales manager I had interviewed with in person at the Sydney office. It was the same case study I'd done before. I tried to apply what I'd learned from the first one. Afterwards I critiqued myself, and the sales manager also gave me a LOT of very constructive criticism. She said I had improved since the previous roleplay, but I guess it wasn't enough to land the job. My feelings about the interview process are mixed. It's by far the longest process I've ever gone through. Especially with an unexpected fifth interview. It took almost a month to do the whole thing. It is very disappointing to have gone so far and to fall at the final hurdle. I was told I would receive feedback as to why I didn't get the job, but so far I have not received it. I have to commend however everyone involved in the interview process for how much effort they put in to asking interesting and detailed questions. They really want to understand who you are as a person, and they want to make it worth your time as well. Another thing I want to express appreciation for is the amount of constructive feedback I received during my roleplays. It really seemed like both times my interviewers were trying to teach me to become a better salesperson, regardless of whether I got to the next round or not. As a result I feel like I learned from them, and the roleplays were useful experiences for me even though I didn't end up getting the job. The interviewer who sent me sales resources as well, that was really appreciated as well. I think he went above and beyond. My only negative in the process aside from the length and the fact I didn't get the job, was that after the in-person interview and before I had my second roleplay, I was told by one of the HR people in Singapore that I would be given feedback on my in-person interview and told some tips for my second roleplay before the roleplay occurred. I waited for this call but it never arrived. I still have not received that feedback, and perhaps receiving it in a timely fashion could have helped me land the job. Nevertheless I'm sure I'll get the feedback at some point. All in all, the interview process is very long and challenging and in-depth, the recruiters care, as do the sales managers, that they hire not only someone with talent but someone who would be a good fit for their role and culture.

      Interview questions [6]

      Question 1

      Why Sales? Why Hubspot? Tell me in 15 seconds what inbound marketing is. Tell me what is Hubspot offering to customers?
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      Question 2

      What is your proudest achievement? Tell me about a time you failed at something.
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      Question 3

      When you're with a potential high-value customer, how many times do you chase them up? How do you deal with objections/rejection? What KPIs do you pay attention to in your current job, and how do you strive to improve yourself? Was there a time that you didn't do well at something, and overcame obstacles to be good at it? Tell me about your learning process.
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      Question 4

      Teach me something (on the whiteboard). Tell me about something you taught yourself in the last 6 months. How did you go about teaching yourself this? How do you know when you know enough about something? Tell me about your favourite book. Recommend a book to me.
      Answer question

      Question 5

      What other companies are you interviewing with/applying to? Are you motivated by money? What type of reward would motivate you to win salesperson of the month?
      Answer question

      Question 6

      Why would we regret not hiring you?
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      8
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      HubSpot response
      8y
      Hi there, thank you so much for writing such a thoughtful review, and for providing so much context for others who will read this in the future. Our interview process is definitely in-depth for exactly the reasons you called out: we care and we want to ensure whomever we bring on to our team is set up for success. I do want to make sure you receive the feedback you deserve, particularly given how much time you invested with us. Feel free to send me an email at beckym at hubspot dot com and I'll ensure we follow up - we have had a few folks on our recruiting team in APAC take vacations the past few weeks but we'll get you the appropriate feedback soon. Thanks again for taking the time to interview with us, and best wishes in your job search. Best, Becky

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