Did 2 rounds of interviews - first round was with the recruiter - they seemed a bit disorganized but was nice. When asked for salary range, recruiter said they “weren’t comfortable” with sharing the information yet. I was taken aback because I’ve never heard this from any other organization I’ve interviewed with but decided to let it slide since the role sounded interesting.
Moved on to second interview with the manager and found out that the role that was described to me by the recruiter is COMPLETELY different from what the manager was looking for. What a waste of time.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Okta (München, Bavaria) in Aug 2022
Interview
The hiring manager was aggressive, unfriendly and obviously very unexperienced. I've never had such a bad experience in my life. He started the interview with "we'll see if you are fit for a role or confirm that not so much". I probably had to stop it right there, but I stayed for the next very painful 10 minutes before I dropped.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me an exact wording of a message that you will write to a prospect on LinkedIn
It’s a large company so of course there are several hoops that have to jumped through to start the process. I was very excited for the interview and hopped on with 5 higher ups. I was very excited/slightly nervous and was met with unenthusiastic employees that clearly didn’t want to be there. Marlena took the lead and was monotoned and slightly annoyed the whole duration of the mock call (I understand people can be like that during official sales calls). I had spend several hours prepping and was excited for the opportunity only to leave having a bad taste in my mouth throughout the hour and a half zoom interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you convince a person your product is a better fit?