That’s exactly what you read! I got my first interview since I’ve started looking for a remote position on Tech Sales.
It took me by surprise when I got contacted by the recruiter of a position I applied during the past weekend.
It wasn’t exactly what I had my eyes on when I was thinking of a tech role, but I wouldn’t say no. Specially because it could be a great practice.
The recruiter was really nice in assuring me that this was an Entry position. Since I have a lot of experience in a different field, she wanted to be sure I knew it.
This company wasn’t exactly a SaaS company, but is a company of Outsourcing of Software Development and Consulting. They provide teams for other companies to work on their Software necessities, without the need for the Company to build an entire Devs Team.
Following there’s a list of Highlights (with things I did that worked) and a list of What I need to improve
Highlights
- Tailoring the resume for the position, attention to using the same terms of the Job Description (ex: if the job description says customer centric, you don’t say customer focused)
- Understand not only the Company, but the competitors
- I applied through LinkedIn and got in touch not only with the recruiter but also with the Sales Manager. Personalized messages to both of them.
- Use the STAR method to answer questions (Situation, task, action, results)
- She gave me some tips on Lead Generating! I appreciated a lot!
Needs to improve
- Give at least a day between the contact and the interview (more time to prepare)
- When she asked for my intended salary I should have said: I’ve been interviewing for other positions around and stated the salary I was looking for
- Should have focused more on the KPI’s I’m evaluated now
Over all was a good experience and practice! I was so nervous, like it was my first interview ever!
One thing that I noticed, was that the mood of the whole process was much more informal than I’m used to in Energy Industry interviews. The responsible for the role set up the schedule on LinkedIn messages, she told me to think about my intent salary and get back at her until the next day… Something like that would not cut in an Oil and Gas Company!
Also she laid out the entire interviewing process for me. Which I’m also not used to…
Over all a great experience! 10/10 would do it again!
Interviewing remotely,
Su
Remotely Su 