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Account executive

Covers discovery, deal control, business cases, competition and forecasting through real deals the candidate has worked. Suits mid-level and senior closers in B2B sales. Follow-ups push past the deal story to the specific moves the candidate made and the evidence those moves worked.

Suits: Account executive, Enterprise account executive, Mid-market account executive, SaaS sales executive

Questions
7 of 18
Length
35 min
Format
Voice or typed
Levels
Mid to Senior
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Example
  1. Interviewer: Tell me about a time you changed someone's mind at work. How did you go about it?

  2. Candidate: Our team wanted to rebuild the billing page from scratch, and I thought it was the wrong call, so we put together a plan to…

  3. Follow-up

    Interviewer: You said "we". What did you say yourself, and what finally changed their mind?

  4. Scored on

    • Discovery and qualification25%
    • Deal strategy and control25%
    • Business case and value20%
    • Pipeline and forecast discipline15%

    Score, reasons and recording. Your team decides.

An example exchange. This interview's own questions open when you use it.

What it listens for, and how much each part counts.

Every answer is scored against this guide, with the reasoning written beside the score. You get the recording or the written answers too, and your team makes the call.

  • Discovery and qualification25%
    Finds the buyer's real problem and drops deals that will not close.
  • Deal strategy and control25%
    Maps the buying group and drives a plan the buyer agrees to.
  • Business case and value20%
    Proves value in the buyer's own numbers instead of discounting.
  • Pipeline and forecast discipline15%
    Calls deals on evidence and keeps pipeline building steadily.
  • Learning and resilience15%
    Owns losses and shows habits that changed because of them.
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