I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Proofpoint (Sunnyvale, CA) in Jul 2015
Interview
one phone interview followed by an onsite with 3-4 people (sales, manager, director). if you pass that, you have a presentation interview. Presentation is a high level company overview. They will provide you with the slide deck.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Proofpoint in Sep 2022
Interview
Got put on recruiter list after many phone calls to an internal employee. And now I have waited over 4 months to receive a call from them to start the process.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Proofpoint (Sunnyvale, CA) in Mar 2018
Interview
There were multiple phone screenings with inside level recruiter (not outsourced), in person with manager and assistant manager, peer-level in person, mock-sales presentation with peer-level and management, then final in person interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you dealt with legal contracts, what size business are you bringing in currently, have you worked with SAAS
Inside Sales applicants have rated the interview process at Proofpoint with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Inside Sales roles take an average of 39 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Proofpoint overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Proofpoint as a Inside Sales according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 17%
Background check: 17%
Drug test: 17%
Presentation: 8%
Skills test: 8%
One on one interview: 8%
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