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      Inside Sales Representative Interview

      Feb 21, 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Sunnyvale, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Proofpoint (Sunnyvale, CA) in Dec 2013

      Interview

      Face to face group interview with Inside Sales Manager, a sales rep and with HR representative at their offices. This was a traditional interview for both parties to see if this job is a good fit. Then a 2nd interview with Inside Sales Manager.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Describe one of your strengths and one of your weaknesses that may pertain to an Inside Sales position.
      Answer question

      Proofpoint interviews FAQs

      • Inside Sales Representative applicants have rated the interview process at Proofpoint with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Inside Sales Representative roles take an average of 2 days to get hired, when considering 1 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 Representative according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Presentation:  50%

        One on one interview:  50%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Software Engineer(64) ;
        2. Account Manager(57) ;
        3. Sales(56) ;
        4. Account Executive(50) ;
        5. Senior Software Engineer(34) ;
        6. Sales Engineer(19) ;
        7. Product Support Engineer(14) ;
        8. Manager(13) ;
        9. Named Account Manager(13) ;
        10. Director(11) ;
        11. Business Development Representative (BDR)(10) ;
        12. Devops Engineer(10) ;
        13. Marketing(10) ;
        14. Product Manager(10) ;
        15. Sales Manager(10) .


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