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      Customer Success Manager Interview

      Oct 16, 2014
      Anonymous employee
      Madison, WI
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Zendesk (Madison, WI) in Sep 2014

      Interview

      I submitted my application online via Jobvite and quickly heard back from a recruiter about setting up an introductory call. The introductory call involved a brief conversation about my past experience, an overview of the position, and chat about Zendesk's culture. At the end of the call, the recruiter encouraged me to sign up for a free trial of Zendesk and scheduled a phone interview with the hiring manager. I had the phone interview with the manager within the week. The phone interview entailed a more in-depth discussion about my past work experience, about the position, and about Zendesk's culture and future direction. On the call, the manager alluded to an onsite interview, but we did not schedule anything. After several days and one follow-up email, I was contacted by the recruiter to schedule an onsite interview in Madison. I was told that the onsite interview would include five 30-minute interviews with various team members and a mock project kickoff/high level product demo. I received an email with a mock SOW and description of the scenario. I used my free trial of Zendesk to learn as much as I could about the product. I also used the mock SOW to create a high level project plan for the project kickoff scenario. I spent about 4-5 hours preparing for the demo scenario. My onsite interview was scheduled for an entire Thursday afternoon. Two days before the scheduled interview, I was contacted by the recruiter and asked if I could come in on that Thursday morning instead. I was able to accommodate the change, which allowed for 4/5 of the interviews to be conducted face-to-face instead of via Skype with team members who are typically based in San Francisco. The demo scenario was a challenging, but only lasted about 20 minutes. The interview went well and the following Monday I was contacted by the hiring manager. He told me that they were putting together an offer. Two days after that I was contacted by the recruiter and given a verbal offer. I received the written offer the next day, which I accepted.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What is your personal theme song?
      Answer question
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      Customer Success Manager Interview

      Dec 8, 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Paris
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Zendesk (Paris)

      Interview

      Process classique (Entretien RH puis entretien manager, puis entretien team member puis panel puis offre). Très bon feeling avec l'équipe TA vraiment au top qui donne vraiment l'impression de s'intéresser à vous.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Comment tu définis la stratégie de ton territoire commercial ?
      Answer question

      Customer Success Manager Interview

      May 22, 2024
      Anonymous employee
      Madison, WI
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Zendesk (Madison, WI)

      Interview

      The process too a very long time. They are just not fast to get back to you, but otherwise not so bad. The presentation is fair -- and not too much lift. They give you a lot of room to be creative and show your personally.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What are the trends in CS right now that have you the most excited?
      Answer question

      Customer Success Manager Interview

      May 8, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Boston, MA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Zendesk (Boston, MA) in May 2024

      Interview

      The recruiter completely Ghosted after our phone screen. I followed up twice and not even a quick reply letting me know they weren’t moving forward. It was also through a referral so I was pretty surprised, not really a good look

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Asked about background in SaaS and comfort with technical issues
      1 Answer

      Zendesk interviews FAQs

      • Customer Success Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Zendesk with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 49.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Customer Success Manager roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Zendesk overall takes an average of 28 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Zendesk as a Customer Success Manager according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  32%

        Background check:  18%

        Group panel interview:  14%

        Presentation:  14%

        One on one interview:  14%

        Skills test:  9%

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

        1. Account Executive(169) ;
        2. Software Engineer(127) ;
        3. Senior Software Engineer(93) ;
        4. Sales(55) ;
        5. Business Development Representative (BDR)(45) ;
        6. Sales Development Representative (SDR)(37) ;
        7. Customer Advocate(35) ;
        8. Manager(35) ;
        9. Technical Support Engineer(32) ;
        10. Enterprise Account Executive(28) ;
        11. SMB Account Executive(25) ;
        12. Senior Account Executive(22) ;
        13. Technical Support Specialist Engineer(22) ;
        14. Customer Success Manager(21) ;
        15. Commercial Account Executive(20) .


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