I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Zscaler (Boston, MA) in Oct 2021
Interview
Initial call with recruiter, then 1:1 call with an SDR manager, then a panel interview/presentation.
The final interview is a PowerPoint on yourself, what qualifies you, and how you would go about research, cold calling and pipeline generation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mock cold call scenario with a few people on the interview.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Zscaler (San Jose, CA) in Oct 2016
Interview
I went through call with the HR rep who moved me along to the hiring manager. He is very knowledgeable; and thorough. He provided great insight on what the role entails and asked a few technical questions. I guess they like to know that you dont have a lot training as they are still a growing company and need people to hit the ground running
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the difference between a proxy and a firewall?
SDR applicants have rated the interview process at Zscaler with 3.5 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 53.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SDR roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Zscaler overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Zscaler as a SDR according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 25%
Personality test: 13%
Presentation: 13%
Background check: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
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