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Behavioural
Past experience: what you did and what happened.
220 questions
Technical
Craft knowledge and how you would do the work.
572 questions
Case
A scenario to reason through and decide.
29 questions
System design
Design a system and defend the trade-offs.
13 questions
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- TechnicalAny levelSales Development Representative
A prospect says they are happy with their current vendor. How would you keep the conversation going without being pushy?
Tests: Objection handling
- TechnicalEntry levelAccount Executive
If you had a thirty minute first call with a prospect, what would you want to learn and how would you open?
Tests: Discovery & needs analysis
- TechnicalEntry levelAccount Executive
How would you present a product to a buyer so it feels about their problems rather than a feature tour?
Tests: Demo & value presentation
- TechnicalMid levelAccount Executive
How do you decide whether a deal belongs in your forecast this quarter, and what evidence do you need?
Tests: Deal qualification & forecasting
- TechnicalMid levelAccount Executive
A buyer asks for a twenty percent discount at the last minute to sign. How do you respond?
Tests: Negotiation & closing
- TechnicalMid levelAccount Executive
Tell me about a deal where your main contact left or went quiet. What did you do?
Tests: Multi-threading & stakeholder management
- TechnicalMid levelAccount Executive
How do you build your own pipeline when inbound leads and development rep meetings are not enough to hit your number?
Tests: Pipeline generation
- TechnicalSeniorAccount Executive
Walk me through how you navigate a complex deal with procurement, a security review, legal and an economic buyer who is hard to reach.
Tests: Multi-threading & stakeholder management
- TechnicalSeniorAccount Executive
How do you structure a multi-year or expansion deal so both sides feel they won and the customer actually succeeds?
Tests: Negotiation & closing
- TechnicalAny levelAccount Executive
A prospect says their current process works fine. How do you uncover whether there is real pain worth solving?
Tests: Discovery & needs analysis
- TechnicalAny levelAccount Executive
How do you keep a deal moving when the buyer keeps pushing the decision date back?
Tests: Negotiation & closing
- TechnicalEntry levelAccount Manager
If you inherited twenty client accounts tomorrow, what would you do in your first few weeks to get to know them?
Tests: Relationship building
- TechnicalMid levelAccount Manager
A key client's renewal is in three months and their usage has dropped. What do you do?
Tests: Renewals & retention
- TechnicalMid levelAccount Manager
A client emails your boss angry about a missed delivery. Walk me through how you handle it.
Tests: Issue resolution & escalation
- TechnicalMid levelAccount Manager
A client asks you to hold last year's price while your company is raising prices. How do you handle that conversation?
Tests: Commercial negotiation
- TechnicalMid levelAccount Manager
How do you prepare a business review with a client, and what makes it valuable to them rather than just a slide deck?
Tests: Business reviews & reporting
- TechnicalSeniorAccount Manager
How do you decide which accounts in your book deserve the most time, and how do you build a plan for a top account?
Tests: Account planning & growth
- TechnicalSeniorAccount Manager
Tell me about an account where you had to rebuild trust after something went badly wrong. What did it take?
Tests: Relationship building
- TechnicalAny levelAccount Manager
What early warning signs tell you an account might not renew?
Tests: Renewals & retention
- TechnicalAny levelAccount Manager
How do you handle a client who keeps asking for more work without wanting to pay more?
Tests: Commercial negotiation