I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Varonis Systems (Raleigh, NC) in Feb 2021
Interview
Interviewers made a concerted effort to remain as emotionless as possible and seemed irritated that I was taking up there time from the first touch with the recruiter to the actual interview even tho they reached out to me?
They acted like cold calling in person, which I have experience doing, was somehow inferior and would not translate to phone cold calling.. I basically said I don’t think that’s true in the nicest way possible and it got very tense.
They asked me to pitch a product to them and instead of a back an forth dialogue during the role play the only thing they said was “no” in a grouchy tone.
Each person I spoke to talked about how “people with
certain sales experience may have bad habits we don’t want here” and I heard this no less than 3 times throughout an hour and a half interview
I cut the interview short and Thanked them for their time after I heard that for like the 4th time, I basically said in kinder terms “hey I’m not sure what I did to you but it seems like I’ve exhibited some sort of bad quality that you dislike so let’s save everyone’s time and wrap this up” ,
They will try to trip you up, twist your words, and make you feel bad to see how you react so be prepared for that.
The interview process was intense, but not overdone. I believe it was 3 rounds following a recruiter screening. The last round was challenging as I had no sales experience and had to do a mock cold call, with no training. This was scary but, they aren't looking for perfection, just solid traits that can be trained up
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Varonis Systems (Cork) in Jun 2021
Interview
HR interview. Questions about my previosu work experience TL interview with HR. How do I organise myself day to day TL interview with his manager. How do I see myself in a few years ? Do I want to continue in sales? Why do I like sales?
We had an informal phone call to discuss the position and the company as a whole. The call was about 20 minutes long, and not very helpful. The representative gave me an overview of what the company does, and of the salary expectations. When I brought up negative reviews I saw online, she was very defensive, would not directly answer my questions, and blamed the employees who wrote the reviews for their bad experience. I, personally, would not enjoy working for an employer who thinks they can do no wrong, and uses lower level employees as the "fall guys".
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
She asked me about my experience, where I see myself in 5 years, and what I would bring to the table.