I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Indeed (Mountain View, CA) in Jul 2012
Interview
The interview process consists of an initial phone screen with the HR recruiter. Following you're then invited into the office for a little network mingling session. This offers you the opportunity to meet and talk with the employees and direct managers. Following you will be invited back for an in person interview with all team sales managers. Should they be interested and you make it to the next round of the interview process, you will then be asked to create a web presentation regarding the product and selling it to a mock company. From there, the next stage is a phone call with the Regional Vice President of Sales. Then offers are made.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you were presented with an ethical dilemma in your sales career.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Indeed (San Mateo, CA) in May 2013
Interview
Phone interview, in person interview, then presentation to management.
As many people have mentioned, the presentation is a hit or miss in terms of who you get to present to. But I had a guy that was staring out the window the whole time, completely rude. I actually messed with the guy and kept trying to engage him specifically- trying to catch him staring into space... kinda funny. Anyways I was told by the 5 people I had interviewed with that I was overqualified for the position and that I for sure will get the position. I was very confident about my chances. Turns out I did not get the job and the recruiter told me "there was a hiring freeze."
So the company wasted my time by having me complete the presentation knowing that there was a freeze- very unprofessional.
2 weeks pass by and I see a new posting for the same position, so I asked the recruiter to reconsider me since they are clearly hiring for that role again. I was told by the recruiter that you can only apply once every 6 months and I have to wait 6 more months... what a joke.
Overall the whole experience left me happy that I did not get the job because if recruiters and hiring managers would act as unprofessional as they did- I don't want to work at a company like that.
Furthermore, don't let the recruiters scare you about the presentation or interview process. It is easy and straightforward. Just be an aggressive sales freak and they will love you. The place is a revolving door that people go to get 8-12 months of experience then leave.
I applied through other source. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Indeed
Interview
I saw a sponsored ad on Indeed for an Account Executive position in New York. I figured it might be a good opportunity, so I looked through LinkedIn and got in contact with one of the people from HR. We corresponded through email and set up a phone interview. I'm very glad that it was a phone interview, because it was not the conversational style I expected it to be. The interviewer's tone was immediately aggressive.
She would ask me questions about what the company did, and when I told her, she would tell me I was wrong and essentially rephrase what I said. Being a recent college graduate who's new at this, I became very nervous. Finally, she said "can I be honest with you?" and proceeded to rant at what seemed like 1000 wpm about how grueling and impossible sales is, and how I need to be 110% sure this is what i wanted to do. Finally she asked "so what do you think about that?" and I just thanked her and told her it wasn't for me. Be prepared for aggressive intensity if you interview here.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
She asked me about the business structure of Indeed and how it makes money.