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      Account Executive Interview

      Jun 17, 2019
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Dublin, Dublin
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at CarGurus (Dublin, Dublin) in May 2019

      Interview

      7 time-consuming interviews and haven't heard anything from the recruiter. I think very unprofessional, considering the company is built on the idea of reviews and benchmarking. I was also referred. The recruiter didn't provide the instructions for the role play. I am not sure what the recruiter was hired to do in the Dublin office. A lot of competency-based questions. They just want to see whether you would fit into the team and overall culture. There was a phone call with the recruiter, followed by a call with the Account Executive, followed by a role play with 2 AEs (never received instructions), followed by meeting Operations Manager, the Manager, and the Relationship Manager. If you ask me a lot of interviews and no structure.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How would you explain CarGurus on street?
      1 Answer
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      CarGurus response
      6y
      Thanks for your honest feedback. Hopefully you received helpful feedback after the recruiter came back from Holiday, either way the lag in feedback was absolutely a miss by us. As a rapidly scaling company, we are continuously learning from our successes and failures and always evolving our interview process to ensure candidates take something of value from the process, whether offered or not. Again, we appreciate your candor, please feel free to reach out if you would ever like to discuss, or if I can help.

      Other Account Executive Interview Reviews for CarGurus

      Account Executive Interview

      May 6, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Cambridge, MA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at CarGurus (Cambridge, MA) in Apr 2024

      Interview

      After applying it said it would be 1-2 weeks to hear something back. That ended up being 4 weeks before I was contacted to interview. They had scheduling issues so I offered to call out of my current job to make the interview happen in a timely manner. When I finally interviewed it was very scripted and cold. I would think there was a bit more emphasis on candidate personality considering this is a sales role. During the interview, which consisted of generic questions one of the interviewers was completely and obviously distracted checking emails or something of the sort. At the end I asked what to expect as far as hearing back, they told me “a couple business days.” When I reached out after 12 days, I was met with a snarky email from the recruiter saying he didn’t bother to contact me because I hadn’t followed up. I had no way of knowing the recruiter who I had had one phone call with the someone I should be following up with. Especially after asking hiring managers what expectations were for hearing back/follow up. The entire process was disorganized and insulting.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      “We have a lot of qualified candidates, what makes you the optimal candidate?”
      Answer question

      Account Executive Interview

      Mar 4, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at CarGurus

      Interview

      The recruiter was responsive and efficient in communicating what the interview process would entail. They provided feedback within 24 hours of the interview and helped set expectations as to what to prepare for the next round. Although I did not end up taking the job, it was a very positive experience and I would recommend others to look at CarGurus.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about a failure you had and how you handled it.
      Answer question

      Account Executive Interview

      Oct 2, 2023
      Anonymous employee
      Cambridge, MA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at CarGurus (Cambridge, MA) in Sep 2023

      Interview

      Very efficient process. Initial call with a recruiter, followed by three back to back meetings with team leads and managers lasting about 45 minutes each. If that goes well, you meet with another manager and a VP. Recruiter reaches out with decision soon after.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Mostly standard questions about sales process. Most difficult part of sales cycle, philosophy on discounting, things like that.
      Answer question
      1

      CarGurus interviews FAQs

      • Account Executive applicants have rated the interview process at CarGurus 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 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Account Executive roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at CarGurus overall takes an average of 21 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at CarGurus as a Account Executive according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Group panel interview:  26%

        Phone interview:  26%

        One on one interview:  22%

        Drug test:  13%

        Presentation:  4%

        Background check:  4%

        IQ intelligence test:  4%

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

        1. Account Executive(50) ;
        2. Account Manager(30) ;
        3. Sales(17) ;
        4. Software Engineer(17) ;
        5. Recruiter(10) ;
        6. Senior Software Engineer(10) ;
        7. Marketing(8) ;
        8. Customer Success Specialist(7) ;
        9. Manager(7) ;
        10. Regional Sales Director(7) ;
        11. Dealer Account Executive(6) ;
        12. Sales Development Representative(6) ;
        13. Analyst(5) ;
        14. Customer Success Manager(5) ;
        15. Human Resources(5) .


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