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      Account Executive Interview

      Dec 10, 2017
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Darktrace (New York, NY) in Jun 2017

      Interview

      Was contacted by a recruiter, the process took two weeks. Basic questions with the recruiter, and then called to New York for an in-person interview. The team was fairly small, talked with the director first, then two team members, one being an alumni from my school. The alumni asked fairly challenging questions. The interview was easy, though you have to be able to sell their mission and software and iterate it right back to them. They also ask the classic "sell me this pen" question, and towards the end of the interview, expect you to sell Darktrace to them. For some reason I felt the interview was more of screening me as a candidate. At the back of my mind, I felt as though they had already selected a candidate-- they weren't very passionate while interviewing.

      Interview questions [8]

      Question 1

      Why the cybersecurity industry?
      Answer question

      Question 2

      What is Darktrace?
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      Question 3

      What do you think we do?
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      Question 4

      What do you know about our company and software technologies?
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      Question 5

      Why are we different?
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      Question 6

      Sell me this pen.
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      Question 7

      What is your background in sales?
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      Question 8

      How do you feel about travel?
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      Other Account Executive Interview Reviews for Darktrace

      Account Executive Interview

      Feb 12, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Darktrace

      Interview

      All over the place, the recruiter made a point of being very pedantic, it was more of a lecture than an interview, negative in tone and hardly asked me anything about my experience or motivation. The location of the job is different than the posting, they changed it afterwards, but it says one city, and within the description it now lists another, which was not on the original job posting but still is confusing based off a search. The worst example was criticizing my resume length, telling me I needed to get it from 4 to 2 pages, when it was only 2. She showed me her screen, and it stated at the top, high-lighted in bold color that the display length had altered the original format and length. She didn't even apologize after her mistake. Clearly, they don't respect people there, and it's probably all smoke in mirrors based on the reviews that say the number is unattainable, which leads me to believe that they sabotage or crush their AEs, give high numbers so they don't need to pay commissions, or most likely all of the above.

      Account Executive Interview

      Oct 4, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      London, England
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Darktrace (London, England) in Sep 2025

      Interview

      Screening call - recruiter missed first call, then rescheduled 2nd and made third. Told me next round was with manager & would get an update within the week. Didn't hear anything, emailed for an update & was ignored. Disorganised process

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Describe the sales process in your latest role? Average deal size?
      Answer question

      Account Executive Interview

      Jun 27, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      London, England
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Darktrace (London, England)

      Interview

      Was fairly easy just sales competency questions. They mainly questions about your background, why darktrace etc. If you can clearly explain darktrace you will be fine and it wont be too difficult a process

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell us about how you run a sales cycel
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