Account Executive applicants have rated the interview process at Handshake with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 58% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Account Executive roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Handshake overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Handshake as a Account Executive according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 19%
Presentation: 16%
Background check: 13%
Group panel interview: 9%
Skills test: 9%
Drug test: 3%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Handshake (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2017
Interview
I met with AE's, Sales Management, Product Management and CEO. The team was very thorough and extremely helpful on their goals for the role and how they envisioned building out the Employer team. I really liked the chance to meet with the leadership team to get their POV and vision about the org
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through your approach to an Enterprise deal?
How do you prospect?
Applied online and a recruiter reached out to set up initial 30 minute screening. The entire 30 minutes were spent with the recruiter talking about their background and career. I was sent a questionnaire after asking me to complete via email. All the questions were standard, but should have been covered during the phone call.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Handshake (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2024
Interview
A recruiter messaged me on LinkedIn. The entire process was 5 calls over 4 weeks. 1 recruiter screen, 3 calls with hiring managers and the vp of sales, and a mock discovery call. After completing all five calls, I received a call from HR saying I “passed the hiring screen”, but the head of operations, who I didn’t meet with, rejected me based on my profile. So I wasted all that time for no reason, why are they reaching out to profiles they don’t want?
The feedback they gave was they were hoping to get someone with mid-market experience for this smb role, but the pay was low even for smb. Good luck handshake, you’ll continue to get destroyed by LinkedIn.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a deal you won that you are proud of?