Sales Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at MicroStrategy with 3.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 52.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Engineer roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at MicroStrategy overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at MicroStrategy as a Sales Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Personality test: 17%
Background check: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Presentation: 8%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at MicroStrategy in Oct 2012
Interview
Not many normal questions asked. Man basically told me to take a piece of paper and had me answer two brain teaser questions! Both were pretty unexpected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Light bulb question. THere are 2 rooms. One with three light bulbs and the other with 3 light switches. Each switch corresponds with one of the light bulbs. If you are in the room with the light switches how can you tell which light bulb corresponds with which light switch if you can only travel to the room with the light bulbs once?
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at MicroStrategy (Paris) in Jan 2022
Interview
First interview with head hunter. Meeting with pre-sales manager then sales manager. 5 QCM about English, logic and vizualisation. 30 minutes presentation following a given script in front of European Manager, Franch manager, and two sales rep: present Company, the offering why it should matter to the fictivr customer.
I interviewed at MicroStrategy (Chicago, IL) in Jun 2017
Interview
Four phone interviews one with hr the last three with manager director and vp. Finally got to in person interview it was a sales and technical presentation. It was a positive experience and I got very good feedback
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General business questions, asked several technical questions. I did have to take an online series of timed tests. General business...easy, general bi test...easy, English reading comp...easy
,. Logic I am sure I failed badly!
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at MicroStrategy (Dubai) in Dec 2012
Interview
For experienced hires, it is straight forward. You will have a phone interview first and if you pass to the in person interviews. After that, depending upon level, you may have multiple sessions and then an offer letter will go out.