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      Sales Engineer Interview

      Mar 16, 2013
      Anonymous employee
      Seattle, WA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at SparkPost (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2009

      Interview

      This was an employee referral from someone I had worked with at another company, so much of the ground work was covered in casual conversations on the phone. I submitted a resume and formal application, then was contacted by at least 4 different people in phone interviews. These were mostly directors in the engineering and sales areas and all were about 30 minutes long. That was followed quickly by an in-person interview with the SE Manager, and within a few days I was asked to fly to Seattle (I was not living there at the time) for an in-person interview with the director of engineering. This turned into lunch with the CEO and VP of sales as well. They confirmed an offer there at the lunch table and I was officially employed. That kind of casual "just get it done" attitude won me over right away.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Have you ever had to do anything unusual for a client?
      1 Answer

      SparkPost interviews FAQs

      • Sales Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at SparkPost with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 48.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Sales Engineer roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at SparkPost overall takes an average of 28 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at SparkPost as a Sales Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  20%

        Personality test:  20%

        Group panel interview:  20%

        Background check:  20%

        One on one interview:  20%

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

        1. Software Engineer(9) ;
        2. Technical Support Engineer(4) ;
        3. Director(3) ;
        4. Engineer(3) ;
        5. Sales(3) ;
        6. Manager(2) ;
        7. Marketing(2) ;
        8. Product Manager(2) ;
        9. Software Engineer(Internship)(2) ;
        10. Technical Account Manager(2) .


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