The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Zscaler
Interview
Hiring driven by politics and nepotism. Went thru 2 formal interview processes for 2 roles and despite glowing reviews, was ghosted with zero follow ups or courtesy response, or even an automated canned email. In my entire career Ive never had any org do that. The second process I later learned a candidate was hired with zero interviews because he was friends with the hiring manager, despite the typical process being a battery of calls, panel demo etc. This scenario describes the culture at this org in general.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The typical sales types of questions, want you to understand SASE/web proxy architectures, panel PPT type demo.
Terrible experience overall. Recruiter wasn't professional and responsive. I have appeared for a few interviews with organizations of various scale, but this wasn't appeasing at all. I read a lot of similar views on Glassdoor, even some rough comments on the culture in APAC. After 2 rounds, I knew this isn't the place for me to grow, learn and contribute
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Professional experience summary, some situational questions too
straightforward process, nothing challenging if you are experienced in this type of role, they had good insightful questions, made some slides, met with a number of levels of people, discussed building, leading teams, etc
Time invested in taking interviews is not appreciated or respected. After several interview rounds, the recruiter never got back to me ever again.. Not even a generic email.
Also, apparently the interview rounds were supposed to check for "personal fit". Yet not a single question was asked about "personality". It seemed more like they were looking for a functioning machine.
Sales Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Zscaler with 3.5 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 53.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Manager roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Zscaler overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Zscaler as a Sales Manager according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
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