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      Team Manager Interview

      8 Apr 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      London, England
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Canonical (London, England) in Mar 2023

      Interview

      After applying online through LinkedIn, I heard back quite quickly from a recruiter, emailing through a list of twenty (yep, 20!) questions for the "Written interview and psychometric assessment" (for reference, the full process is: 1. Review of your application materials (done) 2. Written interview and psychometric assessment (this step) 3. Technical assessment and team interviews 4. Hiring manager & senior leadership Interviews 5. Offer) I replied to this email asking for more questions about the role before committing to this process as I wanted to make sure it fit my needs, and wanted to give this the full attention it deserves (which the recruiter admitted in the email that their process "is more detailed and time-consuming than other companies, but it gives us and our candidates a very good grounding for decisions." I never got a reply from my email. Then a new recruiter introduced myself as the old one had left - so fair enough that I didn't get a reply. I then emailed the new recruiter 3 times with no reply over the course of 3 weeks - then she emailed me 3 weeks after my first email saying she closed my application due to not receiving the answers to my written interview, despite not answering my questions or replying at all. Very frustrating process in a difficult job market, no transparency or communication from the recruiter outside of sending a generic email with a list of 20 questions. Having been a recruiter before, I'm genuinely unsure on the value they provide to the company if this is their screening process and fail to communicate with or answer any questions raised by the candidate. I won't be applying to future roles here, especially as the role I'd applied for would need to partner with recruitment and I can't see this as being an effective partnership at all. Hoping this review is not seen as a complaint for the sake of whinging, rather to point out processes that seem to be broken and not in line with speaking to the best-suited candidates, rather candidates who don't have any questions and can write good answers to written questions.

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      Question 1

      Sales experience What's the most technical product you ever had to sell and why? What sales tools do you think are generally under-utliised by SDR teams? What's your preferred approach to developing a sales cadence? What do you find to be the best approach to interacting with your marketing team? Describe the structure of your outbound campaigns. Management experience Describe the daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly habits you expect in a well-run SDR team, for individuals and the team Describe your approach to team and individual performance management Describe your approach to coaching, mentorship and career development Education In high school, how did you rank competitively in maths and hard sciences? Which was your strongest? In high school, how did you rank competitively in languages and the arts? Which was your strongest? What sort of high school student were you? Outside of class, what were your interests and hobbies? What would your high school peers remember you for, if we asked them? Which university and degree did you choose? What others did you consider, and why did you select that one? At university, did you do particularly well at any area of your degree? Overall, what was your degree result and how did that reflect on your ability? In high school and university, what did you achieve that was exceptional? What leadership roles did you take on during your education? Context Outline your thoughts on the mission of Canonical. What is it about the company's purpose and goals which is most appealing to you? What do you see as risky or unappealing? Who are Canonical's key competitors, and how should Canonical set about winning? Why do you most want to work for Canonical? What gets you most excited about this role?
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