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Microsoft is hiring an account executive and I’m really interested in the role. I have B2B sales experience in a different industry, but my skills include lead generation, prospecting, account management, negotiating, etc (all within the C Suite and other decision makers).
Would appreciate knowing if this is something I have a shot at with no tech sales experience and what I could expect for promotional opportunities and compensation.
Thanks for the help!
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Make friends with the decision makers (partners, MDs, etc.). Perform above and beyond and maintain a sterling reputation. Create allies with your clients.
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Business development (proposals, pitch decks, research, etc.)
Switch firms. Staying at the same place at junior levels is a recipe for slow promotion and poor pay.
Yes or sooner. Make sure to always switch up though (either firm reputation or title/responsibilities/time to partner or both). Never switch laterally. So from B4 analyst, either switch to T2/MBB analyst or B4 SC for example.
And you need to suck in innovative ways to keep the interest going
Determine the tasks that are highly visible to management within your engagement. Be proactive and thoughtful about completing them
Find the biggest asses in leadership and kiss them
Get in their queue of promotions owed to people. They have a backlog and it's going to take a while before you get something.