I have an interview for solution engineer role at Salesforce this week. Any advice specific to the role or company on how to nail it? TIA

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First I would check out the Presales Collective website, there’s a lot of good content there, and a good amount is done by SF PSEs. I’m not with SF, but I made the jump from consulting into the SE world about a year ago. A good SE does a lot more than just demo functionality, you need to be able to conduct in depth discovery/whiteboard sessions to uncover pain and convey the value of the solution. I think the consulting background is great because you’re probably already doing discovery sessions with your clients, but if you have any knowledge about the SF platform, the value it provides to users, or any unique differentiators, I would speak to that as well. Also (and this may be obvious) be prepared to answer why you want to jump into sales, other than the potential for higher earnings

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