Just went through two interviews for a Deal Desk role only to be rejected as I don’t have 1 year of SF CPQ experience. Am I wrong to be mad they wasted my time? Also, any recommendations on getting a role without lying on my resume? Seems everyone wants lots of technical experience even though I can easily learn it on the job if given the chance.

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CPQ expert here - Considering you'd only need to be a user, having Salesforce experience OR CPQ experience is good enough for this kind of role. Companies want to make all these ridiculous technical requirements and then get all dumbfounded when they can't find anyone or their hire turns out to be a fraud. Not only did they waste your time, but they are wasting theirs - you'll find someone more competent to work for, I promise.

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Funny enough, I actually am doing the trailheads and was open about that. I suppose I need to frame it as experience and not coursework

I mean did they ask up front if you had cpq exp and you told them you didn’t?

You dodged a bullet… at least that’s what I take from this

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