Landed an interview tomorrow with Zendesk. I’m so excited for this! The role is for a business development representative. I have around 8 YOE in sales/client services. What kind of questions should I expect to answer in tomorrows interview? Also, can anyone give some insight on salary negotiation, schedule and benefits?

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Is this your first interview? If so, you should focus on your experience and how it lines up with their business objectives and goals. Ask about challenges their facing and how your role is supposed to help address them

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Yes, this will be my first round interview.

Outbound or inbound

Have a few STAR stories ready to go about success, failure, etc. Compgauge for the salary stuff

Best advice here, make sure to do research on comp beforehand!

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How did your interview go? Hope it went well!

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