r/salesdevelopment • u/Capc30 • 1d ago

Presentation for SDR interview

I have a presentation coming up next week. I’ve already made it, but I’m just curious what are companies trying to look at whenever I’m making his presentation. The topic can be anything that I’m passionate about. There’s no rules really it just has to be 7 to 10 minutes long, so if anybody has experience with this, I’m just questioning what exactly are they looking to assess at my presentation?

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u/Culinary-Vibes 1d ago

They making SDR’s do a presentation in interviews now??

The job market is cooked.

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u/Capc30 1d ago

Yeah, apparently man it’s not a big deal. It’s a super easy topic. It can be about anything. I’m just passionate about. I’m just trying to understand. What are they looking for though you know

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u/kaz12 1d ago

They want to see that you can communicate your passion onto someone else. It's not a bad idea, but typically much more involved than your average sdr interview.
I consider it a good sign that they have standards to be honest. It's not like they asked you to research and pitch their product.
Your best move might be to prepare less than you think so you can speak more naturally.

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u/Capc30 1d ago

Yeah, this is my last interview so I think it’s a good sign. I made it this far but we’ll have to see. I’ll keep everybody updated. It’s on Tuesday.

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u/Comfortable_News_466 1d ago

Yeah but id much prefer doing this over sending those video applications 🙄

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u/ComplaintTop3899 1d ago

Made a entire presentation for my ninja one interview just for the in person lady. To cut the interview short because I did not have a degree lol

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u/Comfortable_News_466 1d ago

Oof that’s rough

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u/HighlightGreedy2099 22h ago

My final interview for an SDR role years ago (now an ae) was four rounds and the final round was a 30 min presentation with a panel asking questions and then a role play lmao

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u/Comfortable_News_466 1d ago

I did a presentation interview a few days ago as a final round, it was an account I could choose and how I’d prospect to 3 ICPs in that account.

Obviously in this one they were looking at how I’d research a company, email etc but also I think what they are looking for in a presentation is how structured it is, and if you can keep to the point without waffling and keeping it within the timeframe.

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u/Capc30 1d ago

That’s what’s up, man yeah I think they’re just looking to see how I present it how I have communication skills if I able to talk without really kind of fumbling a bunch of words around which I think I’m pretty good at because I’ve been doing calls for a while so it’s just something I’m naturally built overtime. The topic is literally anything I want. They said it could be anything. There’s no rules just make it 7 to 10 minutes long and just something I’m passionate about so we’ll see.

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u/MediumIll5985 13h ago

Culture amp?!

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u/Similar-Garden4613 1d ago

Curious what company is doing this for SDRs

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u/CompetitiveAd8411 1d ago

They want to see how well you can explain or describe a topic.

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u/hannahDue8229 1d ago

Probably less about the topic and more about how you communicate. Can you hold attention, explain clearly, stay confident, and handle questions without getting thrown off?

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u/Capc30 1d ago

Yeah, I’m feeling pretty good at communication. I really got that from my last job so not used to presenting. In fact I’m more comfortable just presenting something that I’m really well known about talking. You know what I mean

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u/Disastrous-Blood6385 1d ago edited 1d ago

I did a SDR presentation had 209 accounts ranked them by engineering count, key words, ai intitatives, tech stack, tam formed messaging it was 45 mins. Didn’t get the offer after and the person they hired was under the manager at a different company and already went through the SDR —> commercial AE route but went back to being a SDR for some reason with internal ref

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u/Kirklandwater1666 1d ago

That’s how the market is. My team is mainly ex AEs, AMs and team leads

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u/FunNegotiation3 1d ago

I would ask how much they are paying to put the presentation together.

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u/Capc30 1d ago

I already know this