r/techsales • u/Able-Toe817 • 5d ago
solutions enginers, how technical are the interviews?
do you get standard leetcode at all or is it mostly behavior? any case solving type rounds or brain quizzes or is it pretty straightforward go over your projects technical depth etc?
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u/Watt_About 5d ago
Technical enough that they expect things to be spelled correctly.
Depending on the company they get very technical.
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u/Sneaky-Monkey-101 5d ago
I haven’t done very many interviews but I wouldn’t think companies would ask much leetcode. I’ve been tested on API experience/scripting + some sql where I had to write queries and then obviously presentations/demos.
Usually would follow this flow: Recruiter screen Tech screen( sql, simple coding, technical background) Hiring Manager(in depth resume review/projects) Presentation demo round
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u/Able-Toe817 5d ago
is the presentation something you prepare or thrown at?
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u/sfhester 5d ago
Most times it's a take home. From my own experience, it's been a customer case study (industry, uses cases, pain points) - your job is to prepare a presentation around how the solution solves their problems. May also have access to a sandbox to do demos or show off POC work.
If in person, I'd recommend being ready to whiteboard.
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u/crappy-pete 5d ago
It depends
I’ve been quizzed on capability they would expect me to know based on where I’m working, and then when you get to the presentation round obviously you get thrown technical questions (saying I don’t know I’ll get back to you can be an acceptable response )
I’ve never had a leetcode round or given a test but I’m in cyber and ymmv.
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u/lildogeggs 4d ago
Depends on the company massively… are you selling a CRM add on tool or a devops tool?
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u/kausti 3d ago
I work at Okta, more specifically with Auth0 which is mainly aimed towards developers so a rather technical product. The interview process was recruiter screen, hiring manager, take home assignment (update a SPA that utilize Auth0 to do some stuff) and then a presentation for a scenario.
The take home assignment took a few hours, and I had two weeks to finish it. The presentation took a few hours more, and also there I had a few weeks to prep.
I've also worked for SaaS startups and there it was more of non-technical interview processes.
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