It’s time for a little story of how I messed up big time in an interview, really big time. I was honestly about five minutes away from a job offer with a nice raise, when I screwed up to the point where all of the good things that occurred in the previous interviews were thrown out the window.
It’s not all bad news though.
By going through this experience I learned something very important, ended up with a better company in the long-run and now have an important lesson to teach you. If you watch this video and do five minutes of interview preparation, I guarantee you’ll avoid this mistake every single time.
Here it is below.
Pretty stupid move by yours truly right?
I went through the entire interview process with a company, end up sitting in the conference room with the CEO/Founder and I haven’t taken 5 minutes of time to sign up for the company’s free trial cloud software. There really isn’t an excuse for such an action, other than pure laziness at the time.
The second I said I hadn’t at least played around with the software, I could see the look of disdain on the CEO’s face and I knew I was toast. Don’t make the same mistake that I did.
By taking a few minutes out of your day to register for the company’s software/free-trial, you’ll but yourself in a position to never make this mistake and also have a key talking point in the interview as well.
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My new book, entitled “How (and why) to Start a Career in Software Sales”, is now available for purchase on Amazon Kindle and Paperback! My goal is to answer the questions that I’ve been asked on a consistent basis, discuss the positives (and negatives) regarding a career in software in sales and outline a clear guide to getting started in the profession.
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