AMA: RocketReach Senior Director, Customer Success & Sales, Wynne Brown on Customer Success Interviews
May 16 @ 10:00AM PT
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Medius Enterprise Customer Sales • 3y
This is a great question because autonomy is such a key trait for a CSM. And since CSMs come from a variety of backgrounds, getting a clear take on someone's autonomy is...
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Medius Enterprise Customer Sales • 3y
A red flag that worries me is a lack of detail and variety in the stories about your work. If you are a great candidate, you will have detailed stories that show collabor...
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Medius Enterprise Customer Sales • 3y
The most successful CSMs have these things in common: 1. Human-centric: a real level of caring and interest in helping others succeed 2. Curiosity: only a curious mind ca...
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Medius Enterprise Customer Sales • 3y
The best way to improve your interviewing skills is good old-fashioned practice. And it is key to practice with another human so you can get feedback on how you are telli...
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Medius Enterprise Customer Sales • 3y
What problem have you solved in your work that you are most proud of?This is a great question for a few reasons:If they fumble for an answer, they haven't been reflecting...
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Medius Enterprise Customer Sales • 3y
The most common mistake I see candidates make during an interview for a customer success position is a lack of direct and specific "data" whether that is literal data ("I...
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Medius Enterprise Customer Sales • 3y
Here are the key questions I will cover with candidates. Typically I will meet with candidates in the first round for thirty minutes to cover the basic "wiring" - are the...
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Medius Enterprise Customer Sales • 3y
The best resources are research on the folks interviewing you and the company itself. If someone shows up without understanding our history as people and as a company, t...
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Do you generally recommend that candidates go 'above and beyond' in preparing for interviews?
In which situations do you recommend this approach or not?
Medius Enterprise Customer Sales • 3y
The phrasing of this question is interesting to me since I can't know what the asker's definition of 'above and beyond' is... so let me just say that there is a level of ...
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