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For customer success interviews, what are helpful resources you'd recommend and types of questions to prepare for from both hiring managers and cross-functional partners?

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  1. Brett Milstein
    Brett Milstein

    Narvar Director, Customer Success • 3y

    Rather than just asking a candidate about their background, I prefer to ask about real situational questions. Here are a few of my favorites: Tell me about a time you had an unhappy customer. What was the issue and how did you resolve it? Take me through a time when a customer provided a churn notice and you were able to save them. What was your process and how did you turn things around? Walk me through one of your recent renewals. When did you start the renewal conversation and what did the en ...Read More

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  2. Gary Johnson
    Gary Johnson

    Enable Customer Success Director • 3mo

    Preparation for a Customer Success interview should be intentional and strategic. This is not a role you “wing.” It is a discipline that rewards clarity of thought, emotional intelligence, and business acumen. I am an avid reader — or perhaps more accurately, an avid audiobook listener — and there are two books I consistently recommend to Customer Success professionals. First, The Essential Guide for Hiring and Getting Hired by Lou Adler.This book is particularly valuable for understanding how h ...Read More

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  3. Wynne Brown
    Wynne Brown

    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, that is a huge red flag for me. As far as general interview resources, practice with yourself out loud or with a friend. Only by practicing out loud will you know if you're giving good answers. The answer in your head isn't always the best to say! Practice! Redundant with another question, here is my list of questions I will cover ...Read More

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