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How does one gauge autonomy in a revenue operations interview?

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Revenue Ops Interviews
  1. Eduardo Moreira
    Eduardo Moreira

    LinkedIn Director of Sales Strategy and Operations (EMEA & LATAM) • 1y

    RevOps autonomy varies with role and company, but workbook scope, alumni trajectories, task assignment and performance management provide valuable signals. To gauge autonomy I'd focus on 3 things: Obtain role scope detail with smart questions. RevOps is a broad container term, and the role may or may not align with your topics of expertise. Asking thoughtful questions about book of work, team vision, roles and responsibilities and partnership model with other teams not only clarifies expectation ...Read More

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  2. Azim Mitha
    Azim Mitha

    HubSpot Senior Director, Sales Strategy & Operations (APAC) • 6mo

    Autonomy is important in RevOps since we are often navigating ambiguous problems across multiple stakeholders. As an interviewer: I test for a candidate's ability to think through an open-ended question. An example of this can be: sales performance is declining, and conversion rates is identified as one of the causes. Walk me through what you would do next? As an interviewee: You should have an example ready of a large project where you identified the opportunity, built the business case, got th ...Read More

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  3. Bridget Hudacs
    Bridget Hudacs

    Knowledge Vortex Salesforce Functional Analyst • 2y

    I hate to type this, but the first gauge of autonomy for a candidate is: How involved are/were their parent(s) in the process? The candidate, individually, should be scheduling interviews, asking/answering questions and making employment decisions. Personally, if I have to engage with someone's parent, then I'm not offering the person the job. I may make an offer to the parent, though (kidding!). Outside of that, I listen to how candidates respond to scenario questions and observe any noticeable ...Read More

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