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What are the most common mistakes you see candidates make during an interview for a revenue operations position?

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  1. Kayvan Dastgheib-Beheshti

    Payscale VP, GTM Operations & Business Intelligence • 8mo

    I define interview mistakes less as blunders and more as omissions. Candidates skip the parts that reveal scale, judgment, and business fluency. The gaps are usually in trust building, revenue logic, systems thinking, measurement, prioritization, and ownership of misses. Learning tools without learning the business Too many candidates lead with objects, fields, and tickets. RevOps is a consultative capacity role. If you are the connective tissue, you must know the bones. What I want instead: A s ...Read More

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  2. Eduardo Moreira
    Eduardo Moreira

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

    An interview is your chance at presenting as both highly effective (having the right skills and behaviours), and balanced (big picture vs. technical depth). To me, the key pitfalls to avoid are: Failing to show organizational navigation skills. When discussing past experience, always articulate: (1) Where was the ship sailing? - how did your work fit into the company’s broader strategy? (2) What was your role on the command deck? - what were you, specifically, responsible or accountable for? Be ...Read More

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  3. Bridget Hudacs
    Bridget Hudacs

    Knowledge Vortex Salesforce Functional Analyst • 2y

    The mistakes that I notice are: Not providing real world examples to support responses to situational questions. Bad-mouthing former employers. Not every employer-employee relationship is a fit, and it's OK to say that. But, as a candidate, your answers need to express what you're looking to move toward, not what you're eager to move away from (and will spend a 30 minute interview kvetching about). Being late without making an effort to communicate that to the interviewer and/or ghosting the int ...Read More

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