Adyen Account Executive interview experience

After an initial recruiter-and-manager chat that felt fairly normal, the case and role-play components became something I hadn’t experienced before. The difficulty of the case itself wasn’t what shocked me most; it was how the role-play unfolded with multiple people acting as a difficult client, and how that setup turned into something degrading rather than constructive.

In the session, the interviewers weren’t prepared to engage with the logic of my approach. When I suggested comparing pricing against competitors—a normal commercial lens—I was pushed back on with comments framed like the