AAmerican Marketing and Publishing·Account Executive

American Marketing and Publishing Account Executive interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

Madison, WIPosted Mar 2015 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I made it through the interview steps and was then sent out into the field to see what the job actually looked like day-to-day.

For me, the ride-along or observation part was a major letdown. I had driven out and spent a full day with a rep, but the experience didn’t translate into anything positive—I ended up turning down the role because it felt like a poor fit once I saw it from the inside.

What stood out was how awkward and misaligned the work could be depending on what you got in the field. The sales approach involved knocking on doors of people they described as small businesses, and that whole interaction felt uncomfortable and exhausting rather than engaging. I also didn’t like how the product story sounded

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