CareerBuilder Account Executive interview experience

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Chicago, ILPosted Mar 2013 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first step was a phone interview that felt relatively easy compared to what came after.

It centered on sounding competent and walking through my experience in office settings and any sales or cold-calling work. If I made it past that first conversation, the company provided a list of likely questions, which gave me some structure—but I still ended up feeling thrown off by a couple of the prompts I answered less confidently.

The next round was in person. I was interviewed by managers, and the session shifted from discussion into an approach-based evaluation. I was given a situation ahead of time and asked to talk through how I would handle the opportunity—basically trying to see

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