Navan Account Executive interview experience

The recruiter reached out and then scheduled several virtual on-site interviews with the hiring team over a few hours. I felt like I did well in those conversations, including speaking German at a business level, and I even had an interview with the senior hiring manager that went positively.

The rejection decision came with a reason tied to fit for “traditional” German clients, and it directly raised concerns for me about bias toward non-native speakers. Even though I had a good experience in the interviews themselves, it didn’t seem like my performance mattered as much as the assumption