Smartsheet Account Executive interview experience

Different people seemed to have different ideas about what they wanted from the role, and the messaging didn’t line up cleanly across interviewers. It wasn’t just different preferences—it made it hard to tell what the company was actually trying to achieve.

I also experienced it as spaced out over a long stretch, with interviews arriving infrequently enough that it started to feel like I was waiting more than I was progressing. Even when each conversation followed a similar structure—getting to know me, why I was applying, and whether I’d fit the team—the lack of alignment between