I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at LinkedIn
Interview
Wonderful process very open and enthusiastic recruiters.
My process may have been slightly accelerated compared to other applicants. I applied in August for the October start date cohort. Most of my cohort peers had their offers around June already. Many of them mentioned doing in-office full-day assessments for their final rounds, or a final meet & greet evening. Meanwhile I applied in August and was overseas for the duration of the interview process.
1. Recruiter screening call
2. Hiring manager call
3. Mock sales call
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
(1) What does leadership mean to you (2) Who is a leader you admire (3) Would you rather be respected or loved (4) Classics: why this role, why LinkedIn, why sales (5) tell me about a time you failed/ a time you received feedback you hadn't expected (6) After the mock call I was asked to give an assessment of how I think it went
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at LinkedIn (Dublin, Dublin) in Oct 2015
Interview
First round was a 30 minutes pre-interview call with a recruiter (who was also part of the current BLP). Very classical questions about my experience, how they could relate to the program (sales, leadership related) and my passions. Prepare why you want to work in sales and why a graduate program. She told me at the end of call that she would move me to the next stage that was a onsite recruiting day with the other candidates. Unfortunately was not able to come to Dublin and she was kind enough to arrange the several interviews through Blue Jeans (like Skype).
Before taking part in the panel interviews I had a quick call to check I was truly a French native speaker, nothing to worry about.
Second round was the "onsite" recruiting day. I had 3 30 minutes long interviews scheduled about:
- Sales experience and skills: classical questions about sales experience and motivation.
- Analytical skills: I had a case about sales, some easy calculation to find the sales revenue and objectives and then how we could do to meet the objectives.
- Corporate culture: quite informal chat about Linkedin's culture and how I could fit in.
And a 1 hour written Language assessment: I had to write an email to a potential lead to ask for a meeting (both in English and French).
Last stage was a reference check, I had to give 2 people's contacts (manager, colleague, teacher...).
Finally, the campus recruitment partner called me to tell me I made it and tell me about the offer details: salary, benefits, bonus...
Overall:
- Prepare behavioral questions: a time you led a group/had to manage a difficult situation/you succeed/ you failed/you took a risk...
- Why do you want to work in sales?
- Know the company's values and always try to relate to it in your experiences
- Use the STAR format
- Don't hesitate to ask you recruiter for advice and feedback before the recruitment day.