I was reached out to by a recruiter on Linkedin. The first recruiter was very nice and she messaged me saying that my background would be a great fit for their Solutions Architect position. We had a brief 15 min conversation and she coordinated a 2nd phone screening with her boss. Her boss was nice, but some of the questions asked during the second phone screen seemed kind of odd. I had roughly 3 years of Salesforce experience and also 3 years of full-time experience in a different industry. She asked me "why did you pick your University? what was the thought process behind this?" It's a top 5 ranked public university so I told her it was the highest ranked, best value University that I had been accepted to. Even though I had a 3.7 gpa, I left my gpa off my Linkedin profile and resume since it becomes fairly irrelevant after a few years of work experience and no one really asks this anymore unless you're interviewing straight out of University so I found it odd that the next question she asked me was, "what was your gpa?" Next, she asked me "why do you want to work for Silverline and why do you think you have what it takes?" I was caught off guard since she knew very well that her recruiter had reached out to me and based on scanning over my profile, she thought I was a good fit for the role. Therefore, it should've been obvious that I didn't have this big lifelong desire to work for Silverline, nor have I even heard of them before they reached out, but I was open to learning more about the company and hearing what they could offer. I told her that I had roughly 3 years of Salesforce consulting experience and told her about my role on various projects. I also said that I liked what I read about Silverline on Glassdoor and their website after they reached out. The interview went well so she then set me up for an interview with Scott Snider, their COO. When the time came around (2:30 PM), I never received a call from Scott but 10 minutes after the scheduled time (2:40PM), I received an email from Scott saying "Hey xxxxxx, sorry running 5 min late. Will call in 5 minutes." Another 10 minutes passed, and then finally I got a call from a NY number. I picked up and it was Scott and he seemed out of breath and from all the commotion, it sounded like he was walking through the streets of Manhattan. I don't remember all the questions Scott asked me but it seemed like he kept coming back to "Why do you think you have what it takes? What makes you a good candidate." I'm not sure if it was because he didn't have any questions prepared, but I felt like I repeated myself at least 3 times. I thought I was being very clear so it's possible that he was having trouble hearing me because he just so happened to be walking through the streets of NY. I explained that I had 3 years of Salesforce experience, walked him through my responsibilities and roles on my different projects but it felt like I was talking to a wall. His tone of voice wasn't very pleasant nor was he very personable. After I told him that I had a few offers that were pending, he said that it would take a few weeks to bring anyone into the office for interviews so the timing may not work out. He said he'd reach back out if anything changed. I never heard back from Scott or HR so I'm assuming their timeline didn't change but honestly I was so turned off from our conversation that even if they gave me an offer, I probably wouldn't have accepted. Honestly, I'm glad I accepted my offer with Accenture because they're a stronger Salesforce partner anyways.
