Envié una solicitud electrónica. Acudí a una entrevista en Smartsheet
Entrevista
Spoke with a recruiter in standard phone screen. Appeared the recruiter was filling out a checklist and wanted candidates to only fit into a specific “box.” Additionally, most questions were related to current role vs. taking previous roles into consideration. Understand the need to match core skills/assess culture fit, but do feel Smartsheet may be missing out on quality candidates with lack of flexibility/creativity in evaluating talent initially.
Envié una solicitud electrónica. El proceso duró 2 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Smartsheet (Boston, MA) en mar 2025
Entrevista
I was interviewing for a Customer Success Manager role. First round was with the recruiter, it was super easy and I got an intstant answer to move foward to the hiring manager interview. Hiring manager interview was 30 mins, plus about a week to hear back. Third round, was 3 back to back interviews (Senior CSM, AM, and CS Director). These were straightforward getting to know you and "tell me about a time and situation" type questions. The final interview was the technical interview, and a vague prompt was provided (take the scenario and create a smartsheet solution, PowerPoint to show the solution etc.) They provided a week to learn and prepare, the tool is huge and there's so much open for interpretation. During the technical interview, you will be presenting the solution and ppt to the 'fake company' in the scenario, who will be asking questions and drilling you.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
tell me how you define enterprise customer success? how did you handle an at-risk customer or risky renewal?
Envié una solicitud electrónica. El proceso duró 1 semana. Acudí a una entrevista en Smartsheet en ago 2024
Entrevista
Initially applied for Senior CSM and CSM II positions and was rejected for both. Finally applied for a CSM I position and had 30-minute screening interview with HR. HR rep had a set of CSM-related questions, obviously put together by the hiring manager. Was sent a rejection 1-2 days thereafter. (To be generous to myself, I was over qualified for an entry level CSM position, but the job market is brutal right now). The stated salary in the job posting was $67,500 - $99,900 for California & New York and $62,500 - $92,500 everywhere else. IIRC the HR rep said they were targeting $80-85k for my high COL area (in the northeast, but not NY).
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
What does customer success mean to you? How do you achieve it? etc.
Envié una solicitud electrónica. El proceso duró 1 semana. Acudí a una entrevista en Smartsheet en ago 2024
Entrevista
Recruiter screen, hiring manager, 3 30 minute team interviews. I didn't get past this point. The process was so seamless and the team voiced how they enjoyed talking and gave me tips for the next round. I was very comfortable and was shocked when the recruiter ghosted until I followed up, saying they had offered the job to someone further in the process. Wish they would complete the active interviews before making decisions.