I am a new university business grad interviewing for an account manager position in one of the bigger deal of the day sites. I have two years experience as an account manager during my university career with a small internet based web development company. My job was to source clients who needed a website designed or redesigned and negotiate a deal to fit their needs. I was also the facilitator for communication between the client and the programmers and in charge for taking payment etc. I was responsible for coming up with new ideas for the company to make money (apps, blog networks etc) - We built these up and would sell them often within 3 months of launch. This is the only related experience I gained during my university career aside from doing the general landscape, campus jobs. I have always been very entrepreneurial building and flipping websites throughout high school and into university.<p>I am wondering what to expect in the interview. The job entails inside telephone business to business selling, cold-calling, prospecting, negotiating and closing business at owner level. I am to meet with the recruiter who will be giving me an overview and then will meet for a one on one interview with the sales manager.<p>I will be researching the industry throughly and figuring out the leaders, how this company differs from the rest and where the company fits within the industry.<p>What type of attire I should wear? (it is an internet based company)
What types of questions will I be asked?
What type of compensation is fair for this position? ($40k-$50k base + commission etc)<p>Any other tips will be greatly appreciated.
I work for one of these places. I'm sure you can guess which one.<p>Please wear a suit, when you get the job you're able to wear what you like. I am assuming the culture of the UK offices will be fairly similar to the US ones.<p>The questions I got were<p>1) In your own words tell us what our company does (I gave an analogy to explain)<p>2) Explain our business model<p>3) Who are our target consumer (educated, females with lots of disposable income)<p>4) What are your core strengths<p>5) Tell me about your hobbies<p>6) What can you tell me about the office environment from just looking around (we have glass windows everywhere so nothing goes un-noticed - work is alot like university)<p>7) What do you want to do in 5 years?
Wear biz casual, dress shirt with nice pants. A quick look at glassdoor says your wage estimates are about right, but make sure it's possible to get $30k+ in commission for the average account manager! (I don't know the average total compensation for an account manager although)