My opinion might be slightly biased as I literally just accepted employment from Demandbase today but I did want to take a moment to post a quick review about the hiring process.
As you know interviewing can sometimes be an arduous endeavor, actually most of the time. However, the Demandbase team has been able to transform a typically disjointed process into something so seamless. It has truly been breath of fresh air over the past month getting to know everybody from the Demandbase team, in a variety of different roles.
What really was unique was that not once did I have the same questions and conversation with people which is rare now at days and speaks volumes to the communication and culture that is cultivated internally. As you know selling yourself over and over is a typical part of the interviewing process but with Demandbase they truly took interest in not only what I did, who I was and what I wanted to do in the future.
The interview process was not short but not entirely too long either. It started with an initial phone screening with the internal recruitment team who took the time to learn about my skills and my past to ensure the role was in line with what both parties were expecting. You were able to tell that she had been doing this for some time and took pride in her work as the conversation was very contextual as opposed to stuffy and dry.
I then had two additional calls with the hiring manager. While these rounds were more difficult, a lot of the conversations were situational, exploratory and allowed her to take the time to learn a little bit about me.
After those, there was an on-site meeting with a variety of different senior team members. Some of them were people I would report directly too and others were people who I would work with closely on a daily basis. While this in-person interview was on the longer side, it was beneficial as it helped to paint a vivid picture of what the day in the life at Demandbase would be like.
The last part of the interview process was a "mock-presentation". I will not go too far in-depth here because if you made it this far in the process, then this will help you visualize what client conversations will be like while at Demandbase. It was a mixture of learning ABM strategies, controlling the conversation, critical thinking and presentation style. While there was a fair amount of work that went into this presentation, it really helped give me a deeper understanding of the ABM value, tool, clients and real-life scenarios.
Shortly after the last interview, I was asked for references, presented and offer and then submitted the standard background & employment verification. Nothing out of the ordinary. During this time, the Demandbase kept me up to date with progress and things that were needed to move forward. Not once throughout the process did I need to chase down updates as all too often I received them, in what felt like record-breaking real-time.
Within the first hour of singing and accepting the offer letter, I was showered with personal emails from people I spoke to throughout the process (one of them was even out on sick leave and still found time in her day to congratulate me), LinkedIn requests + messages from my future team welcoming me on board. Right off the bat, it felt like I joined an extended family and I could not be more ecstatic to join the team in the upcoming weeks. My advice is if you are looking for a place that feels like home and culturally practices what they preach - then Demandbase is where you want to look into for your next career.
