– My Career topic: Tech Sales
-Hypothetical person im interviewing: Kailen Lee
-Kailen Lee- account manager/ commercial sales SMB for Amazon
These are the hypothetical interview questions I would be asking:
-Since you work as an account manager/ commercial sales SMB for amazon and are dealing with alot of computer work and phone work do you believe with the fast development of AI technology, that in the near future your job will be in jeopordy?
-While working for amazon specifically, and knowing there history of frequently laying off employees.We are at a all time low at 3.5% unemployment but has there been any time in your 3 years with amazon where you felt your job was at risk and what were the reasonings for thinking this?
-While researching the industry and its market value I was curious to see how the industry of Cloud Sales is growing year by year. Some interesting facts I found was from 2020-2022 cloud sales grew from a 270$ Billion dollar market to a 390$ billion dollar market. Do you feel since the market is growing that it has made your work to life balance less balanced due to the fact of having to compete with other companies? If so, what have you done to
try to balance it and what has changed?
-What were the some of the tools you had when going into an interview with amazon that got you the job to be salesman for amazons cloud?
-When getting into cloud sales what was the training process like and how long did it last for?
-While researching the standard cost of living in ATX where i plan on moving post college. It shoed that i need an average of 48,000$ dollars to live comfortably in Austin, Texas. When you first started this job, was the pay enough to begin living a comfortable life or did you have to negotiate that?
Write a 4-5 page personal hypothetical reflection of the interview. Respond to the following:
-Why did you choose this person to interview?
What was the actual interview like for you?
-Was it more formal or more casual? Were all your questions answered?
-Did any of your interviewee’s responses surprise you?
-What labor statistics did you address in your interview?
-How did your interviewee answer your questions related to the special topic or career statistic?
– Do you agree with them or were you surprised? Why/why not?
-How has the interview affected your interest in this field?
