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Hello everyone I recently applied for the SDR role at snowflake through careers page on September 16th

Later that day I realised that it won't get noticed by recruiters if I just apply by careers page so I reached out to managers on LinkedIn and sent cold emails to managers.

So this week on Monday the hiring manager responded by cold email and he looped the recruiter to screen me for further consideration.

Then recruiter scheduled a screening call at 12:30 friday which is yesterday. In the call recruiter asked me about my background experience location current compensation and notice period etc as usual and it was just a 5 minutes call and he said that he is good to go and he will forward the profile to hiring manager and after his approval I will get back to you on Monday he said and also mentioned that there will be 4 more more rounds after this one with hiring manager, next with sales head next is presentation round and last is with the director he said and he will get back to me on Monday call ended.

So I thought I will wait till Monday for the next update

But as soon as I woke up today morning on Saturday 9:30 am I received a rejection email from snowflake which was sent by ashbyhq recruitment system of snowflake.

My concern is that am I totally rejected? Is this rejection email that I received was it triggered by the application that I sent through the website in September (those automated rejection emails)

or is it the actual rejection email that they sent after my screening call with the recruiter??

Please help me understand this people I had a lot of hopes on this one after getting rejected from Salesforce interview in the last round 🥺, I am extremely anxious after seeing this email. I was preparing for the next round actually 😭

Did they immediately decided not to go ahead with my profile after screening call?? Idk people who have any idea help me understand what happened 😞🥺

Hello everyone!

I’m currently trying to break into tech sales as a BDR. I have a background in finance, but I wasn’t able to start working right after graduating due to health issues. However, I do have some professional experience, as I completed an apprenticeship during my master’s degree.

I’ve started learning about tech sales and working on making my CV more impactful, but I’m finding it difficult to get feedback on my application and understand how to best position myself for BDR roles.

Since I don’t have direct experience in tech sales yet, I’d really appreciate any advice or feedback on my CV, my approach to job hunting, or the skills I should focus on developing to make my profile more attractive to recruiters.

My goal is to break into the industry directly, without having to complete an internship or another apprenticeship, ideally with the opportunity to work abroad.

If anyone has a few minutes to share their feedback or insights, I’d be incredibly grateful!

Thanks in advance! 😊

Curious how other SDRs and sales teams here are building pipeline this quarter.

Most of the teams I work with lean on cold/warm outbound, SEO, ads, or referrals. I build outbound engines for B2B teams, and I want to learn what channels and plays are actually working for people prospecting into other markets.

What's worked for you and your team? Anything unusual you've tried? Have you made it repeatable?

What’s up guys,

I sell to HOAs and my current outbound process is a bottleneck.

Right now I spend way too much time researching an individual property, reaching out to the property management company, and trying to get them to pass me along to the board. Most PMs are gatekeepers who move at a snail’s pace.

I want to trim down the prep time and start contacting board presidents/treasurers directly, but getting accurate contact info for volunteer board members is tough.

How are you guys targeting HOAs? Are you using specific databases to reach board members directly, or is there a better way to get the property manager to actually push things forward? All the sources I’ve tried for board data are outdated or a nightmare to work with.

As someone with no connections, how are people getting interviews? I’ve done the reach out on LinkedIn strategy and even emailing them directly.

I never hear back from anyone. Of course this is frustrating but I’d love to hear how others succeed to get an interview opportunity for SDR/BDR roles.

I’m considering moving away from traditional full-time SDR hiring and would love to hear from people who have actually worked as independent SDRs or appointment setters.

I work in lead-gen sales and we’re currently trying to scale outbound in France and Italy.

We’ve tried full-time reps, both in-office and remote. The problem wasn’t really closing — it was getting people to consistently own the prospecting side: finding the right companies, building lists, cold outreach and generating their own meetings.

So I’m considering testing independent SDRs who already know their local market and are comfortable using their own tools/stack, with compensation based around qualified meetings or commission.

For those of you who work this way:
- Is pay-per-meeting actually attractive/viable for good SDRs?
- What would make you choose an independent setup over a full-time SDR role?
- What tools do you normally expect the company to provide?
- Where do independent SDRs usually find clients?
- And what would make you immediately reject an offer like this?

Especially interested in people with experience prospecting in France or Italy.

Not trying to recruit through this post — genuinely trying to understand whether this model makes sense from the SDR’s side.

Just needing some opinions on making this career change. At my current job I can’t really advance too much more. BDR looks interesting and I think my skills can directly transfer, like cold calling. Is this a risky move? Most BDR roles I see pay more than what I’ll make now including monthly bonuses. And guidance is appreciated, thanks!

Hey all! I’m brand new to the sales world. I started my first car sales position two months ago and I’m loving it so far. The culture at my dealership is great and my team members and management are all very supportive and extremely happy with my performance so far. Anyways, let me cut to the chase here and get to my questions. My long term sales goals are in software sales, and I know this may be vague but… how do I get there? How long would you all suggest I stay at my dealership gaining sales experience before attempting to make the jump to an SDR role? How many years should I put on my career map before I can realistically be ready for AE and then enterprise AE roles?
On top of all of this, what resources do YOU all recommend to help improve my sales skills? I’m talking books, YouTube channels, blogs, Reddit threads, anything you guys can throw my way for me to start building the foundation I need.

I’m fairly new in my sales career , starting working as a field rep for a foodservice distributor, now I’m in inside sales for a sort of niche wholesaler (still in the food industry).

Ive found myself to be generally good at sales, people like me, I can read a room, I’m pretty tech savvy.

My background is in foodservice/business ownership. I like sales because the harder I work the more money I make (much like running your own business - without having to pay the overhead).

Right now I make about 100k but I’m capped where I’m at. I want to transition into selling sometime that is not a tangible product or shelf stable - I think it’s pretty limiting.

Any tips on how to break into a new industry? Where to start without taking a huge pay cut?