I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Podium (American Fork, UT) in Nov 2018
Interview
Had a recruiter reach out to me via LinkedIn and decided since they were on Forbes list that I should take a listen to them. Completed phone interview with the standard interview questions and then was asked to come on site to interview. First onsite interview was with one of the teams managers, which was where things started getting weird. He kept hounding about what motivates me and kept asking if I loved money and if it drove me. I could tell right away he must have sold alarms door to door for one of the many alarm companies in the valley. He then said he was going to have the recruiter come walk me out, but instead the VP of the Healthcare division came in and we had a good conversation which changed my perspective on the company from what I had just been through. He and I discussed the product, culture and competitive landscape of Podium which intrigued me about the company, but was still hard to get past the first interviewer who kept saying we only hire A+ guys, which makes me laugh as I have worked with a few of their current sales team members and they were never top producers.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Podium (Lehi, UT) in July 2025
Interview
They rescheduled the meeting multiple times. Then they showed up late. They then proceeded to give the most unprepared interview I have ever had, while walking away from their laptop multiple times. Body language couldn't be more obvious that they didn't care I was there.
They questions themselves were pretty standard: How do you currently work deals, Why do you want to work at podium. Etc.
I did think it was funny that they gave me a lecture about needing to research the company more before an interview (fair) while they clearly didn't prep for the meeting at all. It was too bad because the first interview I had with them from their HR team was incredibly professional and sharp. The woman who ran it did an incredible job, But the second one was a total cluster.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work at Podium?
How do you currently procure opportunities?
Casual, panel of 3 interviewers, They asked me a slew of questions about history, but more questions about how I would approach prospecting in different situations. Overall it was a positive experience, all 3 interviewers were managers, and I ended up working for one of them
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Podium (Melbourne) in Feb 2025
Interview
Managers were nice enough but seems they were looking for someone with direct tech sales experience and I was out of the running from the start - definitely not my strongest interview anyway.
Cheers to the recruiter for putting me forward - he was pretty hopeless with follow up. Gotta learn how to deliver bad news my dude, it's literally the job and super bad for your personal brand as a recruiter. Nice enough guy.