The process took 2 months. I interviewed at SAP (Newtown Square, PA) in Apr 2017
Interview
Pre-Screen phone call - 15min
Additional Pre-Screen phone call - 15min
Flight to Newtown Square, PA
8pm-4pm interview process. Group and individually scored.
Be prepared to face extremely talented individuals who will be willing to walk over you in order to be hired. Not my kind of style.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Scenario based: create a presentation with a group of 3 other people you don't know, brainstorm and present SAP offerings to potential clients.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at SAP (Newtown, PA) in Oct 2015
Interview
On campus interview was very casual and done by someone who had just graduated the program I was interviewing for. Very friendly and behavioral interview. No surprises. Afterwards I was asked to take an online assessment which I at first did not pass but asked for another chance and passed. Don't be conservative, just go with your gut.
Was then invited to Bootcamp day 8:30-4:30pm at Newtown, PA office. Introduction, Groups of 5, Case study with group with 3 monitors in the room, individually pulled out once for you to ask questions, curve balls, pulled out second time for them to ask you questions, presentation pitch, group and individual feedback, closing.
The entire day you're working with smart, collaborative, and just overall positive people. Really just be yourself and participate in facilitating with the group. Everyone in my group was well spoken, charismatic, and held themselves very well professionally. I don't know what specifically the monitors were looking for but a few stand out points I observed that could be made individually include: 1) Idea generation 2) Setting logical problem solving guideline/process 3) Collaborative Communication. As in, everyone knew how to SWOT, sound passionate, use pretty business fluff words and compliments, but not everyone was able to logically communicate their ideas or coordinate the group to think together. The people asking the questions and setting the framework for group functioning I think have the best chance of standing out. In other words, don't think about competing with your peers by trying to say the smartest sounding business fluff, just focus on being logical, clear, and direct in delivering the best results with your team.
Overall great experience and loved the people and monitors I worked with.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at SAP in Apr 2014
Interview
I applied through my university and was asked to come in for an on-campus interview. It was one-on-one and my interviewer was very friendly and warm - the interview was more of a conversation and she told me that she would recommend me for the next round. She asked me to go online and complete a personality test, which I initially did not pass (I think I was being too honest) but my interviewer told me to try again and I passed the second time.
For the final round of interviews, I flew to Newton Square for the Sales Academy Bootcamp Day. There were ~80 candidates there in total. We were split into groups of six and worked together to complete a business case study. I'd never taken a business class in my life, and I'd never done anything sales-related, but I thought the case study was logical and easy enough. I think what they're looking for is not actually for you to solve the case study, per se. Your answer doesn't matter as much as how you arrived there and how you present it. They're essentially looking for personality traits - are you a leader? Do you listen to your group? Do you show intellectual curiosity? How do you problem solve? Can you persuasively present your solution?
I really enjoyed working with my group, and had great conversations with my interviewers as well. Everyone was genuinely nice and easy to talk to. I received an offer about two weeks later, and I still stay in touch with a few of my interviewers. Out of the groups of six, usually only one person receives an offer. My group worked really well together and performed very well, and so two of us received offers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
(After Bootcamp Day): How do you think you did? How would you evaluate this interview process?