Imagine that you've landed your first interview within tech. That's great. But keep in mind that tech interviews are highly complexed, and they contain many different stages and each stage has its own unique priority or challenge, and so it's important to be knowledgeable of each stage. In this video, I'm going to talk about the different stages of the tech interview process, specifically to the SDR role. We're going to dive into the four phases that are common within the interview process, which are phone screening, video interviewing, assessment work, and the onsite interviews. The first interview is the phone screening. This is typically with an HR rep or a recruiter, and they're looking for a few things: does this person sound like an SDR? Do they speak clearly? Do they have a basic understanding of the role? Are they passionate for a sales role? Do they have a basic understanding of the company and the value that it brings to its customers? Ultimately, is this the person that the company wants to put in front of its customers to talk to? If the phone screening goes well, then you'll more than likely be moved on to a video interview with someone in sales management. That could be the director of sales or an SDR manager. The purpose of this call is first, for them to gain a little bit more of an understanding about who you are, your story, your experiences, and your skill sets. They'll also dive into the company and its products, and the purpose of that is to really gain an understanding of your thought process and how you come up with specific answers. They're also going to look out for body language as well. That can be posture, is this person smiling? Do they have sustained energy? Is this person speaking clearly? What is their tonality like? That can be very important because it is a customer-facing role. Is this person dressed professionally? Do they have a clear background? Tech interviews often include an assessment stage as well, and so they'll test you on things like a mock call or a mock email. You might get a prospecting assignment or even a product demonstration. This is ultimately to see if you can actually do the role, so you need to be prepared to tackle any of these four assessments. If the video interview goes well and the assessment work goes well, you'll then be moved on to usually the final stage of the interview process, which is the onsite interview. From there, you'll go into the company office, they'll guide you to a room, you'll sit down and you'll be waiting to talk to a panel of interviewers, and this can range from many different roles on the team. It can be senior SDRs, it can be account executives, it can be leadership of sales, like directors or managers. How it usually goes is, you're going to be doing back-to-back interviews. Two people will come in and talk to you, and then another two people will come in and talk to you, and then another two people will come in and talk to you, so it's between 6-8 people. For best practices, you really need to research who you're going to be talking to, and this can be extremely helpful as you're having conversations. Ultimately, you need to show how you're going to succeed in this role and how you can bring value to every single person that you're talking to within that interview. To recap, we've went over the four phases of the tech interview process, which is the phone screening, the video interview, the assessment work, and the onsite interview. Now that you have an understanding of these phases, you need to mentally and physically prepare yourself for what you are about to get yourself into. This requires sustained energy and motivation, and really just understand that it's a marathon and not a sprint. It's not a one type of deal, it's something that's going to take multiple steps for success.