Brett Milstein

Director, Customer Success, Narvar

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For customer success interviews, what are helpful resources you'd recommend and types of questions to prepare for from both hiring managers and cross-functional partners?

Brett Milstein

Narvar Director, Customer Success • February 8

Rather than just asking a candidate about their background, I prefer to ask about real situational questions. Here are a few of my favorites: * Tell me about a time you had an unhappy customer. What was the issue and how did you resolve it? * Take me through a time when a customer provide......Read More

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What are the most common mistakes you see candidates make during an interview for a customer success position?

Brett Milstein

Narvar Director, Customer Success • February 8

Here are a few mistakes I see most often: 1. Not doing their research on the company/role they are interviewing for. It is surprising how many interviews I have participated in where the candidate had clearly not reviewed our company's product offering or job description. One of the keys to in......Read More

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What are the key questions you like to ask and why?

Brett Milstein

Narvar Director, Customer Success • February 8

There are two questions I always like to ask during an initial interview with a candidate: 1. Tell me about a problem you have worked on and how you solved it? - In full transparency, I actually borrowed this question from an article I read about Elon Musk's interview questions. I found the re......Read More

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As a hiring manager, what do the best customer success have in common?

Brett Milstein

Narvar Director, Customer Success • February 8

In my experience there are a few characteristics/skillsets that the best CSMs I have hired all have in common: 1. Organizational skills - This is #1#1 for me. I have never seen a CSM who was not organized be successful. As a CSM requests are being thrown at you left and right, and you are bein......Read More

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Do you generally recommend that candidates go 'above and beyond' in preparing for interviews?

Brett Milstein

Narvar Director, Customer Success • February 8

This question is a bit subjective as going "above and beyond" can mean different things to different people. If a candidate truly wants a role, in my opinion, they should do whatever they feel puts them in the best position to receive an offer. I cannot remember ever walking out of an interview a......Read More