Account Executive
Posted Oct 2, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about your experience in inside sales. How many conversations did you have in a typical week?
What they are checking: Whether they can handle a high-volume, phone and email driven role with steady output.
Tell me about a time you handed a qualified lead to a senior seller. How did you make it go well?
What they are checking: Whether they pass leads with full context so the business development team can act right away.
Tell me about a time you got coaching that changed how you sell.
What they are checking: Whether they take feedback well, since the posting describes a team built on coaching.
Why do you want to sell to biotech and pharma companies in precision medicine?
What they are checking: Whether they have real interest in the science and the customer, which helps in technical sales.
What would you do
A small biotech is about to start a phase 1 oncology trial. How might Tempus be useful to them?
What they are checking: Whether they can connect data, sequencing and recruitment services to a client's actual stage of development.
How would you open a conversation with a research scientist who gets dozens of vendor emails a week?
What they are checking: Whether they can write and speak with relevance and brevity instead of using generic outreach.
A prospect says they already use another data vendor. What do you do next?
What they are checking: Whether they dig for unmet needs instead of ending the conversation at the first objection.
About the work
How would you find and qualify a biotech lead who might need real-world data, testing or patient recruitment support?
What they are checking: Whether they can tell a real opportunity from a curious contact by asking about programs, timelines and budgets.
How would you explain the basics of real-world data to someone at a biotech?
What they are checking: Whether they understand de-identified clinical and molecular data well enough to spark interest.
How do you keep your pipeline and CRM notes accurate when you're juggling many leads?
What they are checking: Whether they are organized enough that leads do not get lost or contacted twice.
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