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Business Development Manager Interview Questions

The questions you're most likely to face in a Business Development Manager interview — behavioral, technical, and role-specific. Then practise them out loud with a free AI mock interview.

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Behavioral & fit

  1. 1.Tell me about yourself and why you're targeting this role.
  2. 2.Describe a project you're most proud of. What was your specific contribution?
  3. 3.Tell me about a time you missed a deadline or failed. What did you learn?
  4. 4.How do you prioritise when everything feels urgent?
  5. 5.Describe a disagreement with a teammate and how you resolved it.

Technical — core Business Development Manager skills

  1. 1.Walk me through how you've applied Partnership development in a real business development manager project.
  2. 2.Walk me through how you've applied Revenue planning in a real business development manager project.
  3. 3.Walk me through how you've applied Pricing negotiation in a real business development manager project.
  4. 4.Walk me through how you've applied Market expansion in a real business development manager project.
  5. 5.Walk me through how you've applied Team management in a real business development manager project.

Tools & technologies

  1. 1.What's your experience with Salesforce, and when would you choose it over an alternative?
  2. 2.What's your experience with HubSpot, and when would you choose it over an alternative?
  3. 3.What's your experience with LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and when would you choose it over an alternative?
  4. 4.What's your experience with Power BI, and when would you choose it over an alternative?

Role-specific

  1. 1.What does success look like in a Business Development Manager role in the first 90 days?
  2. 2.How do you stay current with changes in sales & customer?
  3. 3.Describe how you'd approach a typical problem a Business Development Manager faces day to day.

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