Job landed time: 3 months from 1st interview to offer

Lead source: Recruiter (Korn Ferry)

Information

• 2 interview rounds; one round virtual, one in-person
• In target industry (SaaS), will travel to office 2x/month
• CEO, who covered the CMO role, is leaving
• Created a valuable 30/60/90
• Arranged severance in the negotiation stage

Background Checks

• Provided 8 references (2 peers, 2 bosses, 2 directs), and had spoken to all of them beforehand.
• The company called EVERYONE, and asked ~35 questions
• Another CMO said a company has been doing backdoor reference checks

Lessons learned:

• Wish they were more prepared with a firm POV as CMO