Account Executive, Commercial
Dialpad · Austin, TX
- Base
- Not disclosed
- OTE
- Not disclosed
- Quota attainment
- Not disclosed
- Posted
- 9d ago
Why it matters: OTE tells you what you could earn. Attainment tells you how realistic it is.
Ask: “What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?”
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What Dialpad sells
AI solves customer issues, hands off to people
Customers reach out by phone or online with a problem, and too often they get routed around without a real answer. Dialpad's AI agents learn from a company's best human agents and work to solve the problem right away. When a person is needed, the conversation moves to them with the full history, so the customer never has to start over.
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Proceed with cautionA few things here deserve a hard look before you spend time on it.
- Pay
- No pay listed at all.
- Transparency
- Says nothing about quota, attainment, deal size, territory or sales cycle.
- Pipeline
- Mostly self-sourced. Great if you like outbound, rough if you don't.
- Time on market
- Open 9 days.
- Company hiring
- Pulling back: closed 9 sales roles in 30 days and posted 1. Ask what changed.
Based only on what the posting says. Flags are a starting point for your first call, not a final judgment.
Questions to ask on the first call
Built from what this posting leaves out. How they answer tells you as much as what they say.
- 1.
I noticed fewer open sales roles lately. What changed?
Fewer openings can mean cuts. Better to hear it now.
- 2.
What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?
OTE is what you could earn. This is how likely you are to earn it.
- 3.
What percentage of reps on the team have been here more than 18 months?
Tenure shows whether people stay long enough to get paid.
- 4.
Has the comp plan changed in the last 12 to 18 months? What changed?
A plan that changes every year means the goalposts keep moving.
- 5.
Who sits with reps and reviews calls each week?
Coaching is often what's behind a good or bad attainment number.
- 6.
Why is this role open? Did someone leave, or is it new?
New headcount is growth. A replacement means someone left. Ask why.
When the offer comes
Save these for later. They land better once they've said yes to you.
- 1.
Can I see the full comp plan in writing, including clawbacks and accelerators?
What's in writing is what gets paid. Read it before you sign.
- 2.
Can I see the actual comp distribution for the team last year, not just the OTE?
The spread shows what most reps really take home. OTE is just the target.
- 3.
I'd be walking away from earned commission to join. Is there room for a sign-on bonus to help cover that?
Leaving money behind is a fair reason to ask. The worst answer is no.
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The role
You own the full sales cycle for Dialpad Talk, Contact Center, and Sell, turning small-business prospects into active clients. The role centers on working leads, generating your own pipeline, and tailoring talk tracks to use cases.
SMB · New Logo · Outbound
Selling motion
Who you're selling to
- Buyer:
- Small businessesIn their words: “turn a small-business prospect into an active Dialpad client”
- Company size:
- SMB
Pipeline expectations
Compensation
What is not disclosed
This posting doesn't tell you:
- Base salary
- OTE
- Quota size
- Quota attainment
- Average deal size
- Territory
- Sales cycle length
The questions above cover the big ones.