Sales Engineers

Anyone here work at or have worked at Talkdesk? I am currently interviewing for a Solutions Engineer role at Talkdesk, and would be curious to hear about your experience working there and learning more about the SE role at T… more

Anyone got a realistic salary range I can expect for a Staff or Principal level SE role. I’ve never heard of a staff title before for SE’s so I don’t even know what to expect but typically I expect pr… more

What can be expected in "Experience Interview" and "Business Acumen Interview" at Lyft ?

Between a Customer Success Manager (CSM) and a Solution Engineer (SE), which role typically involves more actual client-facing time?

I know SEs spend a lot of time running demos, leading discovery sessions, and pa… more

Has anyone gone from several years in management consulting to a solutions consultant role? I'm in the interview process now for one at a major cloud company. This would be a new type of role for … more

Has anyone gone from management consulting to a customer success manager role? I'm in the interview process now for one at Workday. This would be a new type of role for me but I'm selling my c… more

Pre or Post-Sales... Is the grass greener? I.e. Solutions consultant/sales engineer (pre-sale) VS. customer success manager/solutions architect (which can be either)? By greener, I mean career traject… more

Is it possible to move into sales engineering or solutions consulting with a non-technical background? I have 3 years in management consulting, a PoliSci degree, and 6 months on a Salesforce implement… more

How possible to switch from a B2C PM role to B2B sales engineering?

For those of you working in a tech/software company, does your company have a value consulting/value services presales team? And how well do they work with the Solution engineers/Solution consultants?

How can I tell/what is the difference between the Sales Engineer (SE), Solutions Engineer (SE), and Solutions Consultant (SC) and solutions architect (SA) titles? I feel like a lot of tech companies u… more

Is sales engineering / solutions consulting a possible career path for someone without a degree in comp sci or a technical background? Do I just need to get into a junior SE/SC role at a solid tech co… more

I’ve been a mgt consultant for 2 years at a major gov contractor. I want to get more into the tech space. I’m looking at customer success and solutions consultant/SE roles, as that appeals to me more … more

Why are more and more companies calling the SE role “Solutions Consultants?”

My team has been told we need to set “AI‑related goals” and start using internal tools that aren’t all that great. I’m not anti‑AI—I love Copilot for small coding tasks—but a lot of these mandates fe… more

Ghosting a candidate up until he got final report duty day is not tolerable

Just wrapped up a fast-moving interview process for a Solutions Engineer/Architect role. Made it to the panel, but the feedback was lack of technical proficiency. I’ve never used their platform direct… more

Hi team any tips for someone try to break into Sales Engineering from Customer Success (with a strong technical background) looking to hearing from you

How important is hitting quota when it comes to hiring for SEs? It feels incredibly unfair because so much of it is tied to your AE counterpart and when you have a bad rep… its out of your control

How do you measure success for your roles as sales/solutions engineer?
Also are there certain metrics your leadership is looking at to determine top performers?

How are you all using AI in your SE roles? We've been asked to present on inventive ways to use AI to make our roles more effecitve.

I use GPT to summarize meetings/ extract key points/ help me with additiona… more

Just found out I didn’t pass my second final-round interview for a Solutions Engineer role. Feedback was that my demo was technical and thoughtful, but I lacked broader SE experience—especially in man… more

I hate my sales rep so much it’s driving me crazy. They are way past due for retirement and so dumb every single question he asks me makes me want to punch something and die 😭 does anyone else feel t… more

Thinking of making an exit from sales engineering / solutions consulting - what career options do I have and for those who have done something similar, what path have you taken? Any suggestions or adv… more

Anyone in public sector business? How are your numbers looking this past quarter?

Workload is extremely heavy and often unsustainable. It wasn't uncommon to work 10hr+ days without a real lunch break, and I frequently felt overwhelmed and stretched too thin.

There was little reg… more

Every single client we have is pissed at the company for one reason or another.
Customers have stopped trusting us since word is spreading.
Not a single lead has come in so far in 2025.
This company is … more

I have 8 years of PreSales experience in SaaS in 4 different organisations. Two of them had to suffer from lay offs. All of them have been products like ERP, CRM, HRMS, ITSM, etc. I want a secure and longe… more

Anyone ever make the jump from big 4 tech consulting to being an SE? Tips for adjustments? Things to be mindful of? Exploring an opportunity for an AI/ML software company which I have worked with the … more

I joined Emerson and fully embraced this Corporation I believed all of the Mental Health, Your Voice Counts and Environmental acts, I felt like a person not a number. Sadly this was destroyed when the… more

I'm currently a core SE at Salesforce right now, but I'm thinking about a change of scenery.

Any prior Salesforce SEs really enjoying their new companies? If so, where'd you go? How does the pay and work life balance c… more

Hey everyone, I’ve recently been interviewed for more enterprise level presales roles. I have extensive background in saas having started in support, moved into implementations (post sales) and then p… more

Hi everyone. Currently working in business development - trying to break into the Solutions Engineer world. Mid 30’s, I enjoy the customer facing piece, solving problems, and the tech side.

Any recs on certs or e… more