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Red flags that end the screen
Answer "What's the single fastest way to fail the recruiter screen for the Cursor SA role and what replaces it?" Use the clue you found.
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Red flags that end the screen
Generic SA boilerplate that could be about any vendor
No specific Cursor knowledge - never opened the product
Treating it as “just another SA gig”
Comp expectations wildly out of band, surfaced late
A tight, specific why-Cursor tied to your background
Hands-on product fluency you can demonstrate on demand
A real opinion on AI-native development
Smart, role-aware questions back
Ask questions that prove you understand a post-sale, embedded role: “How does the SA team split work with AEs once a deal is signed?” or “What does success look like at six months - is it seat growth, an adoption metric or something else?” Those signal you think in outcomes and account ownership, not generic SA theory.