Sales Recruitment IndiaOctober 5, 2026•3 min readScooter raises from AJVC to fix sales hiring On a bike, what makes you go fast isn't how you pedal. It's the chain that turns that effort into motion. When one link is weak, the chain slips off the gear,…Written by Kartik Mandrekar and Saumya Seth7Read blog
Sales Recruitment IndiaJune 22, 2026•2 min readHow Enterprise Salespeople Should Be AssessedEnterprise sales hiring in Scooter's data skews toward BFSI and strategic new-business roles specifically, worth knowing before treating these numbers as unive…Written by Kartik Mandrekar0Read blog
Evaluating Sales TalentJune 19, 2026•2 min readHow AEs Are EvaluatedAccount Executive hiring sits in an awkward middle ground. The candidate isn't junior enough that pure activity metrics tell the story, and isn't senior enough…Written by Kartik Mandrekar0Read blog
Sales Recruitment IndiaJune 15, 2026•2 min readHow SDRs Are EvaluatedScooter's own screening data scores SDR and BDR candidates on four components: Requirements Fit, Market Alignment, Experience Match, and Performance Match. Acr…Written by Kartik Mandrekar0Read blog
Sales Recruitment IndiaJune 12, 2026•2 min readWhat's a Reasonable Notice Period for a Sales Hire in India?Across Scooter's hiring data, immediate availability is by far the largest single bucket among sales candidates, roughly half of all candidates with notice-per…Written by Kartik Mandrekar0Read blog
Sales Recruitment IndiaJune 8, 2026•2 min readWhat Is a GTM Engineer, and Why Is Everyone Hiring One?A GTM Engineer is a technical revenue operator: someone who designs, runs, measures, and progressively automates a company's outbound systems, rather than a tr…Written by Kartik Mandrekar0Read blog
Sales Recruitment IndiaJune 5, 2026•2 min readSales Compensation Benchmarks in India, by Role (2026)Across roughly 2,500 India-based sales candidates in Scooter's own hiring data, current compensation sits at a median of ₹12L, with candidates expecting a medi…Written by Kartik Mandrekar0Read blog
Sales Recruitment IndiaMay 15, 2026•6 min readWhat 3 of the Best Sales Recruiters Think About Sales HiringEveryone's CV Says They Crushed Quota. That's Exactly the Problem. Open ten sales resumes and you'll read the same resume ten times. Same fonts, same verbs, sa…Written by Kartik Mandrekar0Read blog
Sales Recruitment IndiaMay 11, 2026•3 min readDo I trust AI recruiters?Do I trust AI recruiters? There's a moment in most of these hiring-manager calls where I stop taking notes and just listen, because what's being described isn'…Written by Kartik Mandrekar0Read blog
