How to become a Sales Development Representative (SDR) at a tech company
Starts conversations with potential customers for a tech company.
Core skills
- 01Prospecting
- 02Cold outreach
- 03CRM tools
- 04Resilience
Guides for this path
Flagship project idea
Run an outreach campaign for a student startup or club sponsorship and track response rates.
JuniorRoute Pro turns this into a milestone-by-milestone build plan sized to your skill level.
Your path in
- 1
Learn the fundamentals
Get comfortable with prospecting and cold outreach. Free resources are enough to start. Consistency beats intensity.
- 2
Build a flagship project
Run an outreach campaign for a student startup or club sponsorship and track response rates.
- 3
Meet people in the role
Find 3–5 people working as a Sales Development Representative (SDR) at a tech company and ask for 15-minute chats about how they broke in. JuniorRoute gives you outreach templates and a tracker.
- 4
Apply strategically
Target internships, apprenticeships and programs matched to your grade and experience, with a resume tailored to each posting.
- 5
Practice interviews
Run mock interviews specific to Sales Development Representative (SDR) at a tech company roles, both technical and behavioral, and fix what the scorecard flags.
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