I saw an opening for CarGurus SDR. I'm trying to break into an SDR role so I can move up the ladder from SDR->AE and beyond. Anyone have experience at CarGurus or any word about how is the company culture or outlook for someone trying to break into an SDR role?

Any advice about pros or cons would be much appreciated!

Interviewed with this Boston-based company last month and figured it's worth N&Sing here.

First few rounds went really well. I was then-employed in a somewhat niche role, and the position I was interviewing for was exactly in that niche. Had great rapport with the HR rep; he said I was a home-run candidate and exactly what they're looking for. I ask for a reasonable salary, he says "I can get you more than that dude" and says they'd pay $15k over what I asked. He's very fast in scheduling interviews and I'm never left waiting for a call back.

Sounds great, right?

Then comes the final round - a video interview with the manager. I wake up early, shave, put on my interview suit & tie, pull up my resume and the job listing in my side monitor, etc. I join the call and the manager is... late. After about 5min (to be fair: not very long) he joins the call in what appear to be his pajamas. He begins asking questions. I start to answer, and ask a clarifying question (think "how would you solve XYZ?" / "that depends, does ABC?") and instead of answering my clarifying question he rolls his eyes and just tells me the answer to his question. This happens again 2-3 times throughout the interview. All the while he rarely ever looks at me - he's very clearly doing something else the entire time. The last question he asks me is "You play videogames? Xbox or Playstation?" and then he ends the call with your standard "we'll let you know".

Frankly I found the entire thing wildly unprofessional. I'm no prude but I have an expectation of some level of courtesy and I think this behavior was quite inappropriate for a job interview. Part of me wonders if it was a race thing. It was like he got one look at me (or saw my name) and immediately disregarded me.

Anyway, things worked out - I ended up accepting an offer for 35k more at a much cooler tech company, and CarGurus is starting to get a negative reputation in Boston because people think their new HQ is an eyesore. God I love this town.

Hey all, I was recently reached out to by CarGurus for a non-senior full stack role. Anyone that works there have any opinion on the company? Everything I read seems mostly positive, but I haven't seen much talk on this sub. Thanks!

I recently left the dealership world and I’m looking forward to the next chapter. I’m on 2nd and 3rd interviews with a few of these vendors. Does anyone have any experience working for any of the major dealer vendors that could give me your perspective? Most are a significant pay decrease with the exception of a couple but the benefits, RSUs, unlimited PTO, remote/hybrid flexibility and overall quality of life improvements are very much appealing.

So I’m going to be in the market within the next few weeks (just waiting on title for my current car) and the pre qualification with Capital One and Westlake were both under 10%….which is GREAT, if it’s accurate. What I don’t want is to get to a dealer and after a hard inquiry suddenly the interest rate is double.

For reference my credit score is not-great-but-not-horrible (600-620 depending on where you look) and I make between $40k-$45k per year; last year was $42k but by the time I am sitting down to sign, it should be closer to $45k since I will be getting a raise on my first check in April. No repos/evictions. My credit utilization is pretty high right now is the only negative.

I just finished listing my car on CarGurus which took hours longer than it should have. The "sell your car" button is just a shady way for them to try to rip you off with their offers (they offered me 8k for a car worth no less than 15k per KBB). I got all the way to uploading the title before I realized I wasn't listing it which is what I was trying to do in the first place. The actual list your car button is hidden at the bottom of the page and I had to contact customer service and wait a day to allow me to do it because I had partially filled out their CarOffer bs. Once I did that, it took me an hour to upload my photos because it kept deleting half of them after reloading the page. I am writing this entire thing while trying to update the order of my photos btw. It loads for 15 minutes when I try to do so then dosent change anything.

These shady and misleading practices are a big reason why people sell online and not to a dealer. I didn't have the same issues with any other site. They are removing the listing feature by the end of the month, but while it is still available it should be serviceable to use. Especially since the site had me spend $5 on the listing before even having to deal with the photo struggles. Sellers beware.

It is also a site designed with dealers best interest in mind. It is quite literally a dealer based system. This is why they are removing private listings imo. I recently left my job in sales at a dealership due to shady and unethical practices. They LOVED Cargurus. It got customers in the door so they could proceed to tell them the online price is incorrect and it is actually 5k over msrp due to "supply and demand". Online buying is the future of cars because of its convienience and transparency. The last thing I want is for more companies to follow their lead and be in cohorts with dealerships who dont care about buyers.

PS: I gave up trying to organize the photos. If you see a listing with the odometer as the cover photo now you know why lol.

I'm wanting to sell my car. KBB is around 16k. Carvana was 18,800, but then I sat on it and it went down to 17,600. I tried CarGuru and their instant offer was around 11k, but then said there is a dealer offering over 20k. The dealership is over an hour drive and I don't want to waste my time. This seems really odd to me, 4k over KBB? I'm expecting to show up and have them offer me 16k. Has anyone had experience with the dealer offer, or thoughts in general about this situation?

So for starters, we're a medium sized independent dealership. Typically average 30 vehicles in inventory during busy months when we're selling 30+, otherwise 45-50 vehicles on the site (we're slowly growing that to up to 70 vehicles as I came back recently and am getting things in order).

Cargurus has us at 2395/month for the 45 car package, and frankly it's outrageous.

Let's face it, cargurus leads are a joke. 70% of our sales from cargurus leads are bad credit, slim margin deals, and take far more of our time. It's specifically the demographic we avoid targeting, since most of our sales are cash or good credit. It was considerably better when they didn't shove out of state vehicles down customers' throats, and didn't use an imaginary "best match" algorithm by default rather than "best deal", but it's gone downhill considerably.

At absolute best, cargurus is accounting for 15% of our sales, some months 0%, despite being 60% of our marketing budget. Our reasonable budget for this performance would be 1200/month, which is still high in comparison to others, does anyone have experience with their plans so I have a bit more ammo when on the phone with them tomorrow? Otherwise I'll gladly drop them entirely and move those funds to more targeted ad campaigns and general branding to increase organic traffic further.

I haven't bought a car in 10 years and am a bit nervous about the process due to being forced to work with dealerships and sales reps.

I have about 30k cash ready to go and willing to dip into LOC or even finance/lease the remaining amount. I am looking at cars at around 40k on Carguru.

Few questions (assuming seller is a dealership)

• Will these dealerships allow me to buy cash? I heard they will try to use sales tactics to avoid this.

• Are there hidden fees outside from the posted price?

• Any other advice or considerations?

Did you have a good experience using it? I'm currently using it to find my first car within a few weeks and I am seeing good deals so far.