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  • Ask for the different types of contacts they make to qualified prospects

  • How do you overcome buyer objections? How do you handle price objections?

    • Ask for examples

    • Can they describe selling on value, not on price?

  • How do you expect to close sales? How do you know when a buyer is ready to buy? What closin
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    1. What image do you have of our company and this industry?

      • Should have done a thorough job of research or your industry and company

    2. What types of products/services have you sold and how did you sell them?

      • - See if they understand how to sell “solutions” as opposed to “products” or “services”

    3. What kind of goals motivate you the best? What total compensation are you seeking?

      • Should be enthusiastic about setting goals

      • Should be comfortable with a large share of compensation at risk (at least 50%)

    4. What were your goals for the past three years and did you meet them? What was the reason for your success? Why didn’t you meet the goals?

      • Should have had concrete goals with metrics

    5. What was your most significant professional accomplishment? Tell me about it in detail.

      • Keep asking for more and more detail to get insight into work ethic

    6. Tell me about a sales experience that demonstrates your work ethic.

      • If they give a positive one, ask for a negative one. i.e. a time they failed and what they learned

    7. How do you generate leads? - Asking for referrals from current customers should be a large part of the answer

    8. What is your sales process, given a qualified lead? How many contacts do you make on a qualified lead?

      • Look for logical steps including building a relationship and asking about the prospect’s needs as the first two steps

      • Average number of contacts should be 12

      • Ask for the different types of contacts they make to qualified prospects

    9. How do you overcome buyer objections? How do you handle price objections?

      • Ask for examples

      • Can they describe selling on value, not on price?

    10. How do you expect to close sales? How do you know when a buyer is ready to buy? What closing
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      • Should be enthusiastic about setting goals

      • Should be comfortable with a large share of compensation at risk (at least 50%)

    11. What were your goals for the past three years and did you meet them? What was the reason for your success? Why didn’t you meet the goals?

      • Should have had concrete goals with metrics

    12. What was your most significant professional accomplishment? Tell me about it in detail.

      • Keep asking for more and more detail to get insight into work ethic

    13. Tell me about a sales experience that demonstrates your work ethic.

      • If they give a positive one, ask for a negative one. i.e. a time they failed and what they learned

    14. How do you generate leads? - Asking for referrals from current customers should be a large part of the answer

    15. What is your sales process, given a qualified lead? How many contacts do you make on a qualified lead?

      • Look for logical steps including building a relationship and asking about the prospect’s needs as the first two steps

      • Average number of contacts should be 12

      • Ask for the different types of contacts they make to qualified prospects

    16. How do you overcome buyer objections? How do you handle price objections?

      • Ask for examples

      • Can they describe selling on value, not on price?

    17. How do you expect to close sales? How do you know when a buyer is ready to buy? What closin
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    18. What was your most significant professional accomplishment? Tell me about it in detail.

      • Keep asking for more and more detail to get insight into work ethic

    19. Tell me about a sales experience that demonstrates your work ethic.

      • If they give a positive one, ask for a negative one. i.e. a time they failed and what they learned

    20. How do you generate leads? - Asking for referrals from current customers should be a large part of the answer

    21. What is your sales process, given a qualified lead? How many contacts do you make on a qualified lead?

      • Look for logical steps including building a relationship and asking about the prospect’s needs as the first two steps

      • Average number of contacts should be 12

      • Ask for the different types of contacts they make to qualified prospects

    22. How do you overcome buyer objections? How do you handle price objections?

      • Ask for examples

      • Can they describe selling on value, not on price?

    23. How do you expect to close sales? How do you know when a buyer is ready to buy? What closin
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    24. How do you generate leads? - Asking for referrals from current customers should be a large part of the answer

    25. What is your sales process, given a qualified lead? How many contacts do you make on a qualified lead?

      • Look for logical steps including building a relationship and asking about the prospect’s needs as the first two steps

      • Average number of contacts should be 12

      • Ask for the different types of contacts they make to qualified prospects

    26. How do you overcome buyer objections? How do you handle price objections?

      • Ask for examples

      • Can they describe selling on value, not on price?

    27. How do you expect to close sales? How do you know when a buyer is ready to buy? What closin
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    28. Ask for the different types of contacts they make to qualified prospects

    29. How do you overcome buyer objections? How do you handle price objections?

      • Ask for examples

      • Can they describe selling on value, not on price?

    30. How do you expect to close sales? How do you know when a buyer is ready to buy? What closing principles do you follow? What closing techniques work best for you?

      • Does the candidate mention of the importance of body language?

      • Some answers to “what closing principles do you follow” include:

      • Do not attempt to close until the buyer is ready

      • When you propose a close, be silent until the buyer responds

      • After the sale is made, quit selling

      • Should be able to describe three different closing techniques

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