questions to ask when starting a new sales job?
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['What is your name? ... ', 'How should I break up my time? ... ', 'What are our customers like? ... ', "Which sales strategies work/don't work? ... ", 'How is performance measured? ... ', 'What would you like me to accomplish this week? ... ', 'What is the best way to communicate?']
820918
['What are your expectations of me as an employee in this position? ... ', 'How can we create an ideal workflow? ... ', 'Can you recommend any books or media? ... ', 'What performance goals should I be setting? ... ', 'How can you help me work toward my personal goals and objectives?']
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['How can I help? ... ', 'What do you expect from your employees? ... ', 'What is the one thing you would change about the company? ... ', 'What do you do during a typical day? ... ', 'What do you do when you are outside the office? ... ', 'What are you most proud of regarding the company?']
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['How often do you use the product or service?', 'Does the product help you achieve your goals?', 'What is your favorite tool or portion of the product or service?', 'What would you improve if you could?']
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['Why you? ... ', 'Who will do my work? ... ', 'What other roles are available? ... ', 'When will your employment finish? ... ', 'How can you say goodbye? ... ', 'Are there restrictions on future roles? ... ', 'What do you need to return?']
867381
['1) “In this role, what distinguishes a great performer from a good one?” ... ', '2) “How would you describe the culture?” ... ', '3) “How do you get new hires up-to-speed with your product?” ... ', "4) “What's the ramp-up period like?” ... ", '4) “How do your best managers work with their reps?” ... ', '5) “How do managers deliver constructive criticism?”']
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['What do you like best about your current position at the company?', 'Why do you want the new position?', 'Why should we consider you for this promotion?']
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['How do you see the company changing in two years, and how do you see yourself creating that change? ... ', 'Pitch our service as you would in a sales meeting. ... ', 'Give me one word that describes you the best. ... ', 'What are your goals? ... ', 'What Are Your 3 Biggest Accomplishments? ... ', 'What other CEOs do you look up to?']
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['How did you get your idea or concept for the business? ... ', 'What was your mission at the outset? ... ', 'When did you "charter" the business? ... ', 'How many employees? ... ', 'What service(s) or product(s) do you offer/manufacture? ... ', 'How do you advertise your business? ... ', 'How do you advertise your product/service?']
417211
['How is your business going?', 'What are you doing this weekend/How was your weekend?', "I've gotten a sense of your business from your website and marketing. ... ", 'How did you hear about us?', 'What was your past experience buying X?']
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['"Who do you sell to? ... ', '"What unique challenges do you have in reaching and engaging with customers?" ... ', '"Can you describe your sales cycle? ... ', '"Who are your competitors? ... ', '"What are your most successful marketing strategies or channels?" ... ', '"What tools do you use to support marketing?']
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['Why did you begin looking for a new job? ... ', 'What ultimately led you to accept the new position? ... ', 'Did you feel that you were equipped to do your job well? ... ', 'How would you describe the culture of our company? ... ', 'Can you provide more information, such as specific examples?']
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['Can I get a copy of your policy and procedures manual? ... ', 'What is the commission split that you start agents at? ... ', 'Do you provide training? ... ', 'Do you offer a mentor to your new agents? ... ', 'What direct access will I have to you? ... ', 'Do you advertise? ... ', 'How many listings does this office currently have?']
235860
['Have you consistently met your sales goals?', 'What motivates you?', 'How did you land your most successful sale?', 'How would your colleagues describe you?', 'Sell me this pen.', 'What are your long-term career goals?', 'What do you know about this company?']
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['Why do you want to work in retail/at our company? ... ', 'What do you consider good customer service? ... ', 'Can you provide an example of a time when you went above and beyond for a customer? ... ', 'If a customer is rude, unruly, or confrontational, what do you do? ... ', 'How do you make sales and promote a high-value average transaction?']
639175
['How will I create value? This is the single most important question. ... ', 'How am I expected to behave? ... ', 'Whose support is critical? ... ', 'How will I get some early wins? ... ', 'What skills do I need to develop to excel in this role?']
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["What's the biggest change your group has gone through in the last year? ... ", 'If I get the job, how do I earn a “gold star” on my performance review? ... ', "What's your (or my future boss') leadership style?", 'What are the three things I can contribute in the first 100 days to make you feel great about hiring me?']