INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR MARKETING, SALES, ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT, SALES DIRECTORS, AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN THE SELLING PROCESS.

* Describe your sales experience.

* Do you excel in in-person sales or telephone sales?

* Who makes up your client base: consumers, businesses?

* Do you have any supervisory skills?

* What are your strengths/ weaknesses?

* Are you willing to travel? Relocate?

* List your key accomplishments.

* What was your biggest failure in your Career?

* How are you organizational skills?

* What % increase in sales did you contribute to you previous companies?

* What did you like best/ least in previous jobs?

* How many active accounts have you handled in the past?

* How do you describe your salesmanship style?

* What revenues have you gained for your previous employers?

* What sales challenge have you experienced recently?

* Can I see your brag book? (Note: If you'd like to know the proper way of compiling, writing, and designing a brag book, check out "How to Design, Write, and Compile a Quality Brag Book" written by Teena Rose)

* What major clients have you closed over the last 6 months?

* How much do you currently have in the pipeline with your current employer?

* Have you ever been charged with training and coaching other sales professionals? What success did you experience?

* How much of your current client base consists of repeats and referrals?

* What networking or business groups are you involved with?

* Describe a typical day for you.