What qualifications and experience do you have in sales and/or analysis?
What makes you the best candidate for this job?
What are your key strengths and weaknesses in relation to sales?
Give me an example of a time when you successfully overcame an obstacle in sales.
Describe a time when you went above and beyond your normal job duties to help close a sale or achieve success for your company.
Tell me about a time when you identified an opportunity to improve the sales process or systems within your company – what did you do, and what was the outcome?
Describe a complex sale that you were involved in from start to finish – what was the most challenging aspect, and how did you overcome it?
Tell me about a new product or service that you successfully introduced to the market – how did you go about promoting it and achieving buyin from customers?
If we were to bring on a new competitor in our market, how would you approach them – what strategies would you use to maintain or grow our market share?
What do you see as the biggest challenges/opportunities facing our company’s sales team over the next 12 months?