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Sell me this pen.
by cf 13y ago
Sell me this pen.
- vacri 13y agoThat doesn't tell me how the applicant will manage a department or implement new techniques. It's a test for line sales staff, not departmental managers.
- noisy_boy 13y agoMost of the sales managers I've seen rose from the ranks of line sales.
- roel_v 13y agoBut that's not the question. This question is 'how do we find the best guy for the job.' Saying 'this is how we always did it' is circular reasoning.
- methodin 13y ago"Find a person who can sell me both this pen and a pen that does not yet exist"
- yxhuvud 13y agoIt is a test that is not good enough to hire the applicant, but it is enough to fail the applicant.
- saalweachter 13y agoJust out of curiosity, not being a salesman, is a great salesman actually expected to be able to sell anything to anyone? Bragging aside, I would assume this is one of those cases where a huge portion of the job is differentiating likely and unlikely sales targets, and applying effort accordingly.