The preparation starts even before meeting the hiring manager face to face. You should quantify your skills in your resume i.e. Increased sales volume 28% year over year, contributing to unmatched growth. Also, a compelling cover letter that highlights your sales achievements, qualifications, and experience needs to be enclosed alongwith the resume.
Now that you have a resume ready, following are few tips that should be kept in mind while getting interviewed:
- Always ask yourself if you would buy that product or service: You can’t sell something that you don’t believe in. Also, never take a sales job if you don’t believe in the product or service that is marketed. A thorough research on the company can help you identify your willingness to join it or not.
- Do not let rejection define you: In sales interview just like any other interview, there is going to be a lot of rejections. One person’s opinion, or one single incident, should never define who you are. Don’t let your self-worth depend upon other people’s opinions of you. Just because someone else thinks something about you, doesn’t mean it’s true.
- Shows the ability of Consultative selling: A consultative approach to sales requires the salesperson to constantly request feedback, use that information to ask the right questions at the right times. This ensures both parties are communicating and understanding each-other effectively. Here the product that you are trying to sell is yourself.
- Both you and your employer have common objective: Always keep in mind that your employer is your partner and together your job is to work towards a solution that will have you employed by the firm.