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Hiring Salespeople? Here’s 3 Great Sales Interview Questions We Love to Ask [Infographic]

Hiring Salespeople? Here’s 3 Great Sales Interview Questions We Love to Ask [Infographic] was last modified: March 6th, 2015 by Dr. Chris Croner

Sales Interviewing & Hiring

Finding New Sales Talent in Unlikely Places

Many companies grow frustrated looking for talent. Sometimes, stepping into a new market helps dig up fresh talent. Quicken Loans once sent talent agents to stores and diners to seek out passionate and friendly faces. As one spokesperson said, “We can teach finance, we can’t teach passion.” Finding the right kind of talent is about looking for that extra potential in candidates. Someone who has been in a particular industry for several years may not have the Drive needed to succeed anymore. Some people never have that kind of motivation. Taking the time to research creative ways to find and

Can Introverts Sell?

What do you imagine when you think of the word “introvert”? Did you picture a salesman? Most imagine a wallflower, someone who speaks when spoken to, possibly avoiding eye contact with a gaze fixed upon the ground. Yet introverts flourish in sales all the time. The key is to understand that being introverted is not the same as being shy. It is similar to the well-known square/rectangle classification: shy people may be introverts, but introverts are not necessarily shy. Just take a look at the difference between the traits of each. Can Introverts Sell? was last modified: December 8th, 2025

Spotting Lies on a Resume

5 Tips for Identifying Lies on a Resume It is common practice today to fib a little bit on a resume. In fact, a study conducted at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst suggests that approximately 60% of adults cannot hold a conversation for 10 minutes without lying. While this may provide advantages to applicants, as an employer, it is important to be able to weed out truth from fiction. Interviewing and hiring honest, qualified candidates is key to your business’s success. To prevent getting the wool pulled over your eyes, learn to identify the top warning signs that a

Salespeople Who CAN Sell vs. Those Who WILL Sell

It’s a million dollar difference. There are many salespeople who can sell. They have the intelligence, the wits and the charisma. But there are far, far less salespeople who will sell, in a sustained way, over time. The difference? Drive. Salespeople Who CAN Sell vs. Those Who WILL Sell was last modified: September 18th, 2014 by Dr. Chris Croner

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Drive manifests itself in many different ways. Some highly Driven people have big personalities and are virtually bursting out of their skin with energy and ideas. But high levels of Drive can also be found in quieter people who are less assuming, who have underneath a burning Need for Achievement and are ferociously Competitive. Hiring new personalities can be incredibly stressful. We all know that many salespeople will try to work a fake swagger – those salespeople that will look for a job but are not looking to actually work hard. How can you weed those all talk, low-Drive candidates

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Hiring Salespeople? Here’s 3 Great Sales Interview Questions We Love to Ask [Infographic]

Finding New Sales Talent in Unlikely Places

Can Introverts Sell?

Spotting Lies on a Resume

Salespeople Who CAN Sell vs. Those Who WILL Sell

2 Sales Hiring Tools Every Sales Manager Needs