Questions you may be asked in the interview

In an interview situation, dependant on your interviewer, there are a whole myriad of questions you possibly could be asked. Before your interview, consider answers to the examples below:
 

• What do you know about our company?
• Why do you want to join our company?
• Why did you leave your last company?
• What qualities do you have to offer this company?
• What do you know about the role?
• What achievements are you particularly proud of?
• What were your targets and how did you perform against them?
• Can you prove these?
• What sales experience do you have and who did you sell to?
• How did you generate new business?
• What were/ are your average order values?
• What are your main strengths/weaknesses?
• What motivates you?
• Who did you sell to?

Preparation for an interview

Do’s

• Arrive early
• Wear a dark suit
• Firm handshake
• Confidence, eye contact
• Presentation
• Research the company and its competitors
• Listen
• Treat all interview stages as the 1st stage
• Do not ask about the package

Don’ts

• Arrive late
• Scruffy / untidy appearance
• Too laid back
• Over-familiar, or flippant
• Talk down previous employers
• Cover up inconsistencies, you will be caught out
• Waffle and talk at a tangent