How do you define the job?

For me, being a salesperson is a person who learns about every aspect of a product and knows how to use those aspects to sell it to someone. Plus, when you are selling a product, you need to also know the person to whom you are selling the product. Imagine that you have a pen and that you need to sell the pen, that means that you will learn every advantage from the pen to sell it to someone, for example, you can say that a pen can change the way that you communicate with someone forever.

How many years of experience have you had in sales?

I have worked in sales for about one year.

Describe your prior experience as salesperson?

In my prior experience, I have been a clerk in a store that sells school uniforms. I started as a clerk, my job was to help the customers find what they need, respond to any of their questions and collect their orders. I have also made all the orders that parents bought online, which pretty difficult if you ask me.

What was your earliest work experience?

My first job have been a clerk in the store that sells movies and video-games (Videotron) but it was for a really short period.

How did you motivate an underperforming team to achieve its goals?

For me, the best way to motivate my team is to always have energy even when I don't have that much energy, it seems like a good energy from a person can really affect the energy of other's. For example, in my present job, I am always doing 10 hour shifts on the weekend , so I'm always really tired but I still crack some jokes and keep a good energy and everybody has a good time while working and don't think about how bad the job is or whatever.

In what ways have you exceeded expectations in the past?

I remembered when I was a clerk in the store that sells school uniforms, we used to have a certain number of orders that we have to make for the day. So, I really wanted to finish this certain amount of orders, so I can help the others with whom I was working with, and I was so quick that I finished within half a day which is pretty quick. Because of that I could help the others, and we could all finish earlier which was great!

What makes you different from other candidates?

I'm actually different from other candidates. Because, I always have a good energy. In fact, in my current job my coworkers always describes me as the person who always has a lot of energy whatever the shifts that I'm doing.

What does being salesperson mean to you?

For me, It means being creative, for example I once saw a salesperson who told the most ambitious thing to sell a simple pen to someone which obviously convince the guys to buy it. Also, for me, it means to have a good analytic sense which is important to analyse a product.

When have you worked in a team before?

Yes, in fact I had to work in teams when I had to make orders for the clients. We helped ourselves and always make sure that everybody finish their orders at the same time.

What kind of people do you not work well with?

I do not work well with people that don't like being in teams and who don't talk with anybody, because I'm someone who likes to talk to the people I worked with.

How do you react to criticism?

I Usually will be really attentive to the criticism, it will usually affect me a little bit, and I will assure that the error will never happen again.

What kind of environment do you feel most comfortable?

I feel really comfortable in an environment where everybody talked and like to interact with each other. It feels less like I'm working, and I can have discussion and have fun while I'm working.

Tell me about how you plan your daily activities?

I have an agenda, either on my phone or on a real agenda, which I write any important events or dates. Plus, I put multiple reminders to not forget any of it and to have time to prepare.

How would you approach a task you have never done before?

To approach a task that I've never done before, I would ask a lot of questions to the person who is in charge and gather as much information before I start the task to make sure that the task will go smoothly.

Tell me about a time when you were able to convince someone.

One time, I really needed a certain person to take my shifts, and he really didn't want to, but I told many advantages that he will have if he took my shift, and he actually accepted!

How do you convince someone to change their mind?

I stay respectful and tell him all the advantages that come with the thing that I'm offering and usually when someone sees all the advantage they have no choice but accept the offer.

How would you be of value to our company?

I will be a fine addition to your company because I bring an energy that no one has, and I can also bring people together which is an important part in a company. I'm also a person who likes to bring new and unique ideas to the table, and I love to hear everybody ideas.

How do you see yourself contributing to our team?

Like I said, I love to bring people together, and I love to hear ideas from everybody. I'm also pretty creative when it comes to sell something to someone, I like to find news ways to convince someone to buy a product.

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