3422. Tell me about yourself and past experience hitting quotas

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Could you please share about your professional background and any previous experiences where you had to meet or exceed sales quotas?

Skill Assessed
  • 1. Self-awareness : Ability to understand and articulate your own professional journey and skills.

  • 2. Achievement orientation : Demonstration of a drive to meet or exceed targets or goals in a sales-related context.

  • 3. Communication : Skillfulness in conveying your experiences and achievements in a clear and effective manner.

  • 4. Reflective thinking : Capability to assess and present past experiences and learning outcomes.

Purpose
  • 1. Experience validation : To verify that your previous experiences align with the requirements of the Business Development role.

  • 2. Goal-orientation assessment : To ascertain if you are someone who is motivated by targets and can effectively work towards achieving quotas.

  • 3. Cultural fit estimation : To determine if your personal career narrative showcases attributes that align with the company’s culture and values.

  • 4. Competency examination : To evaluate your ability to articulate your strengths and how they have contributed to past successes in similar roles.


Hints
  • 1. Quantify your achievements : Provide specific figures or percentages when discussing your past quota achievements to give a tangible sense of your performance.

  • 2. Narrate a career story : Organize your response in a way that tells a compelling story of your professional journey and how it’s led you to this point.

  • 3. Connect to the role : Explicitly relate your past experiences and successes to the skills and duties required in the Business Development role you're interviewing for.

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Topics: 
Communication
Work Ethic
Roles: 
Business Development
Companies: 
Salesforce
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