Sales Representative Interview Questions

Use these 13+ Sales Representative interview questions to assess candidates from every angle: warm-up, role-specific skills, behavior, and problem solving. Adapt them to your process, or generate a custom set with the AI tool below.

Jasmin Erge

Written by Jasmin Erge, HR Content Specialist at Hirex. Reviewed by the Hirex Recruitment Team. Last updated July 15, 2026.

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Welcoming questions

  1. Can you tell us about yourself and your sales background?
  2. What attracted you to sales, and what keeps you motivated in it?

Role-specific / technical competencies

  1. Walk us through your typical sales process from first touch to close.
  2. How do you research and qualify a prospect before reaching out?
  3. What was your quota in your last role, and how did you perform against it over time?
  4. How do you keep your pipeline and CRM data accurate while hitting activity targets?
  5. Sell us your current product in two minutes.

Behavioural & culture fit

  1. Tell us about the toughest deal you ever closed. What made the difference?
  2. Describe a deal you lost. What did you learn from it?
  3. How do you handle rejection and keep your energy up during slow periods?

Problem-solving / case

  1. A prospect says your product is too expensive compared to a competitor. How do you respond?
  2. A deal has gone silent after a great demo. What are your next steps?
  3. It is the last week of the quarter and you are at 70 percent of quota. What do you do?

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