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Hey /biz/! I just left an interview for a sales rep role in a high end furniture company. I'm 19 years old, I've literally never done sales before I just needed a job and it seems like a cool experience. The interview was trying to intimidate me and stressed how difficult the job is and door to door sales is no joke. I took an online assessment, we went over it and he said the results look good. If they're interested, they'll call back next week. If not, then no call.
My question is, what the hell do I do? They have training, usually lasts a couple weeks, but is there anything that can give me an advantage? I'm literally going into this blind, I don't know anything about sales.

>> No.13984354

bump

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bompi

>> No.13984529

protip: nobody knows what they are doing, from the very highest levels down to the lowliest clerk.

protip2: act like you know what you are doing, and the people who don't know what they are doing (everyone) will assume you know what you are doing and treat you accordingly

>> No.13984560

>>13983957
This board is called /biz/ not /19yowagecuck/
I'll answer you just so you can fuck off and stop bumping these threads.
If you don't know anything about sales, chances are that you will HATE it and you won't be good at it. There's a certain personality required for sales. If you don't have that personality, the experience will be worse than hell.
What you should do is the following: stay for a while and see if it fits you. Save every penny you can. Once it becomes hell, find something else. Once you have some money saved, come back here and ask /biz/ related questions.

>> No.13984585

>sales rep
>"high end furniture
>door to door sales is no joke

I'm just going to tell you that confidence is king.

>> No.13984588

>>13984560
Your advice is robust.
/biz/ is "Business & Finance" this is related so fuck off crypto cuck

>> No.13984622

Door to door sales is a scam, kid.

>> No.13984640

>>13984622
Why?

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>>13984588
if you think wagecucking is related to business & finance, I wish you a long career in this endeavour kek

>> No.13984697

Make sure to send them and follow up email today for taking the time to interview with you. Stress how excited you are after learning more, etc.. This is pretty standard in the interview process and not doing it will put a big red 'x' over you.

>> No.13984699

>>13984640
If you knocked onto my door and tried to get me to buy furniture I would slam the door in your face as would 98% of all rational humans. The people who run those kinds of businesses are huge scumbags and in many cases it's part a multilevel marketing scheme. Guy has you buy the furniture from him at wholesale price whike you're left bagholding some useless shit trying to flip it

>> No.13984746

>>13984699
This is an old company with a strong reputation though. It's just windows and doors. It seems weird but it looks established. The interviewer said you can get very rich doing this work, but it takes a type of person. That was a red flag to me in the moment.

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>>13984699
don't forget about the part where they only get paid on commission for what they sold. It's literally PPC but with dumb zoomers that think they can make it big by being literal advertising for some old kike

>> No.13984777

>>13983957
Hey kiddo was in a similar situation. You just Need to look like you know what youre doing, when i was 19 i gor a door to door job selling Kirby hoovers (its a 3k€ hoover)...you had to get into a boomers house, show them the hoover and than make them want It and buy It , irony of the thing was i wasnt selling this to rich burger boomers but to poor boomers in rural villages of croatia - avarage p nsion was like 300$ so they would get a financing plan with a bank and shit - just to buy a hoover! Dont get me wrong i wasnt scamming them, its an amazing product and you cant compare It with anything on the market, but who the fuck needs a 3k hoover?
It was fun, because you get to know how people work and learn to exploit normies - i unironicaly had better interpersonal skills back than than i have now as a 32yo bitter boomer. Just get in, have some questions so that it looks like youre interested, always smile, dress decently so you look trustworthy (dont overdo It though), have some good clinchers to shill your shit....thats it

>> No.13984804

>>13984697

What fucking horseshit. This shit is why people hate interviews. It doesn't predict future job performance at all. It just means wageslaves have to waste more time playing a stupid fucking game for a sliver of a chance at a job.

>> No.13984806

>>13984777
Highly unethical but good job I guess

>> No.13984828

>>13984777
This looks sound. In my current situation, it's not so much about money more than it is about experience and getting exposure. I guess I just have to go in anyway and what happens happens.

>> No.13984838

>If they're interested, they'll call back next week.
Sorry mate you did not get the job

>>13984746
Door selling is not a joke but in most cases a scam. Your only customer will be old people who will buy it because they trust you but you are selling them overpriced doors.

>> No.13984844

>>13984588
wagecucking is the opposite of business and finance you retarded zoomer

>> No.13984961

>>13984838
>Sorry mate you did not get the job
I'm still job hunting so it's not a big deal. I just wanted some advice on this just in case.

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>>13984588
topkek

>> No.13985014

>>13984961
These kinds of places prey on teenagers and like other people said you'll be primarily scamming family members and senile boomers (forgot about that part). It's a decades old scam model but potentially lucrative if you have no morals.

>> No.13985212

>>13984529
based, and redpilled.

>> No.13985543

>>13985014
This. Since they specifically emphasise that it's "door to door", it's going to be pretty shit. You won't make any sales, and even if you were genuinely good at selling stuff you wouldn't make any sales anyway because all of the good circuits would be taken up by people with seniority. If they pay you for the training then by all means go ahead and have your fun, but if they don't pay you while in training then I suggest you bail out as quick as you can.

>> No.13985831

>>13984777
>Dont get me wrong i wasnt scamming them, its an amazing product

Stockholm syndrome

>> No.13985947

>>13983957
are you fucking retarded ?
may as well work in a boiler room scam or some shit - least that way you don't have to look into some dementia patients eyes as you scam them into signing for overpriced POS windows.
>high end furniture
>weell its door to door windows (and doors)
fucking kys