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Cold call role-play

A live role-play where the interviewer plays a prospect who did not expect a sales call. It tests the opening, discovery, objection handling and asking for a meeting under time pressure. Follow-ups replay the prospect's pushback to see whether the candidate stays calm and relevant.

Suits: Sales development representative, Business development representative, Inside sales representative, Account executive

Questions
6 stages
Length
25 min
Format
Voice
Levels
Junior to Mid
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Example
  1. Interviewer: Tell me about a time you changed someone's mind at work. How did you go about it?

  2. Candidate: Our team wanted to rebuild the billing page from scratch, and I thought it was the wrong call, so we put together a plan to…

  3. Follow-up

    Interviewer: You said "we". What did you say yourself, and what finally changed their mind?

  4. Scored on

    • Opening and relevance25%
    • Discovery questions25%
    • Objection handling25%
    • Securing a next step25%

    Score, reasons and recording. Your team decides.

An example exchange. This interview's own questions open when you use it.

What it listens for, and how much each part counts.

Every answer is scored against this guide, with the reasoning written beside the score. You get the recording or the written answers too, and your team makes the call.

  • Opening and relevance25%
    Earns attention fast with a clear, relevant reason for calling.
  • Discovery questions25%
    Asks short open questions and uses what the prospect says.
  • Objection handling25%
    Stays calm and curious when the prospect pushes back.
  • Securing a next step25%
    Asks for and confirms a specific next meeting.
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