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Sales discovery role-play

The AI interviewer plays a busy operations leader, and the candidate runs a discovery call from opening to next step in one continuous role-play. It suits account executives and sales development reps at any level. Follow-ups push the candidate to ask instead of pitch, to put a number on the problem, and to answer pushback rather than talk past it.

Suits: Account executive, Sales development representative, Business development representative, Account manager

Questions
7 stages
Length
25 min
Format
Voice
Levels
All levels
See this interview on a 30-minute call.
AI interviewerScored
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 rapport15%
    • Discovery questioning30%
    • Quantifying value20%
    • Objection handling20%

    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 rapport15%
    Earns the buyer's attention quickly and sets a clear agenda.
  • Discovery questioning30%
    Asks open, layered questions and listens more than talks.
  • Quantifying value20%
    Helps the buyer put a credible number on the problem.
  • Objection handling20%
    Explores the objection and answers it with substance, not pressure.
  • Next step15%
    Secures a specific, agreed next step with a date.
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