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- SALES EXECUTIVE PROMOTION TEST
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- This test has been designed to evaluate reaction of a field engineer to various
- situations. The situations are based on actual case studies from a well-known
- educational institution and represent a cross section of test data correlated
- to evalulate both reaction time to difficult situationa as well as the soundnes
- of each decision selected.
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- There are eight (8) multiple choice questions. Read each question thoroughly.
- Place an "x" by the answer you feel is the most correct justified by the
- circumstances given. Be prepared to justify your decision.
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- YOU HAVE 4 MINUTES.
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- (DO NOT BEGIN UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO)
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- 1. You have prepared a proposal for the Regional Director of Purchasing for
- Bearings, Inc. The success of this presentation will mean increasing
- your sales to his company by 200%. In the middle of your proposal the
- customer leans over to look at your report and spits in your coffee.
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- You: A. Tell him you prefer your coffee black.
- B. Ask to have him checked out for any communicable diseases.
- C. Take a leak in his "Out" basket.
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- 2. You are having lunch with a prospective new account talking about who
- could be your biggest sale of the year. During the conversation a blond
- walks into the restaurant and she is so stunning you draw your companion's
- attention to her and give a vivid description of what you would do if you
- had her alone in your motel. She walks over to your table and introduces
- herself as your client's daughter.
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- Your next move is to:
- A. Ask for her hand in marriage.
- B. Pretend you've forgotten how to speak English.
- C. Repeat the conversation to the daughter and just hope for the best.
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- 3. You are making a sales presentation to a group of Corporate Executives with
- Motion Industies in the plushiest office you've ever seen. The hot enchilata
- casserole and egg salad sandwich you had for lunch react, creating a severe
- pressure. Your sphincter loses its control and you break wind in a most con-
- vincing manner causing three water tumblers to shatter and a secretary to
- pass out.
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- What you should do next is:
- A. Offer to come back next week when the smell has gone.
- B. Point out their Chief Executive and accuse him of the offense.
- C. Challenge anyone in the room to do better.
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- 4. You are at a business lunch when you are suddenly overcome with an uncontrol-
- lable desire to pick your nose. Remembering this is a definitely a No-No.
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- You: A. Pretend to wave to someone across the room and with fluid motion,
- bury your forefinger in your nostril up to the fourth joint.
- B. Get everyone drunk and oragnize a nose-picking contest offering
- a prize to the one who makes his nose bleed first.
- C. Drop your napkin on the floor and when you bend over to pick it
- up, blow your nose on your sock.
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- 5. You've just spent the evening with the manager of Industrial Hose
- Marketing who invited you to an all-night boilermaker drinking party.
- You get back to your room just in time to go to the hose training
- seminar. You stagger to the men's room and spend the next half hour
- vomiting. As you're washing up in the sink, The Hose Training Director
- walks up and blows his cigar in your face, and asks you to join him
- for drinks after school.
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- You: A. Look him straight in the eye and launch one last convulsive
- torrent at the front of his Hart, Shaffner and Marx suit.
- B. Nail him right in the crotch, banking on the fact that he'll
- never recognize your green face.
- C. Grasp his hand and pump it till he pees his pants.
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- 6. You are at a dinner with a O.E.M. and his wife, who looks like the
- reginal runner-up of the Marjorie Main look-a-like contest. Halfway
- through dinner you feel a hand on your lap. If you are resourceful:
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- You: A. Accidentally spill hot coffee in your lap.
- B. Slip a note to the waiter to have your customer paged and
- see if the hand goes away when he does.
- C. Excuse yourself and go to the men's room. If he follows,
- don't come out untill you have a signed order.
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- 7. You're on your way to see your best Industrial Distributor when your
- zipper breaks and you discover that you have forgotten to put on your
- undershorts that morning.
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- You decide to: A. Call on the customer's secretary instead.
- B. Explain that you were trolling for queers.
- C. Buy a baggy raincoat and head for the school playground.
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- 8. You've just returned from a trip to Huddersfield, (in January) and
- tell your District Manager that nobody but whores and rugger players
- live there. He mentions that his wife is from Huddersfiled.
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- You: A. Ask what position she played.
- B. Ask if she's still working the streets.
- C. Pretend your suffering amnesia and don't remember your own name.
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