Posts under ‘Interviewing Skills and Tips’

It might surprise you to know that asking queries of your own during your health care sales  job interview is just as important as answering them.  Candidates spend a lot of time on interview preparation, and they should.  Doing your research on the company, bringing your 30/60/90-day plan, and preparing compelling answers to interview questions [...] Related posts:

1. Typical Phone Interview Questions for Medical Revenue Jobs Phone interviews can be deceptively casual to some medical sales…
2. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Medical Sales Position Interview – Part V If you’ve been in the job search very long for…
3. 5 Mind boggling Questions to Ask In Your Medical Sales Job Interview Usually, the emphasis in job interview prep involves getting your…

If you’re asked about your references in the job interview, do you’ve a few names ready?
Do you know what these people would say about you when they are called?
In today’s movie scene, I’ll tell you how to choose the best references, how to make sure they say amazing, glowing things about you, and why it’s [...] Related posts:

1. How Interview Coaching Can Help You Get a Medical Sales Career opportunity Are you going to interviews, but not getting the offer?…
2. Don’t Sabatoge Your Job Search By Making This Critical Interview Mistake Just got off a coaching call with a candidate who…
3. Typical Phone Interview Musings for Clinical Revenue Career opportunities Phone interviews can be deceptively casual to some medical sales…

Dear Medical Sales Hiring Manager:
At PHC Consulting, we want to help our candidates be as successful and confident as they can be when interviewing for a clinical sales job.  Part of that’s awesome interview prep, but part of it is how they dress for the interview.  We have put together a survey so that [...] Related posts:

1. Typical Phone Interview Queries for Laboratory Sales Jobs Phone interviews can be deceptively casual to some pharma sales…
2. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Laboratory Revenue Career opportunity Interview – Part V If you’ve been in the position search very long for…
3. 5 Jaw-dropping Questions to Ask In Your Clinical Revenue Job Interview Usually, the emphasis in position interview prep involves getting your…

Today is the last piece of a 6-part series on how to stand out in your clinical sales job search.  Here’s what we’ve covered so far:
Part 1 – Rethinking your career opportunity search (and where you stand in it)
Part 2 – Using social media to help you land the career opportunity Part THREE – Using the right [...] Related posts:

1. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharma Revenue Career opportunity Search – Part IV Today is Part 4 of our series, The Secret to…
2. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharma Sales Career opportunity Interview – Part V If you’ve been in the position search very long for…
3. The Secret to Standing Out In Your Clinical Sales Career opportunity Search – Part III Welcome to part 3 of my 6-part series on how…

If you’ve been in the job search very long for a job in clinical sales, clinical sales, clinical device sales, surgical revenue, clinical sales, or any other health care revenue field, you know how competitive it is.  But there are things you can do to make yourself stand out as a candidate…and that’s where this [...] Related posts:

1. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharmaceutical Sales Job Search – Part IV Today is Part 4 of our series, The Secret to…
2. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharma Revenue Job Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…
3. The Secret to Standing Out In Your Pharmaceutical Revenue Job Search – Part III Welcome to part 3 of my 6-part series on how…

Today is Part 4 of our series, The Secret to Standing Out in Your Medical Sales Career opportunity Search.  To recap,
Part 1 was Rethink Your Job Search
Part 2 was Use Social Media
Part 3 was Use the Right Tools to Impress Your Interviewer
Tip #4 is:
Try Job Shadowing
Job shadowing is not just a “try out” for your new [...] Related posts:

1. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharmaceutical Sales Position Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…
2. The Secret to Standing Out In Your Clinical Revenue Career opportunity Search – Part III Welcome to part 3 of my 6-part series on how…
3. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharma Sales Job Search – Part II Although times are tough for career opportunity seekers all over, it’s…

Are you going to interviews, but not getting the offer? Or not even getting called back for a second interview?
Maybe there’s some issue you don’t have a great explanation for: a gap in your employment history, why you’re willing to take a pay cut in a new career opportunity, why you’ve been out of [...] Related posts:

1. What You MUST Ask Before You Leave The Interview To prepare for a career opportunity interview in medical or health…
2. Typical Phone Interview Questions for Clinical Sales Jobs Phone interviews can be deceptively casual to some pharma revenue…
3. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Laboratory Sales Position Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…

Welcome to part 3 of my 6-part series on how to stand out in your pharmaceutical sales job search.  Medical sales has always been a competitive sales arena, but it’s even more so these days with an influx of candidates from harder-hit areas of sales.  So, you really need to bring your game to stand [...] Related posts:

1. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Medical Revenue Career opportunity Search – Part IV Today is Part 4 of our series, The Secret to…
2. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Medical Sales Career opportunity Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…
3. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Medical Revenue Career opportunity Search – Part II Although times are tough for career opportunity seekers all over, it’s…

A 30/60/90-day plan is a very powerful interview tool for clinical sales jobs. Why? It’s a demonstration of your go-getter attitude, and it shows that you are someone who will go above and beyond to get the job done. Most other health care sales candidates won’t have done this plan (if they even know [...] Related posts:

1. If Employers Could Be Sure Every Hire Would Add to the Bottom Line, They’d Be Hiring Machines Of course, wouldn’t we all be hiring machines if…
2. A 30/60/90-Day Plan Can Help You Get the Promotion! Usually, when you think of using a 30/60/90-Day plan, you…
3. If a 30/60/90-day plan is fine, would a 1-year plan be better? I was recently asked this question by a pharma sales…

I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand out in your medical sales career opportunity search.  Medical sales jobs are very competitive, top-tier sales jobs that require a lot from candidates–whether you’re in lab devices, laboratory revenue, clinical laboratory revenue, imaging revenue, surgical sales, medical sales, or any health care sales arena.  The economic upheaval [...] Related posts:

1. 10 Proven Tips for Your Pharmaceutical Sales Career opportunity Search Success Your position search is one of the most significant tasks…
2. How To Keep Your Laboratory Sales Job Search Confidential The very best time to look for a new job…
3. No cost Coaching for Your Job Search from the Clinical Sales Recruiter! Are you in the career opportunity search for clinical sales, pharma…