I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Chicago Business Acquisitions in Sept 2014
Interview
Recently, I've been doing job interviews with this same title and this was the first one that blew me away.
I submitted a resume and the next day I got a call in for an interview. The initial interview was more of a "get to know you" phase. It was easy talking to the girl and I first felt good vibes from what she told me about the company, I should have known it was too good to be true.
After I left, I got a call offer for a second interview, which they told me there would be a shadow day, which I thought was odd but I gave them the benefit of the doubt. When I arrived the next day, there were a ton of young people and loud music in another room. There were also a lot of people who I assumed were interviewing for the same position, this ended up being a group shadow day. The day was scheduled from 12pm-8pm. We were assigned with one of the "Corporate Trainers" who let us know that we were going to meet up with her "client" in her designated "area". I thought all of this sounded weird, but went along with it. We all took the brown-line to her area where I thought we were meeting a client in an office, nope. She gave us all a sheet and told us to start writing down the address and she started knocking door to door.
The thing that got me the most was the fact that the one time someone answered, she basically harassed the guy into changing his gas bill to another company. The guy was clearly frustrated and she wasn't listening to anything the guy was saying. For example: He asked "Just give it to me straight, are you trying to sell me something? I don't have time for this." She responded "No, we just want to see your gas bill, there was a notice we sent you." She then proceeded to take about an hour of his time when he could have clearly shut the door and told us we were trespassing his property. (Did I mention, she told us it was okay to just walk into people's backyards??)
This was just so scummy and not what I intended for a job in sales, I could have sold miles around this "Corporate Trainer". Around lunch, a few of us told her thanks for the shadow, but we weren't finishing the rest of the interview. The tip of the iceberg was this job is 100% commission, if you're into pyramid type scheme jobs, by all means, apply for this position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing was difficult as long as you're willing to be door to door sales.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Chicago Business Acquisitions (Chicago, IL) in Jan 2014
Interview
You get a call almost immediately (either that same day or the following day) to set a time for you interview. The day of your interview, you get introduced to the business owner and the person just asks you the most simple questions. It only last 10 mins. They tell you they are gonna call you soon which is normally the same or next day to tell you are hired and make you start working the very next day or when you decide to start working.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They don't really ask difficult questions... they keep the interview so short and simple since the company is trying to talk/hire people continuously to keep the company alive. The more people they interview the more chances they have to hire and keep selling the products to keep the company afloat.
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Chicago Business Acquisitions
Interview
I submitted my resume and received a call about 2 minutes later asking if I could come in for an interview.I felt skeptical because their website is very strange and I could not find any information about the company. I went in and the initial interview was very conversational and I felt comfortable. He did not ask any behavioral questions, just mainly questions to get to know me. He invited me back for a second interview which is from 12:30pm-5pm. I showed up and there was club music playing from a different office and odd people walking from one office to another. I felt like leaving the interview before it even started but decided to stay to check it out. Finally, I was assigned to job shadow an employee that was not even graduated from college yet. Turns out this account manager position is going door-to-door to try and convert their current energy supplier to another one. I felt very uncomfortable and after seeing the person sign the contact and have no idea what she just did, decided to leave. He tried to get me to stay by telling me about the corporate structure, saying how I could manage my own branch sometime soon but have to start off in the field. The initial interview seems very glamorous and fun, however the job is going to be from 10:30am-9pm walking around neighborhoods, scamming people... Not for me.
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