Assessment
Candidate Backgrounder®
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1. If I asked your closest friends are you a success, what would they say? How would you describe success?
2. Describe the perfect job.
3. Rank order the following in importance:
_______ Income,________ Security, ________Growth in Company, __________Training,
________Quality of Product,________Company Reputation,________Personal Recognition
4. What was one thing that a prior manager did most often to help you succeed?
(List sales and management skills separately.)
5. What was one thing that a prior manager did to impede your success, or proved to be the most frustrating?
6. Name your 5 major strengths as a professional.
Which among these strengths do you find the easiest to do?
The hardest?
What area gives you the most pride?
7. What professional skill/area do you work on most often to improve?
8. If you are successful in 12 months how will you know?
9. Of what one professional accomplishment are you most proud?
10. Please provide 3 reasons you are an opportunity for the new employer. One each for the company, VPS, and the immediate supervisor.
11. What unique skills do you bring to a new employer? IE: Why could you be described as an opportunity?
What is that opportunity?
12. What area does your "current" supervisor work on most often with you to help you improve?
What do you do most often to help your supervisor improve?
13. What do you find most challenging about your present situation?
14. What do you find the least challenging?
15. Why are you looking to change now?
16. What are you looking for in a new opportunity? List five reasons:
17. What companies would you be interested in joining?
18. Which companies do you not wish to join?
19. If you were just starting your career, what would you do differently?
20. How much travel do you currently do? What are you comfortable with?
21. How many people do you currently supervise?
Have you supervised in the past? Y / N
How many people?
Where?
22. Relocate? Y / N Where?
23. Your Success Stories! Why?
24. What did you earn last year? Base? Bonus?
25. What was your quota last year? What % did you reach?
26. Describe how you work. What is a typical day like?
27. Tell me your CAREER STORY: Have a 10 second, 30 second and three minute version prepared. Use the 10 second version here.
28. Describe your first 90 days at your new employer:
29. What was the best training you have ever received? Why, be specific.
30. What other questions would you add to this Backgrounder?
31. Of what one professional accomplishment of a prior manager are you most proud?
32. Of what one professional accomplishment of a prior company are you most proud?
33. Of what one personal accomplishment are you most proud?
34. Is there a question here that you would not have included?
35. Is there any question here that most offended you?
36. After completing this exercise do you feel more ready for the interview world in 2007?
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NOTE: The above questions are purposely written for a sales or sale management position, and since you are now, a candidate, you are in sales; we thought it was more than appropriate to do so. If there is a question that does not specifically apply to you, please do not ignore the question. Merely change the question to better fit your needs. IE: If the question asks about a manager you have had, and you have never worked for a manager, change the question to refer to a client, customer, etc that will fit your needs. The answers are important to help you prepare you for the search. We at DCG feel this exercise if done with the appropriate of soul searching will allow you to "get that next job" with a minimum of pain later.
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