What pre-employment talent assessment tools do you recommend for hiring for hiring field salespeople? We are looking to pilot such a tool and would love to know worked for others! 

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Head – HR Operations, Digital HR & Corporate HR Strategy in Softwarea year ago

We have used Mercer Mettl's customized behavioral assessment tool for hiring and evaluating sales professionals

VP of HR in Transportationa year ago

 

The Saville Assessment Sales Model using the Wave. However not recommended for bulk recruitment due to cost.

https://www.savilleassessment.com/sales-effectiveness/#:~:text=The%20Saville%20Assessment%20Sales%20Model,sales%20people%20will%20be%20effective.

Alternatives would be a shorter personality tool mapped to competencies relevant to a sales profile. Or a Sales Situational Judgement Tool.

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