Inside Sales applicants have rated the interview process at Cengage with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Inside Sales roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cengage overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cengage as a Inside Sales according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Background check: 13%
Drug test: 13%
Presentation: 13%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cengage in Sep 2012
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter and the explained the job and what Cengage was looking for. He then asked about my work history, career goals etc...Not long after that I was contacted by a hiring manager at Cengage. I did standard phone interview with her. At the end of the interview I was given a project to do and turn in a few days later. A few days after I submitted the project, I was called in for a panel interview. About a week later I was asked to come in for a second time, where I sat with an employee, and then was offered the job by the hiring manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
None really. They were all pretty much your standard interview questions.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cengage (Independence, KY) in Jan 2015
Interview
phone call, panel face to face, then a demo of selling. You need to pick a product to sell to one of the managers on the phone and sharing their screen.
The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Cengage (Florence, KY) in Jul 2010
Interview
First Interview basic interview questions, 2nd interview you do a mock sales call to an internal employee. Then you are given a project where you have to call three instructors at universities and ask them what makes a good sales rep, you must write a one page essay from that. Turn it in via email and wait.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the most important part of sales process? The presentation, the positioning or the close?