I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tech Data (Mississauga, ON) in Apr 2010
Interview
3 Interview Process
1) Telephone Screen-er from HR to Qualify you.
2) Interview with HR Representative -
3) Interview with 3 or 4 Inside Sales Managers (They ultimately decide who you work for)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard Behaviorial Questions
Why do you want to work here
Walk me to through you Resume
Only unexpected question, can you build a computer? If so walk us through the steps. They asked this to assess your IT knowledge since you sell components
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Tech Data (Clearwater, FL)
Interview
Applied on line at company website. Submitted resume with cover letter. Received call from HR requesting that I complete several tests such as basic intelligence, typing skills, problem solving skills, etc. Interviewed with several managers to determine best fit in the company, once you get past HR interview. Sent to facility to receive random drug testing including urine sample. Once results were in went through a round of interviews done in one day. Process typical of any company.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Tech Data (Clearwater, FL) in Jun 2012
Interview
I met with 3 people for the interview, 2 managers and the vp sales. They mostly asked situational questions to see if you knew how to negotiate and sell.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked to describ a situation where you lost a big sale and one where you won a big deal and what were the outcome of the situations and what were the take a ways for the experience.
Inside Sales Representative applicants have rated the interview process at Tech Data with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Inside Sales Representative roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Tech Data overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Tech Data as a Inside Sales Representative according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
Drug test: 15%
One on one interview: 15%
Group panel interview: 10%
Skills test: 10%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
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