I'll try and keep this brief.

I graduated recently with a Business degree (by some divine intervention).

I want to get into Sales and so I applied for a telesales executive position with a multi-national Logistics company (Europe, HQ in my city).
They ask for a degree, outbound sales experience and SalesForce experience.

It basically means - you're in the office (part work from home also), on the phone.
It's mostly inbound (people asking for a quote), but some outbound/cold calling too.
Base salary + On Target Earnings.

I applied and got an interview, turns out I went to college with the new HR Admin girl, so I think she put in a good word.
The company is very close to the college, lots of alumni work there.

But the interview was too damn easy..
The team lead was interviewing me, the girl I know just sat in on the Zoom call.

Everything I said - she related back to Sales, the HR girl stayed quiet.
Spun a positive on everything, 'oh so you're competitive', 'goal orientated, great' etc.

Interview ended, got an email 2 hours later telling me I'd been successful and that I had an interview with the Sales Manager and the team lead (again).

It almost seemed too easy.

Plus there was a lot of talk about high pressure, deadlines, targets, get up and go, commission etc - that's just Sales but my parents thought it sounded s***ty.

What do you guys/girls think?

Pics of HR Girl

fiending for unemployment

not a whole lot going on here feel like u just describing a pretty normal hiring interaction

I do not think anything

It's telesales, man. They're not exactly raking in candidates for this. Last company I worked at (one of the biggest players in their sector), they had a s*** ton of telesales openings too and tried to pivot people towards there because they just couldn't find anyone.

Seems like a typical sales job.

Can't get any without the boyfriend in it

Okay and

But nah @op for a sales position this sounds pretty normal

Just take the job and see whats up. If u have reservations just keep looking but at least ull have income

"High pressure" = Enjoy those upcoming 60 hour+ work weeks

Man I have nothing better to be doing.

This is normal what’s to discuss

Not a thought behind those eyes.

Interview interaction seems normal but keywords like high pressure combined with a seemingly easy interview probably means their turnover rate is crazy rn

I'd see how it goes tho

idk man I'm glad you got it easy

Yo Idk how no one has said this but... telesales executive position is some glorified way of saying you're working in a call center... just spamming random people on the phone... they just need someone to call people and aggressively read a script and try to sell them bullshit... they just need a warm body to fill a seat and expect you to burn out so they can replace you

go with your gut. don't take the gig

Interviews tend to match the advertised position (difficulty wise). You applied for what sounds like a pretty generic post-grad job, and appeared to have received a pretty generic interview?

Unsure what the whole “too easy” angle is here. What were you expecting them to make you do?

your first interview isn’t meant to be difficult. you’re basically having a conversation with the recruiter or HR rep who is making sure that you know how to hold a conversation and can go over the basics of your CV and personality.

your post mentions that there will be follow-up interviews — those are when you’ll likely be asked behavioural/situational questions and asked about your working experience and technical/soft skills.

it’s just how s*** goes these days. most places will require 3+ interviews so that there’s a more holistic and balanced perspective on your candidacy

I work, well I show up and get paid.

I'm currently working in a medical devices factory, it's too damn easy - I sort of don't want to give it up and then potentially end up hating the new job, but I know this job is just dead end and way too cushy - it's the type of job where people get stuck

yea I remember the first job offer i got out of college with a business degree felt that way too, I would basically be customer service for a grill company. I declined it because I had another offer which was more down my alley (which didn't up working out either lmao )

I simply just can't force myself to take a job that deals with talking to pissed off people on the phone man

That's honestly what worries me but I also don't think it's that.

It's majority inbound - so someone emails/calls in asking for a quote.
It's B2B, so like a guy selling t-shirts out of his home looking to set up an account with the logistics company.

That's where I come in, it's supposedly more of a consultative role, not hard selling crap.
I mean it's logistics, not steak knives.

I was told that this was the interview and the second stage is just a meet and greet with the head of the department because she likes to see if the candidate is going to be a good fit.

Ah ok... well I mean just try it and if it sucks just quit?

I would still imagine the interview felt easy because the gig is rough and people burn out & turn over quickly