#4: Mastering Competency-Based Interviewing for Sales Hiring with Tabitha Cavanagh

Throw Out The Playbook

In this episode, Tabitha Cavanagh, VP of Recruiting and Talent Strategy at The Sales Collective, discusses competency-based interviewing and its effectiveness in evaluating sales candidates.

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//TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Introduction and Tabitha's journey into talent acquisition
04:31 - Differences between traditional and competency-based interviewing for sales hiring
08:52 - The sales DNA test and its role in the hiring process
11:35 - How competency-based interviewing uncovers a salesperson's unique story beyond their resume
15:28 - Specific competency-based interview questions to evaluate sales skills
19:30 - Discovering unique candidate stories through competency-based interviewing
21:48 - Training clients to conduct effective competency-based interviews
24:19 - The impact of competency-based interviewing on diversity and inclusion
26:08 - Advice for implementing competency-based interviewing in the sales recruitment process
29:38 - Convincing old-school sales leaders to adopt competency-based interviewing

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🌐 Website: https://resumeandprofilefeedback.com/

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