Posts under ‘Interviewing Skills and Tips’

If you’re asked about your references in the career opportunity interview, do you’ve a few names willing?
Do you know what these people would say about you when they are called?
In today’s video, I’ll tell you how to choose the best references, how to make sure they say fantastic, glowing things about you, and why it’s [...] Related posts:

1. How Interview Coaching Can Help You Get a Medical Revenue Position Are you going to interviews, but not getting the offer?…
2. Don’t Sabatoge Your Job Search By Making This Critical Interview Mistake Just got off a coaching call with a candidate who…
3. Typical Phone Interview Questions for Medical Sales Jobs Phone interviews can be deceptively casual to some clinical sales…

Dear Lab Sales Hiring Manager:
At PHC Consulting, we want to help our candidates be as successful and confident as they can be when interviewing for a pharmaceutical sales job.  Part of that’s awesome interview prep, but part of it’s how they dress for the interview.  We have put together a survey so that [...] Related posts:

1. Typical Phone Interview Queries for Pharma Sales Positions Phone interviews can be deceptively casual to some clinical sales…
2. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Medical Revenue Job Interview – Part V If you’ve been in the career opportunity search very long for…
3. 5 Killer Queries to Ask In Your Clinical Sales Job Interview Usually, the emphasis in job interview prep involves getting your…

Today is the last piece of a 6-part series on how to stand out in your medical sales job search.  Here’s what we’ve covered so far:
Part 1 – Rethinking your position search (and where you stand in it)
Part 2 – Using social media to help you land the position Part 3 – Using the right [...] Related posts:

1. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Lab Sales Job Search – Part IV Today is Part 4 of our series, The Secret to…
2. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Medical Sales Job Interview – Part V If you’ve been in the job search very long for…
3. The Secret to Standing Out In Your Clinical Sales Job Search – Part III Welcome to part THREE of my 6-part series on how…

If you’ve been in the job search very long for a position in pharma sales, laboratory sales, medical device sales, surgical revenue, pharma sales, or any other health care sales field, you know how competitive it’s.  But there are things you can do to make yourself stand out as a candidate…and that’s where this [...] Related posts:

1. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Medical Sales Job Search – Part IV Today is Part 4 of our series, The Secret to…
2. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharma Sales Job Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…
3. The Secret to Standing Out In Your Medical Sales Job Search – Part III Welcome to part 3 of my 6-part series on how…

Today is Part 4 of our series, The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharma Sales Career opportunity Search.  To recap,
Part 1 was Rethink Your Job Search
Part 2 was Use Social Media
Part 3 was Use the Right Tools to Impress Your Interviewer
Tip #4 is:
Try Job Shadowing
Job shadowing is not just a “try out” for your new [...] Related posts:

1. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Clinical Sales Job Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…
2. The Secret to Standing Out In Your Clinical Sales Job Search – Part III Welcome to part THREE of my 6-part series on how…
3. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharmaceutical Sales Job Search – Part II Although times are tough for career opportunity seekers all over, it’s…

Are you going to interviews, but not getting the offer? Or not even getting called back for a second interview?
Maybe there’s some issue you don’t have a great explanation for: a gap in your employment history, why you’re willing to take a pay cut in a new job, why you’ve been out of [...] Related posts:

1. What You MUST Ask Before You Leave The Interview To prepare for a position interview in pharma or health…
2. Typical Phone Interview Questions for Pharma Sales Jobs Phone interviews can be deceptively casual to some pharma sales…
3. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Clinical Sales Position Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…

Welcome to part THREE of my 6-part series on how to stand out in your medical sales job search.  Pharmaceutical sales has always been a competitive sales arena, but it’s even more so these days with an influx of candidates from harder-hit areas of sales.  So, you really need to bring your game to stand [...] Related posts:

1. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharmaceutical Sales Job Search – Part IV Today is Part 4 of our series, The Secret to…
2. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Medical Sales Job Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…
3. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharmaceutical Sales Position Search – Part II Although times are tough for job seekers all over, it’s…

A 30/60/90-day plan is a very powerful interview tool for medical sales career opportunities. Why? It’s a demonstration of your go-getter attitude, and it shows that you’re someone who will go above and beyond to get the job done. Most other health care sales candidates won’t have done this plan (if they even know [...] Related posts:

1. If Employers Could Be Sure Every Hire Would Add to the Bottom Line, They’d Be Hiring Machines Of course, wouldn’t we all be hiring machines if…
2. A 30/60/90-Day Plan Can Help You Get the Promotion! Usually, when you think of using a 30/60/90-Day plan, you…
3. If a 30/60/90-day plan is good, would a 1-year plan be better? I was recently asked this question by a laboratory sales…

I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand out in your medical sales job search.  Laboratory sales jobs are very competitive, top-tier sales positions that require a lot from candidates–whether you’re in clinical devices, pharmaceutical sales, pathology sales, imaging revenue, surgical sales, medical revenue, or any health care sales arena.  The economic upheaval [...] Related posts:

1. 10 Proven Tips for Your Medical Sales Job Search Success Your position search is one of the most significant tasks…
2. How To Keep Your Clinical Sales Career opportunity Search Confidential The very best time to look for a new career opportunity…
3. Free Coaching for Your Job Search from the Medical Sales Headhunter! Are you in the job search for clinical revenue, laboratory…

OK–you’ve written a killer resume, prepared to within an inch of your life for the interview, practiced your answers, and even written your 30/60/90-day plan.  Now you’re in the interview, and it comes down to the end.  What are you going to do?  You have to ask for the job.
This is where many candidates stumble, [...] Related posts:

1. What You MUST Ask Before You Leave The Interview To prepare for a job interview in laboratory or health…
2. 3 Sure-Fire Ways to Ace Your Medical Sales Interview: Prep, Technique, and Follow Up There are so many details involved in a successful…
3. Typical Phone Interview Questions for Clinical Revenue Career opportunities Phone interviews can be deceptively casual to some medical sales…