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Associate Sales Representative - Milwaukee - Interventional Spine

Stryker · Milwaukee, WI · Full time

Posted Jul 29, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 5, 2026

Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

Tell me about a time you persuaded someone to try something new. What made it work?

What they are checking: Whether they can show value and build confidence rather than just pushing a product.

Tell me about a goal you exceeded. What did you do that others didn't?

What they are checking: Whether they have a track record of pushing past targets through their own effort.

Tell me about a time you took a hard no and kept the relationship alive.

What they are checking: Whether they have persistence and patience with busy clinicians.

Why medical device sales, and why are you ready for it now?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the demands of the role and have a real reason for wanting it.

What would you do

How would you run a product evaluation with a physician in the OR or office setting?

What they are checking: Whether they understand that evaluations need preparation, clear goals and follow-up to turn into business.

A physician has a problem with a device during a case. How do you respond in the moment?

What they are checking: Whether they use product knowledge and quick thinking to help without disrupting care.

How would you track your territory progress and share wins with your sales rep?

What they are checking: Whether they are organized and communicate proactively, as the posting expects.

A nurse asks you how to properly store and handle a product. You aren't sure. What do you say?

What they are checking: Whether they give accurate information or admit they need to check, rather than guessing.

About the work

What do you know about interventional spine procedures, like vertebral augmentation or radiofrequency ablation?

What they are checking: Whether they have learned the basics of the clinical area they'd be selling into.

Interventional spine is used by pain physicians, radiologists and surgeons. How would your approach differ for each?

What they are checking: Whether they understand different specialties and settings have different needs and buying paths.

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The full job description

As published by Stryker.

Work Flexibility: Field-based Who we want: Challengers. People who seek out the hard projects and work to find just the right solutions. Teammates. Partners who listen to ideas, share thoughts and work together to move the business forward. Charismatic networkers. Relationship-savvy people who intentionally make connections with both internal partners and external contacts. Strategic closers. Salespeople who close profitable business and consistently exceed their performance objectives. Customer-oriented achievers. Representatives with an unparalleled work ethic and customer-focused attitude who bring value to their partnerships. Game changers. Persistent salespeople who will stop at nothing to live out Stryker’s mission to make healthcare better. What you will do: As an Interventional Spine Associate Sales Representative, you will assist in strategically promoting and selling Stryker Interventional Spine products to meet our customers’ needs. You confidently conduct product evaluations in OR and office settings, persuasively demonstrating the value of our products. Systematically tracking your territory progress, you proactively communicate your wins with your Sales Representatives and push yourself to exceed each goal. When onsite with clients, you use your product knowledge and quick thinking to solve product problems and inform doctors, nurses and other staff as to the proper use and maintenance of our products. You take great pride in excellent service and are prepared to assist a customer whenever the need arises. As an Associate Representative, you love living in the fast lane and find purpose in selling Stryker products that are making healthcare better. What you need: • Bachelor’s Degree from an Accredited university • 1-2 years in medical sales or b2b is preferred Travel requirement: • Approximately 20% travel. Must have a valid driver’s license and be able to drive an automobile. Physical requirements: • Medium work: exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects • Coordination of the eye, hand and foot movement with an ability to grasp by hand and meet cognitive demands to include visual and auditory discrimination / memory, reading ability and memory retention Mental requirements: • Exercise discretion and independence when applying professional expertise • Must be able to manage time, projects, stress and conflict • Must possess strong interpersonal skills, including written and oral communication • Must be able to bring tasks through to completion with minimal supervision • Must have the ability to prioritize work and keep detailed and confidential records • Must be able to communicate / present to large groups of people • Must possess unwavering ethics & integrity in a competitive and demanding work environment Stryker will provide: • In-house product training program • Field sales training Learn more about the Interventional Spine Products:  https://www.stryker.com/us/en/interventional-spine.html #LIInstruments $70,000 salary and may be eligible to earn a bonus + benefits Travel Percentage: 20% Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability. Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. Stryker is driven to work together with our customers to make healthcare better. Employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required, depending on customer requirements, to obtain the COVID-19 vaccination as an essential function of their role.