Director Specialty Sales - Laboratory
Posted Sep 9, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a laboratory sales team you led. What did the numbers look like when you arrived and when you left?
What they are checking: Whether they can tie their leadership to concrete growth and profitability, not just activity or team morale.
Describe how you built a bench of future sales leaders. Who did you develop, and where are they now?
What they are checking: Whether they deliberately grow people for a sales career path, which this posting names as a goal.
Tell me about a time senior management wanted a strategy you disagreed with. How did you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they can push back with evidence and then commit fully once a decision is made.
What would you do
A rep closes a big lab conversion, but the implementation stalls and the customer is unhappy. How do you step in?
What they are checking: Whether they see implementation as part of the sale and know how to protect the account after the signature.
One of your top performers is hitting quota but undermining teammates and skipping the training program. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they will protect team standards even when it costs them short-term numbers from a strong seller.
How do you decide when a struggling rep needs coaching, a territory change, or a performance plan?
What they are checking: Whether they diagnose the real cause of underperformance fairly before reaching for a consequence.
About the work
How do you prioritize which product conversions your reps chase first when every lab customer has different timing and budget cycles?
What they are checking: Whether they understand lab purchasing and can point a field team at the conversions most likely to close and stick.
How do you track clinical projects and programs so sales management and the product teams always know where things stand?
What they are checking: Whether they run a disciplined operating rhythm that keeps several functions informed without burying reps in reporting.
How would you design field sales support training for reps who are strong sellers but new to laboratory products?
What they are checking: Whether they can build training that gets reps clinically credible with lab managers and pathologists quickly.
Walk me through how you build a 12-month plan and budget for a specialty sales function.
What they are checking: Whether they can plan strategically with real budget ownership, including headcount, travel and program spend.
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