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Division Account Specialist-Pneumatic & Automation
Posted Aug 10, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a technical presentation you gave to engineers or maintenance staff. How did you make it land?
What they are checking: Teaching Motion products through technical presentations, which the posting stresses.
Tell me about a time you grew an existing account in a product group.
What they are checking: Developing existing accounts, not only finding new business.
How do you keep up with new pneumatic and automation technology?
What they are checking: Commitment to staying current in a fast-changing technical field.
What would you do
How would you work with an account rep who owns the relationship but doesn't know automation well?
What they are checking: Partnering with account reps as the product specialist without taking over the account.
A customer's automated line keeps stopping, and they think the air system is the problem. How do you help troubleshoot?
What they are checking: On-site troubleshooting skill for leaks, pressure drops and component failures.
How do you use vendor and manufacturer resources to win a bigger opportunity?
What they are checking: Coordinating vendor resources to support sales, a named duty.
How would you decide which accounts in your territory are worth the most time?
What they are checking: Prioritizing a territory by opportunity rather than by who calls the most.
About the work
A customer wants to speed up a pneumatic cylinder on a packaging line. What do you ask before recommending anything?
What they are checking: Gathering requirements like bore, pressure, load and cycle rate before quoting a solution.
Explain how you'd size a valve for a pneumatic actuator to someone on a plant floor.
What they are checking: Real pneumatic knowledge, like flow and Cv, explained in plain language.
Walk me through how you'd quote and close a custom automation solution.
What they are checking: Taking a project from identifying the need to engineering and closing, as the duties describe.
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