Outside Sales Consultant -Sauganash, IL
Posted Sep 30, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
This is a 100% hunter role. Tell me about a time most of your results came from new accounts you found yourself.
What they are checking: Whether they have actually lived on new business, not on managing accounts someone else built.
Tell me about a time you earned the trust of a busy, skeptical small business owner.
What they are checking: Whether they build credibility through listening and follow-through, which owner-operators respond to more than polish.
Most owners you approach will say no. How do you keep your energy and your numbers up through a day full of rejections?
What they are checking: Resilience under constant rejection, which is the daily reality of a field hunter role.
Walk me through how you'd plan a full day in the field so you're talking to as many restaurant owners as possible.
What they are checking: Whether they treat prospecting as a planned activity with targets rather than hoping to bump into deals.
Why restaurants? What do you know about how a restaurant owner's day actually goes?
What they are checking: Whether they understand the customer's world well enough to time visits and pitches around it.
What would you do
Sauganash and the Northwest Side are neighborhood markets where owners rely on regulars. How would you build trust in a place like that?
What they are checking: Whether they understand neighborhood businesses and can build relationships that lead to local referrals.
A restaurant owner says switching POS systems right now is too risky because they can't afford a bad night. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they take switching risk seriously and can lower the owner's fear with a realistic install plan.
An owner asks whether Clover can handle something specific for their kitchen, and you're not sure of the answer. What do you say?
What they are checking: Honesty about product limits, since overpromising to a merchant leads to angry calls and lost accounts.
You signed a restaurant, and on go-live day the staff still doesn't know the new system and service starts in an hour. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they stay with a merchant through a rough start instead of disappearing once the contract is signed.
About the work
What does a restaurant need from a point-of-sale system that a retail store usually doesn't?
What they are checking: Whether they know restaurant workflows like tips, modifiers, table service and kitchen tickets well enough to sound credible.
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