Funniest Sales Pitch Stories

Share moments when sales presentations didn’t go as planned.

Candidate opened with, “Full disclosure: I only sell things I’d buy myself — does your quota include swag?” We laughed, but it prompted me to probe how they handle selling tough products; now I ask, “What’s your favorite rejection line and how do you flip it?” Humor’s great, but I still test for a repeatable process and coachability.

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