1. Prospecting
Probed to the level of a real example: what they did, what happened, what they would change.
Sales & customer success hiring · Sales
Hire a Sales Development Representative who can do the job — and prove it in 30 minutes.
Sales development representatives find and qualify leads to fill the sales pipeline. You’ll spend your day reaching out to potential customers and determining if they’re a good fit for the product or service. SealHire’s interviewer runs a structured, adaptive conversation built for this role, records it, and hands your team a sealed report where every score links to the moment that earned it.
- Candidates take it from a link — no app, no account
- Interviews run any hour, at the candidate’s pace
- Free pilot · no credit card
What the interview probes
The 5 skills a Sales Development Representative is interviewed on.
Each is probed with follow-ups built from the candidate’s own answer, and scored against the level you set — with the quote and the timestamp behind every score.
2. Cold Outreach
Probed to the level of a real example: what they did, what happened, what they would change.
3. Qualification
Probed to the level of a real example: what they did, what happened, what they would change.
4. CRM Usage
Probed to the level of a real example: what they did, what happened, what they would change.
5. Resilience
Probed to the level of a real example: what they did, what happened, what they would change.
What a strong candidate shows
The brief the interviewer works from.
The work
- Conduct outbound calls and emails to potential leads
- Identify and qualify prospects based on set criteria
- Maintain accurate records in the CRM system
- Collaborate with sales team to refine outreach strategies
- Meet or exceed weekly and monthly outreach targets
What it takes
- Experience with CRM software for tracking and reporting
- Strong skills in cold-calling and email outreach
- Ability to quickly learn and apply product knowledge
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Resilience in handling rejection and persistence in follow-ups
Interview format
30 minutes, at the level you are hiring for.
Length
About 30 minutes of live conversation, taken from a link on any device, at any hour. No app, no account.
Levels offered
Entry / Junior · Mid-level · Senior · Lead / Staff / Principal · Manager · Director / Head of. The brief sets the level; the questions and the bar move with it.
What you get
A sealed recording and timestamped transcript, integrity signals observed during the interview, and a report with a recommendation and the evidence behind it.
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Account executives, SDRs and customer success managers are judged on how they talk under pressure. The interview is a live conversation with follow-ups, so you hear discovery, objection handling and ownership — not a rehearsed pitch.
Start with one real role
Send the first Sales Development Representative interview today.
Free pilot, no credit card. Set the brief, send the links, review the evidence.