Sales Assessment Quiz for Solopreneurs
Take the quiz to assess your sales skills. From sales-oriented pop culture facts to proven selling advice, this sales quiz tackles it all and offers free resources to scale your business.
In the 2024 film “Challengers,” what item does the once-promising Patrick attempt to sell to pay for his hotel room?
Ouch—just over the line! The correct answer is a signed racket.
You served up that match point with style! Patrick tried—and failed—to trade his racket for a good night’s sleep.
In business-to-business (B2B) sales, what’s the magical return on investment (ROI) ratio?
Close! While ROI is important, not all problems are worth solving.
You’re on your way to sales mastery! ROI isn’t always enough. The key to growing sales is connecting your solution to problems worth solving.
Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour has been widely successful. Exactly how many tickets did she sell?
It’s hard to imagine but the correct answer is a staggering 4.35 million tickets!
That’s right, Swiftie! The landmark tour sold an incredible 4.35 million tickets across 60 tour dates.
What’s the most important sales skill that professionals rarely learn in their careers?
While all of these skills have their place, the correct answer is strategic questioning.
Have you taken this quiz before? Impactful business relationships are built with the right questioning techniques, but unless you were trained as a lawyer or doctor, odds are you never learned a strategic questioning framework.
Notorious confidence man George C. Parker sold which famous U.S. landmark?
It’s difficult to believe, but he sold all of those landmarks.
You’re too good! As fantastic as it sounds, George C. Parker sold every single one of those landmarks. We wonder what questions he asked his prospects!
Finish this statement: Value is…
… defined as a cost-to-return ratio
… determined by the customer
…. what great companies provide
… never subjective
We couldn’t resist throwing you a curve ball. This is a tough one, and the correct answer is “Value is determined by the customer.”
Perfection! You already know a fundamental concept of value selling: Value is determined by the customer, not you.
In what year did John H. Patterson, founder of NCR, start the world’s first sales training camp?
All of these sound feasible, but the correct answer is way back in 1894.
That’s right—way back in 1894! It goes to show that formalized sales instruction is nothing new.
What should be your primary goal in a discovery call with a new prospect?
Get them into a demo
Learn about their business challenges
Build rapport with small talk
Position the sharp-angle close
Another tough one here. While opinions vary, we’re strong believers in getting prospects to talk about their business priorities.
You’ve manifested excellence! It all goes back to the concept of ROI Some problems simply are not worth solving, and you’ll never know unless you can get the prospect talking about their business priorities.
We’re Impressed!
Final Score: 8/8
We cooked up quite the concoction, sprinkling in obscure history, modern pop culture and a dash of film trivia—all alongside proven sales concepts.
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