Score: ________

Salesperson: ___________________________ Judge #: _______________ Round #: ________

Time Limit: 20 minutes                    

Base your scoring on how you feel an experienced salesperson should perform. Score each item on a 0 to 10 scale with 10 being the best possible score and 0 the absence of the skill or behavior being evaluated. You may use tenths of a point in your scoring (i.e., 1.3, 5.6, etc.). Our computer-scoring program will do the averaging and weighting and compute the final score.

 

5 %                        APPROACH (Effectively gains attention and builds rapport)

________             Professional introduction

________             Salesperson gains prospect’s attention

________             Effectively builds rapport

________             Smooth transition into needs identification

 

25%                      NEEDS IDENTIFICATION (OBJECTIVE: Obtain a clear understanding of customer’s situation in order to prepare a customized presentation)

________             Uncovered decision process (decision criteria, people involved in decision process)

________             Effectively determined relevant facts about company and/or buyer

________             Effectively uncovered needs of the buyer (discovered current problems, goals, etc.)

________             Asked effective questions that brought to the buyers' attention what happens to company or the buyer when problems continue (helped convert implied needs to explicit needs).

________             Gain pre-commitment to consider the product/service and smooth transition to presentation)

 

25%                      PRODUCT/SERVICE PRESENTATION (OBJECTIVE: Persuasively match your product’s benefits to meet needs of the buyer)

________             Presented benefits-based upon needs of buyer instead of only features of the product/service.

________             Logical, convincing presentation (display a strategy to communicate and persuade; Clearly understands needs "hot buttons" of prospect and concentrates on those needs)

________             Used appropriate/professional visual aids

________             Effectively demonstrated product

________             Effectively involves the buyer in the demonstration

________             Effective use of trial closes (follow-up questions to determine where buyer is in decision process)

 

15%                      OVERCOMING OBJECTIONS (OBJECTIVE: Eliminate concerns or questions to customer’s satisfaction)

________             Initially gains better understanding of objection (clarifies or allows buyer to clarify the objection).

________             Effectively answers the objection

________             Confirms that the objection is no longer a concern of the buyer

 

10%                      CLOSE (OBJECTIVE: Take initiative to understand where you stand with buyer now and for the future)

________             Persuasive in presenting a reason to buy

________             Asked for business or appropriate commitment from the buyer, given the nature of this particular sales call.

 

15%                      COMMUNICATION SKILLS

________             Effective verbal communication skills (active listening; restated, rephrased, clarified, probed for better understanding, etc..)

________             Appropriate non-verbal communication

________             Verbiage (clear, concise, professional)

 

   5%                      OVERALL

________             Salesperson enthusiasm and confidence

________             Product knowledge

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