Focus on your strong points, be nice, courteous and smile Good luck. :thumbup :thumbup

 

ya dont put the 18 year old on the 1000.

 

As a salesperson you have to be curteous, able to communicate well, and have good appearance.

In other words you're screwed.







Seriously, focus on your appearance, be polite and do your best to communicate well. Communication is the key to sales, and I guarantee that if the Sales manager is even barely comptent he will know that. Good Luck! (BTW if you get the job do you think an R1 could fall of the back of a truck sometime soon?)

 

whatever you do, make sure you know more than just about sportbikes!!! B/c they will ask you. The first time I tried for a job at a place out here, they wouldnt hire me b/c all I knew about was sportbikes, but the seconde time I knew a little more about cruisers and dirtbikes and the others they carried. And act confident! My weak point when selling was always my lack of knowledge for stuff besides sportbikes, I didnt care about cruisers, so I never remembered to much info on them, and that hurt me a lot with sales. B/c to be honest with you, sportbikes are not there top selling machines out of these dealers! I dont even think they are number 2.
Hope this helps!

 

with sales jobs id talk about some past job you had related to sales and why that would make you a better sales person now. like i used to work at radioshack and most ppl know radioshack is pretty huge onc ustomer service cuz they rip ur ass off so they need to offer something over big electronics stores. so like in my interview i usually mention how customer service was number one at radioshack and i always helped everyone etc etc

 

Take a deep breath and make up your mind to be confident and to speak up, before you go in. Don't worry too much about how much you know about the bikes you are going to sell. You will learn that in no time once you have the job. A salesman has to be friendly and confident. Just work on that. Good luck. I'd love a job like that.

 

Sales Manager

I work in the motor industry as a sales manager, I would want someone who is confident with themselves, present themselves well, someone with a bit of knowlegde who is willing to teach themselves by reading brochures and going over bikes etc etc, I want people who have a very good attention to detail, is motivated by making people happy, hence making a sale, u have to smile and laugh alot, don't be nervous dude, you'll only scrunch up and not show your real self,,,,, As a sales manager think of it like this,,, If I was the buyer would I want to buy something off this guy sitting in front of me(YOU)!!!!

present yourself well and don't slouch in the seat,,,

DONT BE COCKY AND OVERCONFIDENT, the interviewer who is probably the bloke who runs the shop will pick it up straight away.....

Once you get the job,,, make it your job to take home brochures and read and memorise them,,,,, you want to sell bikes, you need to know your product,,, nothing worse than the customer knowing more than you about the product,,, also customers know it when you don't know what your talking about,,, so if you don't know the answer,,, tell the customer you are unsure but you will find out for them!!!!

Selling is all about product knowledge,,,,,and creating a set of circumstances to enable someone to make a decision about buying a bike!!!!!!!!!

GOOD LUCK DUDE!!!!!!!

 

know everything you possibly can about yamahas and motorbikes in general

for example you would say "i know heaps about yamaha's"

Interviewer "yeh ok lets go look at the used bikes and i'll ask you a few questions"

You "yeh well thats a 98 r1, you can tell coz of the stikers, see the big 'yzf' on the side, see the carbon fibre xhaust, 98-01 were carby b4 the fuel injection"


Ps note that was all pretty obvious coz we are all into R1's here,.... but to someone who doesnt know anything about bikes then you will impress them.

Also it would be good to know about its competitors aswell like suzuki,honda...

it wouldnt be a bad idea to look at what bikes they got on the sales yard and note them down and resaerch as much as u can on these...


if you really want the job this is wat u need to do...

 

know everything you possibly can about yamahas and motorbikes in general

for example you would say "i know heaps about yamaha's"

Interviewer "yeh ok lets go look at the used bikes and i'll ask you a few questions"

You "yeh well thats a 98 r1, you can tell coz of the stikers, see the big 'yzf' on the side, see the carbon fibre xhaust, 98-01 were carby b4 the fuel injection"


Ps note that was all pretty obvious coz we are all into R1's here,.... but to someone who doesnt know anything about bikes then you will impress them.

Also it would be good to know about its competitors aswell like suzuki,honda...

it wouldnt be a bad idea to look at what bikes they got on the sales yard and note them down and resaerch as much as u can on these...


if you really want the job this is wat u need to do...

I don't think you need a full knowledge before the interview. A good salesman can sell anything. He's got to learn the product after he has got the job. I'm with grip twister on this one.

 

but...

kirk, he has to set himself apart from the other 50 Joe Bloggs who want the job....

interviewer asks "why should i hire you instead of the 49 other guys waiting outside"

everyone can say i have great communication....


you need something to stand out and product knowledge will impress him... it shows him youve done your homeowrk and your serious about a career in Motorbike sales
JMO

 

Good point. I guess it's gotta help. I still think that the main thing is to show you are a good salesman though first and formost. Anything else is a bonus as you say. I'd still love to work in the industry somewhere. I wish I had trained as a motor cycle mechanic rather than a mechanical fitter. A bit late now for me.

 

Thanks for all the info guys. I feel a bit better now. I've only ever dealt with this dealer since I started my biking career (10 years ago). I've bought all my bikes and parts from them and have gone into the shop at least once a week. I know them all personally and we normally have a chat and a laugh (especially with the mechanics). I've always taken them a big tin of sweets each christmas. I know pretty well all the machines they sell (I've bought most of them over the years!) it's the scooters where I would be at a disadvantage. I'm going to trawl the net and get some brochures and have a good study this week. The only time I'm going to enjoy studying!

Thanks guys!