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Sales Job - pharmaceutical sales rep

  • 05-10-2008 10:49am
    #1
    uturnin6weeks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭


    Hi guys,

    I don't know if this is the right place to post or not but I have a question that I need an answer for.

    I am going for an interview tomorrow for a pharmaceutical sales (selling products to GP's) and I need some advice-

    Is there anyone out there can give me some tips? I am 27 with a Masters in Business Studies, I am a good seller and would have no problem doing this job but I need to know a little more about it, so I go in full of knowledge.

    Thanks for your help in advance


    Cheers


Comments

  • #2
    Dub13
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dub13


    Work & Jobs forum


  • #3
    tallaght01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,778 ✭✭✭tallaght01


    When they say to you "Are you willing to lie to doctors and skew medical data, in order to sell our products, regardless of their benefit to patient care?" Say "yes", and you'll nail the job.

    Seriously, drug sales reps are very often despised in hospitals and GP surgeries because they will often say anything to sell a drug, even really really crappy drugs. I give them a pretty hard time, and so do a lot of docs, so you'll need a thick skin.

    The only thing I would say to you is that you shouldn't do a job like that unless you have a superb grasp of statistics and are willing to read all the data that you're presenting yourself. Don't take your boss's word for it. A lot of drug reps end up looking very foolish.

    But maybe these aren't the things to say at the interview.

    Good luck with it, though :d


  • #4
    AlanD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭AlanD


    How did the interview go?

    And for those who are medical sales rep's - So what's it like being a medical sales rep? What are the hours like? How difficult is it to make the sale?


  • #5
    She Devil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,032 ✭✭✭She Devil


    I wanted to be a med rep at one stage! how did it go?


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