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Learn medical sales, start to territory.

Five tracks written by recruiters and reps who do this for a living — from deciding whether the career fits to running a territory well.

Track 02

Get Hired

Résumés, interviews, and the mechanics of landing the offer.

19 lessons

19 lessons

10 Mistakes That Keep Great Candidates Out of Medical Sales

Get Hired · Hilary Trader

A medical sales recruiter’s list of the ten avoidable mistakes that cost good candidates the job, from walking in unprepared to skipping the follow-up, and how to fix each one.

4 min read7 sections

Behavioral Interview Questions Every Medical Sales Candidate Should Prepare For

Get Hired · Hilary Trader

A recruiter’s guide to behavioral medical sales interviews: how to use the STAR method, which questions to prepare, how to handle curveballs, and why honesty wins offers.

4 min read8 sections

From B2B Sales to Medical Sales: Why Hiring Managers Come Looking for You

Get Hired · Kendy Elmore

B2B sales is the most trusted background in medical sales, because selling is the hardest skill to teach. How to prove you were a top rep, and why recruiters come looking for you.

6 min read10 sections

From Surgical Tech to Medical Sales: How to Turn Your OR Experience Into a Sales Career

Get Hired · Kendy Elmore

Surgical techs are a natural fit for medical device sales, you already have the OR fluency and surgeon relationships companies value most. How to close the sales gap and make the move.

6 min read10 sections

From Teacher to Medical Sales Rep: 5 Reasons You're Already Qualified (And How to Prove It)

Get Hired · Kendy Elmore

A former teacher on why teaching builds every skill medical sales pays for, presenting, planning, reading a room, and earning trust, and how to prove each one in the interview.

6 min read10 sections

Great at the Job, Bad at the Search: A Medical Sales Job-Search Playbook

Get Hired · Kendy Elmore

The best reps are often the worst job searchers. The fix: run your search like a sales campaign. A medical sales job-search playbook on positioning, pipeline, and follow-up.

6 min read10 sections

How to Break Into Medical Device Sales With No Experience

Get Hired · The Lobby Editorial

Breaking into medical device sales without experience: what hiring managers actually weight, the friendliest entry points, and how to beat the one-in-forty interview odds.

4 min read8 sections

How to Build a Medical Sales Resume That Gets Interviews

Get Hired · Hilary Trader

A recruiter’s rules for a medical sales résumé that gets interviews: lead with percent to quota and ranking, show what/where/who/how well, and bring an accolade file and brag book.

4 min read8 sections

How to Close a Medical Sales Interview: 4 Steps and the Follow-Up That Seals It

Get Hired · Kendy Elmore

In medical sales, the close is the skill you are hired for. A four-step interview close, the same-day thank-you email that works as a live sample of your work, and the mistake to avoid.

4 min read7 sections

How to Prepare for a Medical Sales Field Ride: The Ride-Along Interview Guide

Get Hired · Kendy Elmore

A field ride, or ride-along, is a full interview, not job shadowing. How to prepare: research the company, physician, and procedure, handle the logistics, and connect with the rep.

6 min read9 sections

How to Prepare for a Medical Sales Technical Interview

Get Hired · The Lobby Editorial

The technical stage, a product presentation, mock sales call, or clinical questions, blindsides many candidates. What it looks like and how to prepare to show you can learn fast.

4 min read8 sections

How to Transition Into Medical Sales From Nursing or Another Career

Get Hired · The Lobby Editorial

Most medical sales reps are career changers. How to translate a nursing, sales, or military background into what hiring managers want, and which entry role fits you.

4 min read8 sections

Medical Sales Interview Questions: How to Answer the Ones That Matter Most

Get Hired · Kendy Elmore

Medical sales interviews are predictable, so preparation wins. The STAR method, how to nail why medical sales and tell me about yourself, and the other questions to prepare for.

5 min read8 sections

Negotiating Your Medical Sales Offer

Get Hired · Hilary Trader

A recruiter’s guide to negotiating a medical sales offer: don’t raise money first, turn the salary question around, be precise about your W-2, and run toward the role.

4 min read8 sections

The 30-60-90 Day Plan That Wins Medical Sales Interviews

Get Hired · The Lobby Editorial

A 30-60-90 day plan is one of the most reliable ways to stand out in a medical sales interview. Learn what to put in each phase and how to present it to a hiring manager.

4 min read8 sections

The Best Associate Sales Rep Programs, and What Makes One Good

Get Hired · The Lobby Editorial

The associate sales rep role is the on-ramp into medical device sales. What separates a great program from a dead end, and which companies are known for structured tracks.

4 min read8 sections

The Catch-22 of Breaking Into Medical Sales, and How to Get Past It

Get Hired · The Lobby Editorial

You need experience to get hired and a job to get experience. How the medical sales barrier really works, and how training-and-placement paths get newcomers past it.

4 min read8 sections

The Medical Sales Interview Process, Stage by Stage

Get Hired · The Lobby Editorial

The medical sales interview is a four-to-six-stage gauntlet. Each stage, from recruiter screen to field ride-along to final round, what it is really testing, and how to stand out.

4 min read8 sections

What Medical Sales Recruiters Really Look For

Get Hired · Hilary Trader

A recruiter explains what hiring managers really evaluate in medical sales interviews: the four qualities, whether you’re manageable, and why the interview is a sales call.

4 min read8 sections