Demand board · computed October 19
What r/sales keeps asking for
Recurring demands mined from the community's top posts this week, with the threads as receipts. Not invented: if it's listed, people are actually asking.
Help with landing sales jobs, interviews, and résumé questions
People want actionable interview prep, resume/placement guidance, and explanations for why their candidacies keep failing or getting ghosted.
Practical outbound/cold-calling strategies (incl. AI screening & follow-up cadence)
Requests for tactics to prospect effectively — how to cold call, handle aggressive follow-up sequences, maintain conviction in the product, and get around AI receptionists/screening.
Fair onboarding, SDR placement programs, unpaid training and PIP/exit clarity
People are asking for transparency and better options around paid placement programs, being asked to train for free, how PIPs work, and whether to take severance.
Clarity on compensation, commission structures and next-step career guidance
Requests for explanations of commission math, how to evaluate promotion/role choices, and advice on career path decisions (e.g., whether to stay in sales or switch fields).
Tactical learning resources and skill help (discovery calls, handling difficult customers,
Calls for concrete books, videos, scripts, and tips to improve discovery calls, customer handling, and general selling craft.
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