{"id":2244,"date":"2022-08-23T11:12:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T11:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resumekit.com\/blog\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2023-06-26T07:10:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T07:10:01","slug":"the-best-answer-to-sell-me-this-pen-interview-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resumekit.com\/blog\/the-best-answer-to-sell-me-this-pen-interview-question\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Answer to “Sell Me This Pen” Interview Question"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cSell me this pen\u201d is a question that is commonly asked during interviews, especially for sales positions. When asked, too many of us immediately assume that the interviewer is up to no good. \u201cMaybe they already have a candidate and just want to get rid of everybody else?\u201d No. This is rarely the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sell Me This Pen is a valid (and by now, a classic) question that interviewers enjoy asking. For one, interviewers are always in the market to learn funny responses to the question. But more importantly, how you answer the question says a lot about you. So, instead of the interviewer banking on your words about your soft skills, unmatched intelligence, and longer-than-the-Nile list of past achievements, they simply ask you to sell them a pen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The question became a sales classic because of the movie, Wolf of Wall Street. In the movie, Jordan Belfort (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) asks his friend to sell him a pen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The friend goes, \u201cWrite your name down on that napkin.<\/strong><\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belfort responds, \u201cI don\u2019t have a pen.<\/strong><\/em>\u201d To which the friend says, \u201cExactly, supply and<\/strong><\/em> demand.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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No, giving \u201cSupply and demand\u201d as the reason to buy a pen will not win you any good points in your sales interview. What will?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we will first examine the tips on the best reactions to the question. Next, we will touch on what you can say to your interviewer to level the playing field. Then, we will highlight what NOT to say, unless you want to destroy the playing field. Lastly, we will point out tips on how to win the interview for sure.<\/p>\n\n

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