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Avis Budget Rental Sales Agent Interview Questions & Reviews
Getting the Interview 18 Interviews
Interview Experience 15 Ratings
Rental Sales Agent at Avis Budget
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Buffalo, NY Mar 2012 – Reviewed Apr 5, 2013
Interview Details – online test and the 2 face to face interviews simple question answers be t self assured and motivated and they will respond
Interview Question – why do you want to do this you are over qualified for. the job so told them the truth love cars like the imediatcy of the sales process Answer Question
Negotiation Details – none they had standard starting salary
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Rental Sales Agent at Avis Budget
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Feb 22, 2013
Interview Details – This company had a professional process in hiring. Unlike Parmida where I was hired over the phone, this employer had traditional hiring and interview processes. I was interviewed for 30 minutes and offered the job instantly.
Interview Question – Tell me a time when you had to break language barriers to understand a need or want. Answer Question
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Rental Sales Agent at Avis Budget
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Chicago, IL Jan 2012 – Reviewed Dec 14, 2012
Interview Details –
- Online Application
- Online Assessment (try not to be in between be strong ie strongly agree, strongly disagree)
- Phone Interview (Be very peppy and energetic make sure to tell them you have some experience in sales and comission even if it was just once or for a short amount of time who cares that's your expeience give details about it and SPECIFIC EXAMPLES!)
- F2F wow the manager probably Mike Beliveau with your sales experience if you can quantify it he likes that he has worked at Abercrombie so retail experience is a plus. He has played lacrosse and loves golf. He has issues with someone who has strong beliefs shyou are ready to be molded wvwn though you have experience. IE "I can always get better" "there's no such thing as bad critiscm".)
- F2F Again (optional) They're a little unsure about you give them something other than sales show them you are able to provide sales experience but you care about the customer and company too. Be dressed verry professional management LOVES a nice tie. Let them know that you get the driven sales person and the softie who loves the customer and company like family.
Interview Question –
They may ask you to sell some random object to them such as a pen or piece of paper. Every salesman knows you can sell anything by using grand adjectives. IE This brand new design and 100% spherical technology allows for a better flow.
Another toss up is that they may ask you to use a procedure already in practice with them PTL this stands for people travel luggage. In this procedure you ask how many people are traveling 1, then where are you traveling to 2, last how much luggage do you have. Now after this they will ask you based on what they said to recommend a car so you gotta know at least three get an SUV a large sedan or a luxury car. Tell them some features and why it works with their situation. BAM they're shocked and you've landed a depressing but well paid job.
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Negotiation Details – No negotiation it is a union based job at 10.25 to start sounds bad but commission pays off and go tax exempt for a month or two big bucks. The union protects you as well so be glad you have that.
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Rental Sales Agent at Avis Budget
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Tampa, FL May 2012 – Reviewed Oct 11, 2012
Interview Details – had one phone interview for a few minutes and then one interview with the airport manager and got hired on the spot because they had lost their only bilingual agent that day and needed me
Interview Question – if you and i were on an island together who would survive View Answer
Negotiation Details – no negotiation
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Rental Sales Agent at Avis Budget
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Buffalo, NY Aug 2012 – Reviewed Sep 28, 2012
Interview Details – Simple, applied online received an email within a couple days saying to call for an interview on the phone. It took about an hour on the phone and then they scheduled an in-person interview with airport manager. He chatted with me for an hour, didn't ask me any questions really, and then sent me to do a urinalysis. Once I passed that, he called me and we negotiated a start date.
Interview Question – none Answer Question
Negotiation Details – you get paid what they say you do.
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Rentals Sales Agent at Avis Budget
No Offer – Interviewed in Norfolk, VA Sep 2012 – Reviewed Sep 18, 2012
Interview Details – Had the phone interview, it went ok. About a month later I got another call to schedule an in person interview. Arrived on time, small back office, they had no clue that there was an interview schedule for that day. After about 20 mins of time wasting, they proceeded with the interview anyway. Apparently I was the only person interviewed for that position. Interview went well, but it seems the job was never open. So it turned out to be a giant waste of my time and gas.
Interview Question – they were all straightforward interview questions, nothing unusual. Answer Question
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Rental Sales Agent at Avis Budget
No Offer – Interviewed in College Park, GA – Reviewed Aug 28, 2012
Interview Details – Applied online then received a phone interview which included a lot of tell me when this happen. Most of the questions where concerning whether or not you ac overcome objectives. After the phone interview she congratulated me and stated I am moving on to the next stage but doesn't have the schedule available. After 3 days had passed received an email stating to call for a one on one interview and was then told by a rep after calling that still no available times. And haven't hear back from them since.
Interview Question –
Most of the questions are same over and over.
Tell me a time when you had to take criticism from your manager.
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Rental Sales Agent at Avis Budget
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Portland, OR May 2012 – Reviewed Jun 3, 2012
Interview Details – This was a phone interview that was scripted. Why do you want to work here, do you meet the screening criteria? Will you work for 9.04 an hour? Do you have sales experience? Can you give a 10 year work history accounting for any gaps in employment?
Interview Question – Can you recall a time you closed a difficult sale? Answer Question
Reason for Declining – Pay
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Rental Sales Agent at Avis Budget
No Offer – Interviewed in Chicago, IL Jan 2010 – Reviewed Feb 2, 2012
Interview Details – interview with a local manager. went through no formal process. got the interview by referral.
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Rental Sales Agent at Avis Budget
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Portland, OR Oct 2011 – Reviewed Jan 7, 2012
Interview Details –
I was contact by an Avis recruiter. I had one phone interview and a few days later had enough. Each one gave me the impression that the interviewer was in some sort of call-center. They responded to my questions with generic answers or flat-out told me they didn't know.
A week later, I went to the airport administration building for a one-on-one interview. I was suppose to be interviewed by the regional manager but he was on vacation. Got interviewed by one of the many managers instead.
Told me the job was mine as long as I passed a drug test and had a clean driving record. The rest, sadly, is history,
Interview Question – Pick an object in the office and "sell" it to me. Answer Question
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