Can hiring teams use this to screen sales candidates?

Yes, as one input among several. Send the same link a candidate would take themselves and you both see identical questions and framing. It works well as a conversation starter that flags facets worth probing in an interview or role-play. It is never meant to be a sole-decision gate.

Is the Sales Aptitude test free?

Taking it is free and your archetype and top facet appear on screen, with no signup required. The detailed four-facet profile is part of Premium.

How long does the Sales Aptitude test take?

About 2 minutes. It is 20 short statements answered on a five-point agreement scale, from strongly disagree to strongly agree. A few items are reverse-worded to reduce automatic agreement.

How is this different from DISC or a personality test?

DISC and general personality tests describe how you communicate and work across any context. This test looks specifically at sales behaviour, how your instincts play out when you're prospecting, handling objections, and asking for commitment. They're complementary: a personality profile explains why an approach feels natural, while this shows which sales instincts you actually reach for.

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Q: What does the Sales Aptitude test measure?

Four facets behind consistent sales performance: Drive (setting targets beyond quota and pushing past a slow month), Resilience (recovering fast from rejection and a stalled deal), Rapport (building genuine trust and reading what a prospect isn't saying), and Influence (asking directly for commitment and driving conversations to a next step). Your dominant facet sets your result archetype, Hunter, Marathoner, Connector, or Closer.

Take the free Sales Aptitude test online. Measure drive, resilience, rapport, and influence in 20 questions, with an instant, plain-English profile. Built for sales hiring teams and reps alike.

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What is the Sales Aptitude test?

The Sales Aptitude test is a 20-question, JobCannon-built questionnaire that reads four facets behind consistent sales performance. The four are Drive (setting targets beyond quota and pushing past a slow month), Resilience (recovering fast from rejection and a stalled deal), Rapport (building genuine trust and reading what a prospect isn't saying), and Influence (asking directly for commitment and driving conversations to a next step).

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Hiring teams use a read like this as one screening input among several. A 20-question questionnaire cannot replace a role-play, a reference check, or a track record, and it should never be the sole reason to hire or reject anyone. What it does well is surface a shared, plain-English starting point for a conversation, and flag the facets worth probing in an interview or ride-along.

Each result maps to a dominant-facet archetype: Hunter (Drive), Marathoner (Resilience), Connector (Rapport), or Closer (Influence). The same test that a candidate can take for self-reflection is the one a hiring team can send out, so both sides see exactly the same questions and the same honest framing.

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What you get

What You'll Discover

Your standout sales facet and the archetype it points to, Hunter, Marathoner, Connector, or Closer

Your Drive: whether you set targets beyond quota and keep pushing after a slow month

Your Resilience: how fast you recover from rejection and a stalled deal

Your Rapport: how quickly you build trust and read what a prospect isn't saying

Your Influence: whether you ask directly for commitment and drive to a next step

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