About 4-5 of interviews. Some zoom and some via phone. There is a 3 part assessment that is very extensive that is required as well including references. They are very intentional about putting the right person in the role. There needs to be more information regarding compensation- you'll need to ask for that.

I was contacted on LinkedIn by an internal HR recruiter. I was informed they were looking for someone to do sales in a territory where I lived, and that my skills fit what they were looking for. Sounded like something that I would be interested in so I applied, and was contacted by another internal team member. This was a unique position, and a lovely woman who had been with the company for decades. She served as kind of a fairy god mother recruiter specific to the sales team. We talked all about the company culture, what my goals were, and she gushed a lot about how great the company was. Very reassuring, and made me feel at home so to speak since it's a family owned company, but also a mid-level company with lots of brands in their portfolio. Seemed like a good fit to be independent of the BIG Italian groups. Finally I had a series of phone calls with a regional manager that would have been my direct report. We got along well, and spoke at least 3 different times. This is where it sort of hit a dead end. I asked about compensation, and the regional manager was very vague. It was 100% commission, but they wouldn't even tell me what the commission rate was, or what the quota/goals were. I was told the dollar volume of what the territory used to do, but it had gone downhill in the last few years, so I couldn't be sure. With a 100% commission structure, I need to know what I'm getting into before I quit a gig I already had. This last bit of being vague about compensation for a 100% commission job ultimately led me to continue with my current career. I'm well aware that commission is based on how much I sell, so a precise answer can't be given. I just wanted a ballpark % and the current sales volume so I could make an educated decision. Throughout this process I was required to take a series of online personality quizzes. 3 in total. The quizes were by G.E. Gercken, and feel like kind of a relic of a much older HR practices...but maybe that's just me. Regardless, they took quite a bit of time. It sort of culminated in this somewhat awkward stalemate of him not wanting to continue the conversation until I told the manager I was going to take the job. To be clear, I had spoken to 2 recruiters, and him at least 3 times. I applied for the job, clearly I was interested. This regional manager wanted some sort of "all-in" verbal commitment from me before I was given an offer. The overall process was stretched by COVID for sure, but also 5 months was a VERY long time to interview. I think they put me on hold for about 2 months, but 3 months is still too long.