How do you answer the question "how do you run your business"?

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I've had this come up in a couple of different interviews, usually early on in the process with a manager or director and struggle with it. It hasn't typically prevented me from moving on in the process but I know I can improve on how it's answered. Usually the response is something along the lines of knowing the competitive landscape, finding out which companies to target in my territory, reading their milestones and highlights, finding at least 3 people to call to take a multithreaded approach, etc, etc. But to me that sounds like a prospecting plan and not how to run my business, not to mention it's not particularly granular and detailed.

What response do you find works best for you?

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My opinion is this answer is always internal. How do you go about building your territory, putting together a plan of attack, quarterbacking resources as needed, looping in execs, and leveraging the whole ecosystem to get a sale. Like describe your organizational skills essentially

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They simply want to know how you approach your book of business, and you seem to have a good baseline.

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Its a difficult one since the interviewer is usually looking for a specific answer.

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Like a fucking shit show obvi. Everythings an organized mess. dont barge into my personal life jack. ffs.

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How do you answer the question "how do you run your business"?

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