Recruiting Process

Widen your applicant pool while getting hands-on guidance every step of the way.

For employers

Our Sales & Marketing Recruiting Process

KAS Placement's recruitment process helps fill sales and marketing roles in six coordinated steps: kick-off, research, screening, interviews, finalist presentation, and offer. We understand no two jobs are the same. Therefore, every strategy is designed to fit your company's hiring goals, budget, and background preferences.

  • 2,000+ companies served
  • Since 2005 recruiting from Midtown Manhattan
  • Sales & marketing the only roles we fill
recruiting process

2,000+

companies have used KAS

2005

placing sales and marketing talent since

97%

search completion rate

3 to 5 days

average time to first shortlist

Recruitment process

Six Steps Delivering Real-World Results

Our recruiting process leverages our deep expertise and broad candidate reach to help you hire amazing employees.

recruiting process

Steps 1–3 · Finding the right people

1

Kick-off

Starts with a kickoff call to define recruiting goals, candidate background preferences, and map the interview process.

2

Personnel research

We utilize up to 13 candidate acquisition channels, ensuring you can reach top passive and active job seekers.

3

Headhunting

KAS Placement interviews begin. We shortlist candidates based on their ability to make organizational impact in both the short and long term.

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Steps 4–6 · Choosing and closing

4

Client interivews begin

The top candidate resumes are presented with key insights, giving imporatant visibility into a candidate's past experience and future potential.

5

Candidate presentation

Get firsthand insight into how your finalist candidates think, approach problems, and overcome hurdles applicable to your job opening by assigning a project or presentation to finalists.

6

Offer & onboard

Boost job offer acceptance rates utilizing our wide range of verifiable salary data and job offer examples to make a competitive offer without overpaying.

What's included

Included in every search

Negotiation and job offer guidance

Use verifiable job offer and compensation data to extend a competitive offer without overpaying.

Job description assistance

Get help writing a job description that defines expectations and attracts industry-leading talent.

Reference & background vetting

Once you pick a finalist, we facilitate professional reference checks and background checks.

Dedicated recruiting teams

Partner with a dedicated sales or marketing recruiting team with industry-specific expertise.

180-day placement guarantee

Our vetting process helps choose winners. Get a 180-day replacement guarantee for any reason.

Hires who produce revenue

Participating employers surveyed said 88% of placed sales candidates beat their peers’ numbers.

Candidate screening

How We Screen Sales Candidates

Prior to recommending a sales candidate, we thoroughly prescreen them to determine their skills in four key areas: prospecting and closing skills, sales-cycle management, relationship-building and overcoming client objections.

Sales cycle management

3 questions

We ask candidates to walk us through a full sales cycle and identify potential issues and effective ways to anticipate and address them.

Strong answer

Specifies cycle stages and potential objections; proposes solutions.

Red flag

Inability to define sales cycle stages, issues, and solutions.

Prospecting and closing skills

2 questions

We ask about specific deal examples, decision makers, size of deal and closing strategy.

Strong answer

Provides verifiable examples, client names and numbers.

Red flag

Lack of clarity or inability to provide concrete examples.

Overcoming client objections

2 questions

We ask about how they anticipate and address prospective buyer hesitations during the sales process.

Strong answer

Shows ability to listen to client concners and differentiate.

Red flag

Lacks the ability to proactively address problems.

Relationship building acumen

3 questions

We ask about the strategies used to connect on a human level and accommodate a variety of client personality types

Strong answer

Recognizes and manages different personalities and needs.

Red flag

Displays an inability to clearly define personality types beyond "good" or "bad."

What you receive

Every profile we send includes interview notes from your account manager, so you know how each candidate answered before you pick up the phone.

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FAQ

Recruiting process questions

What questions does KAS ask sales candidates?

Our screen uses ten questions in four areas: how candidates sell, the accounts they've handled, the results they've delivered and why they sell. For example, we ask them to walk through a full sales cycle and the hurdles they'd hit along the way.

How do you vet sales candidates before I see them?

KAS Placement sales interview questions assess candidates' current skill level and growth potential across key selling areas, including prospecting, sales cycle and territory management, relationship building, product or service differentiation, sales strategy and development, and closing ability. Depending on the role, we also evaluate technical proficiency in CRM systems, AI integration, and other software relevant to the company and position. Beyond that, our interview questions explore personal traits that lead to sales success, including reliability, resilience, focus, empathy, and optimism.

What kinds of sales jobs does KAS Placement recruit for?

The majority of KAS Placement's sales and sales-related placements are in B2B (Business-to-Business) roles. While we have experience in over 100 industries, a large percentage of sales recruiting is done for organizations in Manufacturing, Finance, Real Estate, Consumer Goods, Medical, and Technology. Sales job titles we recruit for include Business Development Managers (BDM's), Account Executives (AE's), Territory Sales Reps, Inside and Outside Sales, Regional Sales Managers, Director of Sales, VP of Sales, and Chief Revenue Officers (CRO's).

Do you run reference and background checks?

Yes. Once you choose a finalist, we facilitate professional reference checks and background checks.

How often will I hear from you during a search?

We are in constant contact throughout the recruiting process. Typically, you will hear from a senior recruiter from your team 2 to 3 times a week. However, your dedicated recruiting team is always available to you 10 hours a day via phone, email, or video conference.

What happens if a hire doesn't work out?

If the employee doesn't work out within 180 days for any reason, we'll replace them.  Our efficient process, vast candidate network, and expert recruiting teams allow us to back every hire with an industry-leading 180-day replacement guarantee.  Replacement searches are rarely needed.  Less than 5% of recruiting projects require a replacement search.  In contrast, 96% of clients hired KAS Placement for at least one additional recruitment project.

How does KAS Placement find candidates?

We use over a dozen different candidate acquisition sources and strategies. These include, but are not limited to, outbound headhunting, candidate networks, website visitors, job board syndication, our proprietary AI system, Recruit-Reply, social media, resume databases, alumni networks, and professional and industry-specific groups.

What types of marketing jobs does KAS Placement recruit for?

Our marketing recruitment services include Digital, Director-level, Social Media, SEO, SEM, AEO, Affiliate, AI Strategists, Paid Ads, PR and Events, and more. Both B2B and B2C firms use KAS Placement. Just like sales, our marketing recruiting division has very high success rates.

Learn how we can help

Over 2000 companies use KAS Placement’s recruitment solutions when they need to upgrade the efficiency and competitiveness of their teams. Learn how we can help your firm.