Help with Interview for Junior Office Agency Consultant
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[{"id": "eficuxp", "text": "As a residential realtor, all I can think of is:\nRead the listing/buyer contracts. \nOffer contract\nHow escrow title works\nNot sure what else. ", "replies": [{"id": "efizhhh", "text": "This is entirely incorrect and should be disregarded. There is little to no chance you will be asked anything at all about the state\u2019s approved contracts.\n\nPersonally, I think you will have a very tough time faking a CRE or Business Administration education and trying to do so may not be worth it.  If you would like to give yourself somewhat of a foundation so you aren\u2019t completely out of the loop or don\u2019t understand terms that are thrown at you, there are a large number of threads on this subreddit regarding books for new entries into this field to read. I would stay away from the personal story books like 8 Brokers Who Dominate and focus on the dryer, but quite informative, textbook style material.\n\nGiven what I know of these positions, your best approach may be one of openly admitting you are not entirely well-versed in this business, but you will be a sponge, will put in late hours as needed, will call whoever your team needs you to call, and will succeed. You are interviewing at a sales-driven organization and showing you have  the fire, drive and work ethic to succeed at the job no matter what may boost you past someone who has more knowledge but did not appear as eager or excited by the opportunity.\n\nRead the suggestions on here front to back over the weekend if you are serious about trying to land this job. While I doubt you will master the concepts within, it again shows the interviewer you are already taking active steps to try to self-educate.", "replies": [{"id": "efj0jvx", "text": "Thanks for correcting me. Was just inputting where there was no response. I learned something today. ", "replies": [{"id": "efj1irz", "text": "Absolutely! Hard to speculate without having been a part of the process before. I wanted to be firm so none of the applicant\u2019s limited time was spent on review of the contracts, but hope I was polite in doing so.", "replies": [{"id": "efj44z1", "text": "Sure. I was just trying to feed them some kind of how buying and selling works. ", "replies": [], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}, {"id": "efj8n6u", "text": "Hey! Thanks for your response. I really appreciate it. They know I didn\u2019t study real estate, or at least should based on my application and still invited me for an interview. \n\nI wouldn\u2019t say I don\u2019t know anything but definitely don\u2019t know as much technical knowledge compared to business/real estate majors. \n\nMy plan sofar is to educate myself on real estate basics. Advertise my knowledge of Tableau and other programs like Procalc and MS office tools. \n\nIn addition was going to read market reports and learn to read a contract. \n\nAny other big things you can think I\u2019m missing?", "replies": [{"id": "eftinds", "text": "Learn and understand industry terminology. They will likely throw around a bunch of words to see how you react.", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]