Groupon Inside Sales interview questions

I was contacted by a recruiter for Groupon's sales department about having a phone interview. She asked me a few questions about why I was interested in sales and why I was interested in Groupon, and she seemed very enthusiastic about me. She invited me to come to Chicago for an in person interview the next week. I drove to Chicago at 6:30am to meet with the recruiter who brought me to a conference room to quickly explain the position to me without really asking me many questions at all, except for "How would you explain what Groupon is to your grandmother?". Next, after about a 20 minute wait, I met with one of the sales team supervisors who asked me a few more questions, and because I didn't have any real sales experience (recently graduated from college with BBA with a focus in marketing with 5+ years of retail/customer service experience), he asked me to explain to him why he should pick me for a job over people who were interviewing with between 5 and 10 years of experience. I handled that question without blinking and moved on to another 20 minute wait before meeting with one final interviewer, a woman in her late 20's/early 30's who seemed entirely disinterested in hearing anything that I had to say. She was very dismissive during the entire interview. I waited for another 20 minutes before meeting once more with the recruiter, who walked me out and asked if I had any more questions for her. I asked when I should expect to hear from her again (it was a Thursday), and she told me that she would get back with me at the very latest by the next Wednesday. The next day, I wrote all three interviewers a thank-you letter and waited until Thursday without hearing from anybody to call back the recruiter. It is now Friday, and I have yet to hear anything from any of the interviewers via phone or e-mail. All in all, not only did I spend about $100 on travel, parking, and food just to interview with them (they didn't offer any form of interview expense compensation), but their completely unprofessional manner of not contacting me after the interview in a timely manner has left quite a sour taste in my mouth.

As a person looking for an escape from my current job, I applied to Groupon because I love their service as a consumer. I was called by their recruiter to take part in a phone interview which took about 10 minutes. I was asked to come in for an interview the following week to meet with "a few people" and told it would take about 90 minutes. I told my current manager I'd be back in the office by 11am (travel time included), mind you my interview began at 9am and I didn't end up leaving Groupon until around 11am. The interview consisted of meeting with the recruiter I spoke with over the phone, he walked me through their operations and led me into their glass walled conference room over looking the sales floor. He & I spoke for a few minutes and I was told that I need to sound excited about selling Groupon to the next interviewers. Recruiter guy leaves, HR guy comes in to talk with me and doesn't ask many questions about my qualifications. He barely glanced at my resume either. Instead I asked the questions I had prepared for the occasion. After about 20-30 minutes together, I'm told I don't seem excited enough about the position. HR guy leaves, grabs a sales manager to come speak with me and she shows up about 10 minutes later. She tells me more about the day-to-day activities of sales people, etc and it's mostly me asking questions again. She ends our meeting and tells me she'll grab the next person I'm to meet with. I sat waiting in the conference room alone for what felt like 30 minutes (didn't bring my phone or watch to check time). After a while the Recruiter returns and asks me if I needed to be anyplace, yeah work! And says let's chat tomorrow to see if we need to finish anything up. I'm really unhappy at this point. As a sales person, my time is my money. If I'm not working I can't be closing sales. Any company should understand this, especially if you're potentially hiring someone away from their current employer. Needless to say I declined further exploring the opportunity, even if it is an awesome place to work. Sincerely, Not Excited Enough