Wow. You invested 12 hours investigating a new career? Unless you already worked in the debt collection industry, you needed the facts presented to make an “intelligent decision.” No, I didn’t invite you to your interview, nor did I have anything to do with it.
I sat through one of those “group interviews” 15 years ago and am glad I did. I have been an independent agent for GreenFlag (Transworld Systems Inc) since then. They have provided me with THE OPPORTUNITY to have my own business and provide for my family for all that time.
Oh, and the $150. What other business can you start, getting support from a corporate entity and your fellow agents for $150? And, they have to charge something or the IRS might consider independent agents to be employees. I didn’t want to be an employee.
No, the group interview probably did exactly what was expected: It weeded out those who had absolutely no chance of success because of their “employee” rather than entrepreneurial mind set.
If you actually agreed to try and then only went elephant hunting from your first day (something you would be discouraged from doing) you were doomed to fail because of the long sales cycle involved. If however, you called on the local businesses around your home; the doctor, the dentist, the lawyer, the landscaper, you could have made “one call closes” every day.
Okay, so this wasn’t a fit for you. It isn’t for most people. Most people have an “employee” mindset and that’s okay. We are looking for hunters in a world of farmers. Good luck with your future endeavors.