Cold callHard2–3 minProfessional services

The account with no obvious trigger

A sales director asks "why are you calling us?" and the rep has only basic account fit.

The buyer opens withSales director, services company

Why are you calling us?

Skill testedHonest hypotheses instead of fake personalization

Two briefs. Hand each sheet to one person only.

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Everything the seller may know before the call.

Buyer: Sales director at a services company. Public research shows basic firmographic fit, but no event explains why the account should act now.
Objective: State the reason for reaching out accurately.
Use the buyer's role and company context to present a careful hypothesis.
Avoid fake personalization.

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For the person playing the buyer. Keep the difficulty at hard for the first attempt and the retry.

Open with: “Why are you calling us?”
Hidden belief: If the rep cannot explain why this account is relevant, the outreach is probably automated.
Exit condition: End the call if the rep's hypothesis does not match your situation.
How to react: A transparent hypothesis may earn a correction.
Pretending to know a private priority damages trust.
Generic industry language makes the outreach sound automated.

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Pass criterion	Met	Partly	Missed	Evidence (quote or timestamp)
Names the limited evidence behind the call.	Met	Partly	Missed	Evidence
Tests one plausible problem.	Met	Partly	Missed	Evidence
Accepts that the account may not be a fit.	Met	Partly	Missed	Evidence

One retry goal

Live call to check it on

From the guide Cold Calling Roleplay: 8 Scenarios, Scorecard, and Practice Plan, which covers how to run, score and retry these scenarios.

Quotain plays the buyer from this brief, holds the difficulty and scores every retry.