Break Into Tech Sales.
Land a tech sales job without experience - taught in chat, practised out loud, proven with a certificate.
- 4 sections
- 42 lessons
- 13 practice tasks
- Certificate
- Beginner
Welcome - what this course covers and how it works
About this programme.
What this course actually is
Most courses hand you videos and a quiz. This one talks to you.
Every lesson runs as a conversation with a tutor that checks you understood before moving on. You read a little, answer real questions, and then - this is the part that matters - you practise out loud. Spoken drills, graded honestly, with feedback that quotes your own words back at you.
What you leave with
- A CV that leads with your strongest number, rebuilt line by line
- A LinkedIn profile that reads like a salesperson wrote it
- Answers to the interview questions you will actually get, practised until they sound like you
- A final exam and a certificate that says you did the work
How it works
- Four modules - is sales for you, your CV and LinkedIn, applying, interviewing
- Short lessons - most take under ten minutes
- Practice built in - every lesson ends with a drill or a written exercise, not a pat on the head
Who it's for.
You want into tech sales and nobody will give you the first chance. Maybe you are in retail, hospitality, recruitment, or a degree that went nowhere near sales. You do not need experience - the course assumes none. You need to be willing to practise speaking out loud, because that is what interviews are.
What's inside.
4 sections. Open one to see its lessons, then tap a lesson to see what it covers.
1Is sales for you?4 lessons
A free welcome lesson that shows you how the course runs, then what tech sales actually is, what an SDR does, the honest version of the career path, and the skills you'd be building - so you can decide with your eyes open.
IntroWelcome - what this course covers and how it works
You have chosen sales. Here is the journey, how each lesson runs, and what you get at the end.
Intro · 2 min introWatchLesson 1What is sales?
Selling is helping the right people decide, tech runs on it, and there are honest signs it might suit you.
Lesson 1 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 2What is an SDR?
The SDR opens conversations and books qualified meetings, here is a real day in blocks, and why companies pay properly for it.
Lesson 2 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 3What's really required
The honest costs of the SDR seat, the real UK money, and why the ladder to AE is genuine but earned.
Lesson 3 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 4The skills you'll build
The five skills every SDR runs on, the four traits underneath them, and an honest look at where you start.
Lesson 4 · 1 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programme- Spoken check. Can you explain the SDR role and why you want it?
2Get ready: your CV and LinkedIn11 lessons
Turning your CV into a sales pitch: the top-half skim, achievements not tasks, the details that get you binned, a LinkedIn that backs it all up, and running the meritt CV coach until every section scores 7 or higher.
Lesson 5Your CV is a sales pitch
A CV is not meant to show everything about you. It sells a few strong things - and in sales, that skill is the whole point.
Lesson 5 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 6What does your CV say right now?Practice
Lesson 6 · Practice task, marked by AIOpens when you join the programmeLesson 7The anatomy of a great CV
The six parts of a CV, why the order can change, and the one rule that never does: your strongest number lives in the top third.
Lesson 7 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 8Write your statementPractice
Lesson 8 · Practice task, marked by AIOpens when you join the programmeLesson 9Achievements, not tasks
Turn flat job-description bullets into achievements using one formula - action plus number plus outcome - whether you have work experience or not.
Lesson 9 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 10Rebuild your weakest bulletPractice
Lesson 10 · Practice task, marked by AIOpens when you join the programmeLesson 11The details that get you binned
A short list of things to delete from your CV - photos, dates of birth, filler - because leaving them on quietly costs you the read.
Lesson 11 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 12Write your contact linePractice
Lesson 12 · Practice task, marked by AIOpens when you join the programmeLesson 13LinkedIn prep
The moment your CV lands, they look you up - so fix the four things that matter: the photo, the statement, 500 connections, and one piece of proof pinned to Featured.
Lesson 13 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 14Write your headlinePractice
Lesson 14 · Practice task, marked by AIOpens when you join the programmeLesson 15Make the meritt CV coach work for you
The free CV coach scores every section out of ten, but the scores are not the point - the worked rewrites are. Run it, fix the lowest section, run it again.
Lesson 15 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programme- CV coach check. Run your CV through the meritt coach until every section scores 7 or higher.
3Applying for jobs10 lessons
Your meritt profile, the six-line profile of the company you want to sell for, where the jobs actually are, the cold call to the hiring manager, the LinkedIn and email that back it up, and running your job hunt like a sales pipeline - with a lab after every lesson: your ninety-second intro, your ideal employer said out loud, your target list, the call itself, the messages, and your follow-up sequence.
Lesson 16Setting up your meritt profile
Your profile at app.meritt.io is how live SDR searches find you - complete it, get certified, get seen.
Lesson 16 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 17Script your ninety secondsPractice
Write the three points of your video introduction, exactly as you'd say them.
Lesson 17 · Practice task, marked by AIOpens when you join the programmeLesson 18Your ideal employer
SDRs write an ideal customer profile before they call anyone. Write yours for the company you'll sell for - six lines that pick your list and answer the interview.
Lesson 18 · Short lesson, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 19Finding jobs
Where UK SDR roles actually live - the boards, the careers pages, the hidden market - and why 10 good applications beat 100 sprayed.
Lesson 19 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 20Build your target listPractice
Five real companies that fit your profile, with the hiring manager attached - added with the extension.
Lesson 20 · Practice task, marked by AIOpens when you join the programmeLesson 21Cold calling the hiring manager
The call that skips the applicant pile - the opening, the two-minute pitch, the ask for an interview, and what to say to the three answers you'll get.
Lesson 21 · Short lesson, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 22LinkedIn, email and the follow-ups
Phone is the objective, LinkedIn is the conversation, email is the proof you're serious - and four follow-ups that are easy to react to.
Lesson 22 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 23Write the messagesPractice
The connection note, the first message and the email to a real hiring manager - different words on every channel.
Lesson 23 · Practice task, marked by AIOpens when you join the programmeLesson 24Prospecting yourself into a job
Run the job hunt as a sales pipeline - stages, a weekly rhythm, a tracker, and rejection treated as data.
Lesson 24 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 25Sequence your top targetPractice
The full sequence for your number-one company - call, connect, message, email, and four follow-ups.
Lesson 25 · Practice task, marked by AIOpens when you join the programme- Spoken check. Talk me through how you'd run your job hunt like a pipeline.
4Get interview ready17 lessons
The interview as a sales call: the screening call, your introduction, answering questions, being in the room, asking questions like a salesperson, closing for the next step, and everything before, after, and into round two - then your first 30 days in the seat. Spoken skills end in live voice drills; written skills end in graded labs.
Lesson 26The interview is the call
An interview for a sales job is a sales call where you are the product - research, listen, prove instead of claim, and ask for the next step.
Lesson 26 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 27The screening call
The 15-minute phone screen decides whether you go any further - be concise, talk in outcomes not duties, and have your why-sales ready in one line.
Lesson 27 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 28Researching the company
A 30-minute research pass - what they sell in one plain sentence, who buys it, one recent trigger - and how to use each in the room.
Lesson 28 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 29Research one real companyPractice
The four questions on a real company, plus the one odd thing nobody else will mention.
Lesson 29 · Practice task, marked by AIOpens when you join the programmeLesson 30How to introduce yourself
Build a 90-second answer to "tell me about yourself" with a past, a turn, and a future - rehearsed until it sounds like you.
Lesson 30 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 31Answering interview questions
Every SDR interview question maps to four traits - walk in with one prepared situation-action-result story for each and you're covered.
Lesson 31 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 32How to be in an interview
Interviews score how you are, not just what you say - presence, listening, honesty, and treating everyone from reception up as the interview.
Lesson 32 · 1 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 33Context-led questions
Ask like a salesperson - build questions on what you heard in the room, use the three that impress, and never ask anything Google answers.
Lesson 33 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 34Closing the interview
The last few minutes are yours - ask one real question, say one thing you liked, then ask where you stand and what happens next.
Lesson 34 · 1 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 35Before the interview
The 24 hours before - logistics locked, interviewer researched, stories said out loud, sleep over cramming, and a 10-minute pre-call routine.
Lesson 35 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 36Build your one-page prep sheetPractice
The four blocks: intro beats, five stories, three questions, company facts.
Lesson 36 · Practice task, marked by AIOpens when you join the programmeLesson 37After the interview
The same-day three-line follow-up, an honest self-review while it's fresh, and how to chase without begging.
Lesson 37 · 1 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 38Write the follow-up notePractice
Three sentences, specific, sent the same day.
Lesson 38 · Practice task, marked by AIOpens when you join the programmeLesson 39Prepping for the 2nd round
Round 2 tests whether you can actually do it - deeper probes, often a task or roleplay, and your round 1 notes are the prep material.
Lesson 39 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 40The second-round roleplay: cold call me
Round two usually ends with "cold call me as if I'm a prospect". Here is what they are listening for, the twenty-minute prep, and then the call itself - live, with a prospect who pushes back.
Lesson 40 · Short lesson, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 41Your first 30 days
You got the job - now set your reputation: learn the product cold, fill the calendar, ask for feedback, copy the best.
Lesson 41 · 2 min video, then quick checksOpens when you join the programmeLesson 42Write your 30-day planPractice
Week by week, with numbers, ready to show a manager on day one.
Lesson 42 · Practice task, marked by AIOpens when you join the programme- Spoken check. Mock interview: your intro plus question handling. Pass it and the final exam unlocks - that's what earns the certificate.
“Will got me the ideal role within a week. The process was methodical, thoughtful and exactly what I needed. I had sworn off working with any sales recruiters after poor experiences but Will blew everyone else out of the water”
Questions people ask.
How much does it cost?
The intro is free. One payment of £299 unlocks every meritt programme.
How many lessons are there?
42 lessons in 4 sections, including 13 practice tasks marked by AI.
Can I skip ahead?
Lessons open in order, because each one builds on the last. You can read what every lesson covers on this page.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes. Finish every section and pass the final check to earn your meritt certificate.