How to get a job as a car salesman.

Before getting a car salesman job at a car dealership or lot, it is important to gain experience in sales. This can be done in any number of retail sales settings, including department stores and tech-based retail stores.

This gives you some of the hands-on experience and skills needed to become a car salesman. Key skills include communication, good customer service, and persuasion. The most important thing is to get experience in a sales job that has lots of customer interaction involved in it.

In certain states, you are required to get a license in order to be a car salesman. Each state has varying requirements for the role. For instance, in California, car salesmen are required to submit an application and pay a fee to the Department of Motor Vehicles in order to sell cars legally. And in a few other states, there is an exam that must be passed.

Once you have been hired as a car salesman, you typically need to complete a training course before you are able to sell your own cars. Training programs cover how car dealerships work and provide education on the particular types of cars a dealership offers.