Marketing Assistant: Interview Guide
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This interview guide is intended to be used in conjunction with the Vervoe skills assessment. Where a candidate has scored Low - Medium on a skill, focus on asking more questions from that skill to gain deeper insight into their level of competency.
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Marketing Assistant |
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What marketing skills do you consider yourself an expert in?
Why Marketing?
What was the most successful campaign you have worked on? Why was it successful and what was your input?
What social media marketing channels would you consider for marketing to our demographic?
What’s the difference between sales and marketing? |
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Client / Stakeholder Management |
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Tell me about the most difficult client or internal stakeholder you have had to manage. How did you deal with this?
Have you ever had to have an uncomfortable conversation with a client or stakeholder? How did you approach this situation?
How would you handle an unreasonable client/stakeholder? |
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Creative Thinking |
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Describe a time where you have had to create a ‘workaround’ for a problem that didn’t have a direct or obvious solution.
Describe a time where you have embraced a creative idea that wasn’t yours. How did you react, what did you do? |
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Adaptable |
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Describe a time where you worked hard on a project and the client or stakeholder changed their minds. How did you handle this?
How have you dealt with changing jobs in the past?
Tell me about a time when a client or stakeholder wasn’t happy with your work which meant you had to change it. |
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