Questions to ask the interviewer during your marketing internship interview
Most employers will ask you if you have any questions at the end of your interview. In an interview, it’s important to ask questions as it shows you’re interested in learning more about the company/role, demonstrates good communication skills, and helps you determine if the role is right for you. Here are some good marketing interview questions you should ask:
Why should we consider you for this position over other candidates?
What the interviewer wants to know:
Most candidates who reach this stage are qualified for the job. So qualifications aren’t enough to set you apart from other candidates. That’s the whole point of the interview – to find out if you’re the one.
How to answer this question:
Here is your chance to showcase your unique skills, traits, and experience. When mentioning them to the interviewer, focus on how special skills and traits can benefit the company.
Here are a few examples of abilities and traits that will help you stand out from the crowd:
Also, if you’re an expert in a particular type of marketing work, mention it. These are some examples:
Sample response:
Why did you decide to become a marketer?
What the interviewer wants to know:
The purpose of this question is to allow interviewers to discover your industry passions and how you got interested in marketing.
How to answer this question:
Briefly describe what inspired you to become a marketer, such as:
Sample response:
Interview Preparation Checklist for Technical Interviews
With that in mind, here are some tips for the technical interviews.
Your technical skills are an important part of the hiring equation, but itâs also important for interviewers to know what you did, how you did it, and in what context. Using the STAR Method is the best way to to do this (See Chapter 7). Speciï¬cally, Amazon hiring managers want to know a few things about your technical expertise. Be ready to address these two big questions. 1. How you work on a team. Are you a strong communicator? Have you worked cross-functionally? What examples do you have of this? 2. Achievements + impact. You might have created some great system, but how was this used? What impact did it have in the business? Can you speak in terms of speed, efï¬ciency, ROI, sales, revenue, marketing, etc.? Furthermore, there are hundreds of questions that have already been posted online for you to practice:
I recommend reading the book Cracking the Coding Interview which will give you a more thorough list of questions to study!