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Practising for the listing 2027 Summer Intern, MBA, Operations Planning. Its requirements are filled in below. When you have an answer you like, paste it with your CV in Career Mirror to see which of the job's skills it shows.
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Recruiting Supply Chain Excel Google Sheets Sql
What this posting asks for
Level: Internship — The title says "Intern".
Main responsibilities
- Design strategic frameworks and models that answer complex operational questions and allow us to optimize our depot throughput and efficiency
- Collaborate with Operations, Product, and Engineering to prove out and present initiatives that improve our ability to achieve commercial scaling and growth …
- Improve the fidelity of our planning processes and contribute to maintaining the Plan of Record
- Currently enrolled in an MBA program focused on operations, supply chain, analytics, technology, strategy, or a related field.
- Experience building data-driven models to solve operational bottlenecks, improve efficiency, or make large scale cost decisions.
- Ability to work both independently and drive alignment and outcomes between disparate cross functional stakeholders
- Fluency in Excel/Google Sheets and general data analytics skills
- Executive communication skills
- Experience and deep interest in working with physical operations, not just software (e.g., transportation, manufacturing, hospitals, etc.)
- Familiarity with SQL or other data analysis languages
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “Collaborate with Operations, Product, and Engineering to prove out and present initiatives that improve our ability to achieve commercial scaling and growth …” · “Fluency in Excel/Google Sheets and general data analytics skills” · “Experience and deep interest in working with physical operations, not just software (e.g., transportation, manufacturing, hospitals, etc.)”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “At Waymo, we are dedicated to building a culture that promotes collaboration and celebration.” · “Waymo interns partner with leaders in the industry on projects that create impact to the company.” · “Collaborate with Operations, Product, and Engineering to prove out and present initiatives that improve our ability to achieve commercial scaling and growth …”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Ownership and accountability Core
In the posting: “Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver.” · “The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases.” · “The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and te…”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “Experience building data-driven models to solve operational bottlenecks, improve efficiency, or make large scale cost decisions.” · “Fluency in Excel/Google Sheets and general data analytics skills” · “Familiarity with SQL or other data analysis languages”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “Ability to work both independently and drive alignment and outcomes between disparate cross functional stakeholders” · “Executive communication skills”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Problem solving Supporting
In the posting: “Experience building data-driven models to solve operational bottlenecks, improve efficiency, or make large scale cost decisions.”
Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix. - Communication Supporting
In the posting: “Executive communication skills”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Customer focus Supporting
In the posting: “From component sourcing to end customer management, we enable and create value for Waymo through scaled and orchestrated deployment of the Waymo Driver.”
Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company. - Planning and organisation Supporting
In the posting: “Improve the fidelity of our planning processes and contribute to maintaining the Plan of Record”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
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Practice questions
- Tell me about yourself. Dedicated step-by-step practice.
- If an interviewer asks something improper How to respond to questions about age, family, origin or health.
- Built from this posting (8):
- Walk me through a piece of work where you used your strongest technical skill. What exactly did you do? From this posting
- Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
- Tell me about a task you took from start to finish without anyone asking you to. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you used data or numbers to make a decision. From this posting
- How have you used recruiting in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using supply chain. From this posting
- Tell me about a difficult problem you solved at work. How did you find the cause? From this posting
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. From this posting
- This posting reads as Data analysis: its questions come first.
- Tell me about an analysis that changed a decision. Data analysis
- How do you check that a query or spreadsheet you built gives the right answer? Data analysis
- Describe a time you found that the data you were given was wrong. Data analysis
- A manager asks you for 'the numbers' by tomorrow with no further detail. What do you do? Data analysis
- What makes a dashboard useful, and how have you built one? Data analysis
- Tell me about a time you explained a statistical result to people without a data background. Data analysis
- Sales dropped 15% last month. How would you find out why? Data analysis
- Describe a new tool or technique you learned to finish a piece of work. Data analysis
- How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
- Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.
- Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
- Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
- Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
- Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
- Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
- Describe a process you improved.
- Do you have any questions for us?
- Why do you want to work here?
- Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
- Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
- Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
- What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
- What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
- You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
- Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
- A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
- How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
- Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
- You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
- Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
- How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
- Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
- Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
- A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
- How do you keep your pipeline organised?
- Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
- You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?

