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Requirements found
Budgeting Sql (nice) Supply Chain Sales Marketing Excel Google Sheets Tableau (nice) Scheduling
What this posting asks for
Level: Internship — The title says "Intern".
Main responsibilities
- Support budget-vs-actual tracking and monthly variance analysis across company programs;
- Help automate recurring reports and dashboards;
- Contribute to gross margin and pricing analysis for printers, materials, and services;
- Communicate clearly and can explain numbers to people outside of finance;
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “Lasers, optics, precision motion, thermals, airflow, materials handling, chemistry, sensing, controls, and software all have to work at micron-scale precisio…” · “Making that work reliably is an extraordinary engineering problem.” · “We have the smartest minds across every engineering discipline, and the technology they’re building is deployed at more than 50,000 industry leaders worldwid…”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Planning and organisation Core
In the posting: “As a Finance Intern for Financial Planning and Analysis , you’ll work alongside our FP&A team as they partner with leaders across the business.” · “Flexible Out of Office Plan – take time when you need it” · “Interns at Formlabs are paid on a bi-weekly pay schedule.”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “As a Finance Intern for Financial Planning and Analysis , you’ll work alongside our FP&A team as they partner with leaders across the business.” · “You’ll help track performance against budget, build and maintain financial models, and turn data into analysis that informs decisions about how our printers,…” · “Support budget-vs-actual tracking and monthly variance analysis across company programs;”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Adaptability and learning Core
In the posting: “Take ownership, are comfortable with ambiguity, and raise problems early;” · “Are detail-oriented and curious about how products are designed, built, and brought to market.” · “Flexible Out of Office Plan – take time when you need it”
Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted. - Ownership and accountability Core
In the posting: “It’s a hands-on internship with real ownership and broad exposure to how a fast-moving hardware company runs.” · “Take ownership, are comfortable with ambiguity, and raise problems early;”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it. - Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “Lasers, optics, precision motion, thermals, airflow, materials handling, chemistry, sensing, controls, and software all have to work at micron-scale precisio…” · “Are detail-oriented and curious about how products are designed, built, and brought to market.”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used. - Problem solving Supporting
In the posting: “If you love working with hardware, spending time with smart people, solving hard problems, and winning, we want to hear from you.”
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: “Communicate clearly and can explain numbers to people outside of finance;”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Teamwork and collaboration Supporting
In the posting: “As a Finance Intern for Financial Planning and Analysis , you’ll work alongside our FP&A team as they partner with leaders across the business.”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Customer focus Supporting
In the posting: “Pull and analyze data in SQL and Looker to answer business questions, such as how customer purchasing differs by industry and use case;”
Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company. - Stakeholder management Supporting
In the posting: “Summarize findings clearly for partners in Sales, Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Supply Chain.”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.
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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
- You have three urgent tasks due today and time to finish only two. How do you decide? From this posting
- Tell me about a time you used data or numbers to make a decision. From this posting
- Describe a time your plans changed suddenly. How did you adjust? From this posting
- How have you used budgeting in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using sql. 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 Finance & accounting: its questions come first.
- Walk me through how you build a budget or forecast. Finance & accounting
- Tell me about a time you found an error in a financial report or reconciliation. Finance & accounting
- It is the last day of month-end close and a balance will not tie out. What do you do? Finance & accounting
- Describe a time you explained a financial result to a manager outside finance. Finance & accounting
- How do you make sure your work holds up in an audit? Finance & accounting
- Tell me about an analysis that saved money or found revenue. Finance & accounting
- Three urgent requests arrive during close. How do you decide the order? Finance & accounting
- Describe a finance process you made faster or more reliable. Finance & accounting
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
- How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
- Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
- 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?
- Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
- 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?

