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Requirements found
Scheduling Sales Marketing (must) Salesforce (nice)
What this posting asks for
Level: Entry level — The title says "Associate".
Main responsibilities
- Work Location/ Schedule: Culver City, CA / 4 days per week in office
- Create a strong user experience on thereformation.com by executing homepage updates, monitoring performance and optimizing content
- Report on homepage performance and suggest improvements
- Create localized content for international regions and segmented content for various customer groups as needed
- Create creative landing pages with inputs from the Creative and Creative Merchandising teams to develop compelling digital storytelling of the brand and incr…
- Partner with the Creative team to build creative landing pages for special projects, collabs, big launches etc.
- Analyze the performance of landing pages and share results with cross-functional teams to increase engagement
- Report on on-site search performance weekly and share trends and findings with cross-functional partners
- Optimize results and sorting for top searched terms and null search results
- Optimize on-page elements (H1, meta, page titles, etc.) for rankings
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “The ideal candidate is highly cross-functional, creative, and comfortable using data to set strategy and optimize performance.” · “Seamlessly execute updates to homepage and global top header banner in collaboration with the Creative and Creative Merchandising teams” · “Partner with the Creative team to build creative landing pages for special projects, collabs, big launches etc.”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Customer focus Core
In the posting: “Reformation is looking for a Site Content Associate on the Ecommerce Strategy & Operations team to create a strong user experience on Reformation.com by exec…” · “Create a strong user experience on thereformation.com by executing homepage updates, monitoring performance and optimizing content” · “Create localized content for international regions and segmented content for various customer groups as needed”
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 Core
In the posting: “Work Location/ Schedule: Culver City, CA / 4 days per week in office” · “You thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment” · “You have strong organization and communication skills”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “The ideal candidate is highly cross-functional, creative, and comfortable using data to set strategy and optimize performance.” · “Analyze the performance of landing pages and share results with cross-functional teams to increase engagement” · “Maintain reporting and synthesize insights on navigation click analysis with recommended changes”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Communication Core
In the posting: “Excellent cross-functional communicator - proven ability to manage timelines and work cross-functionally across creative, tech, and merchandising teams” · “You have strong organization and communication skills”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “Perform testing of new search tools” · “A strong attention to detail”
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: “You love being hands-on and solving problems - you don’t see this as a task;”
Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix. - Stakeholder management Supporting
In the posting: “Report on on-site search performance weekly and share trends and findings with cross-functional partners”
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.
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- Built from this posting (8):
- Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
- Describe a time you went out of your way to solve a customer's problem. 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
- How have you used marketing in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using scheduling. 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 get agreement from people who wanted different things. From this posting
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
- Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
- How do you keep your pipeline organised?
- 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?
- How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
- 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?
- Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
- You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?
- Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.

