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What this posting asks for
Level: Manager — The title says "Manager".
Main responsibilities
- Serve as the day-to-day communications partner to a portfolio of senior executives and their teams, developing and maintaining their point of view, messaging…
- Write in multiple executive voices across formats: internal and external events, keynotes and talk tracks, social, bylines, internal memos, customer and part…
- Own comms playbooks for recurring executive moments — org changes, all hands, launches, earnings, exec transitions, and crisis — building and running a repea…
- Partner with executive offices (chiefs of staff and EAs) to turn business context into narrative, and to build the intake, prep, and review rhythms that make…
- Build AI into the work: use and help design the tooling that accelerates research, voice capture, drafting, and briefing prep, so a small team can serve a la…
- Partner with the AEO/GEO team to make our executives’ ideas discoverable and credible in a world where audiences get answers from LLMs and agents, not just s…
- Monitor industry news, competitive activity, and the conversations our executives’ peers are shaping, and translate that into proactive opportunities
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “6+ years in communications, with meaningful time spent writing for and advising senior executives at a high-growth technology, enterprise software, SaaS, or …” · “We have redefined the data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software.” · “Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud data platform and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsof…”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Communication Core
In the posting: “The MongoDB Communications team is looking for a strategic and versatile communications professional to serve as our Manager, Executive Communications.” · “This role will support executive communications efforts across the entire company, and be a strategic partner for both internal and external storytelling.” · “Reporting to the Director, Executive Communications, you'll work in close partnership with Corporate Communications, Product Communications, Analyst Relation…”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “Partner with executive offices (chiefs of staff and EAs) to turn business context into narrative, and to build the intake, prep, and review rhythms that make…” · “Partner with the AEO/GEO team to make our executives’ ideas discoverable and credible in a world where audiences get answers from LLMs and agents, not just s…” · “Strong cross-functional collaboration skills across comms, marketing, events, and executive offices”
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: “Millions of builders and over 70,000 customers, including a large share of the Fortune 100, rely on MongoDB for their most important applications.” · “Write in multiple executive voices across formats: internal and external events, keynotes and talk tracks, social, bylines, internal memos, customer and part…” · “MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market.”
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: “Our intelligent data platform gives organizations everything they need to build and run AI agents in production — real-time operational data, search, and mem…” · “Comfort operating with a high degree of ambiguity, shifting priorities, and a function that is still being built” · “MongoDB’s unified data platform, the most widely available, globally distributed data platform on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads,…”
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 AI era is redefining what enterprises need from their data layer, and MongoDB is at the center of that shift.” · “Our intelligent data platform gives organizations everything they need to build and run AI agents in production — real-time operational data, search, and mem…” · “Reporting to the Director, Executive Communications, you'll work in close partnership with Corporate Communications, Product Communications, Analyst Relation…”
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: “Fluency with AI tools and genuine curiosity about using them to scale a small team’s output, with a clear eye for where human judgment is non-negotiable” · “Comfort operating with a high degree of ambiguity, shifting priorities, and a function that is still being built” · “Other benefits for eligible employees may include: equity, participation in the employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks fully-paid …”
Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted. - Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “The MongoDB Communications team is looking for a strategic and versatile communications professional to serve as our Manager, Executive Communications.” · “This role will support executive communications efforts across the entire company, and be a strategic partner for both internal and external storytelling.” · “Reporting to the Director, Executive Communications, you'll work in close partnership with Corporate Communications, Product Communications, Analyst Relation…”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Leadership and mentoring Core
In the posting: “Experience building executive thought leadership platforms, including speaking, social, and bylines, with a track record of placements and moments you can po…” · “Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win.”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
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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 (7):
- Walk me through a piece of work where you used your strongest technical skill. What exactly did you do? From this posting
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. From this posting
- 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
- 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 writing. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
- 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?
- How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
- 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?
- Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.

