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Marketing Sales Budgeting Salesforce Hubspot
What this posting asks for
Level: Senior — The title says "Senior".
Main responsibilities
- Own and evolve our paid social strategy
- Own paid social strategy, execution, budget, testing, and performance, with LinkedIn as a core channel to start.
- Build strategies across the funnel that support brand, demand generation, pipeline, and revenue goals.
- Manage a meaningful media investment and continually evaluate where to scale, refine, or shift spend.
- Help shape how our paid social strategy evolves as our business and GTM priorities change.
- Build and continually refine our audience strategy using first-party data, account-based audiences, retargeting, platform targeting, and other relevant appro…
- Partner with Sales and Marketing Operations to keep audiences aligned with our ideal customer profile and current go-to-market priorities.
- Analyze platform insights, CRM data, and campaign performance to evaluate whether we’re reaching the right audiences, identify gaps in targeting, and optimiz…
- Develop thoughtful targeting, suppression, and exclusion strategies that help our media investment work harder.
- Build an ongoing feedback loop with Sales around target accounts, lead quality, and changing priorities.
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “You’ll work closely with Demand Generation, Sales, Brand Social, Creative, Content, Product Marketing, Marketing Operations, Analytics, and our platform part…” · “Partner with Sales and Marketing Operations to keep audiences aligned with our ideal customer profile and current go-to-market priorities.” · “Partner with Creative, Content, Product Marketing, and Organic Social to bring campaigns and new ideas to life.”
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: “We’re the only marketing platform that combines powerful technology with human expertise to build authentic customer relationships.” · “Recognized as the #1 provider in SMS Marketing by G2, Attentive partners with more than 8,000 customers across 70+ industries.” · “Leading global brands like Crate and Barrel, Urban Outfitters, and Carter’s work with us to enable billions of interactions that power tens of billions in re…”
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: “You’ll plan and execute tests across audiences, creative, formats, messaging, and funnel stages, then evaluate the results and apply what you learn to streng…” · “Translate broader go-to-market priorities into creative paid social campaigns and programs.” · “Help shape how our paid social strategy evolves as our business and GTM priorities change.”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “By unifying SMS, RCS, email, and push notifications, our AI-powered personalization engine delivers bespoke experiences that drive performance, revenue, and …” · “You’ll work closely with Demand Generation, Sales, Brand Social, Creative, Content, Product Marketing, Marketing Operations, Analytics, and our platform part…” · “You’ll bring ideas for reaching the right audiences, use data to understand what’s working and why, and make clear recommendations about what to optimize, te…”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “You’ll plan and execute tests across audiences, creative, formats, messaging, and funnel stages, then evaluate the results and apply what you learn to streng…” · “Own paid social strategy, execution, budget, testing, and performance, with LinkedIn as a core channel to start.” · “Analyze platform insights, CRM data, and campaign performance to evaluate whether we’re reaching the right audiences, identify gaps in targeting, and optimiz…”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used. - Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “Recognized as the #1 provider in SMS Marketing by G2, Attentive partners with more than 8,000 customers across 70+ industries.” · “You’ll work closely with Demand Generation, Sales, Brand Social, Creative, Content, Product Marketing, Marketing Operations, Analytics, and our platform part…” · “Regularly share performance, insights, learnings, and recommendations with cross-functional partners.”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Technical skill Core
In the posting: “Analyze platform insights, CRM data, and campaign performance to evaluate whether we’re reaching the right audiences, identify gaps in targeting, and optimiz…” · “Experience working with CRM and marketing automation data;”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Ownership and accountability Core
In the posting: “Own the ongoing health of our paid social program, including budget allocation, audience saturation, creative performance, and campaign structure.” · “4+ years of experience in paid social, digital marketing, or B2B performance marketing, with demonstrated ownership of campaigns and measurable business resu…”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it. - Communication Supporting
In the posting: “Strong communication skills and enthusiasm for partnering across Sales, Creative, Content, Analytics, and Marketing Operations.”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Leadership and mentoring Supporting
In the posting: “Your work will span the customer journey, from building awareness and amplifying thought leadership to generating demand and supporting pipeline.”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them. - Adaptability and learning Supporting
In the posting: “Build an ongoing feedback loop with Sales around target accounts, lead quality, and changing priorities.”
Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.
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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):
- 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 sales. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. 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
- 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
- How do you check that a query or spreadsheet you built gives the right answer? 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
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.

