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Requirements found
Negotiation Compliance (nice) Marketing (nice)
What this posting asks for
Level: Manager — The title says "Manager".
Main responsibilities
- SoFi is seeking a Strategic Partnerships Manager to help expand and scale strategic partnerships across SoFi’s growing number of products and into new vertic…
- This role will own complex partnership opportunities from initial concept through sourcing, negotiation, launch, and ongoing relationship management. You wil…
- The Strategic Partnerships team is small and continues to build its structure and operating model. This role will have the opportunity to help shape how the …
- What you’ll do:
- Work with SoFi’s business units to identify opportunities for new partnerships and expand existing relationships
- Develop creative and strategic assessments of partnership opportunities, including member value, business impact, commercial considerations, and execution re…
- Source, evaluate, negotiate, and execute complex strategic, commercial, technology, and marketing partnerships across a range of industries
- Own the end-to-end partnership process, including internal alignment, partner engagement, diligence, contract negotiation, launch planning, and ongoing relat…
- Build clear recommendations and business cases for senior leadership, including key opportunities, tradeoffs, risks, and proposed next steps
- Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across Marketing, Product, Engineering, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Operations, and relevant business units
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “You will work closely with senior leaders and cross-functional teams across Product, Engineering, Marketing, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Operations, and our …” · “Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across Marketing, Product, Engineering, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Operations, and relevant business units” · “Ability to work collaboratively with teams across Marketing, Product, Engineering, Data, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Operations, and the business units”
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: “You will work closely with senior leaders and cross-functional teams across Product, Engineering, Marketing, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Operations, and our …” · “Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across Marketing, Product, Engineering, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Operations, and relevant business units” · “Strong track record of managing complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept through execution”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Leadership and mentoring Core
In the posting: “Build clear recommendations and business cases for senior leadership, including key opportunities, tradeoffs, risks, and proposed next steps” · “Support and mentor more junior team members as the team grows” · “Experience mentoring or managing junior team members”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them. - Planning and organisation Core
In the posting: “Own the end-to-end partnership process, including internal alignment, partner engagement, diligence, contract negotiation, launch planning, and ongoing relat…” · “Ability to identify opportunities, define a strategy, and translate it into a clear execution plan” · “Ability to manage competing priorities, align stakeholders, and drive work forward without formal authority”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “You will work closely with senior leaders and cross-functional teams across Product, Engineering, Marketing, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Operations, and our …” · “Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across Marketing, Product, Engineering, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Operations, and relevant business units” · “Ability to work collaboratively with teams across Marketing, Product, Engineering, Data, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Operations, and the business units”
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: “You will work with key lines of business to identify, develop, and execute partnerships that create value for our members, businesses, and partners.” · “This role will own complex partnership opportunities from initial concept through sourcing, negotiation, launch, and ongoing relationship management.” · “You will work closely with senior leaders and cross-functional teams across Product, Engineering, Marketing, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Operations, and our …”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Communication Supporting
In the posting: “Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to create and present compelling materials for senior leaders and external partners”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Ownership and accountability Supporting
In the posting: “Own the end-to-end partnership process, including internal alignment, partner engagement, diligence, contract negotiation, launch planning, and ongoing relat…”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it. - Customer focus Supporting
In the posting: “Demonstrated success developing and executing partnerships that drive business growth, improve the customer experience, or expand a company’s capabilities”
Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company. - Data and analysis Supporting
In the posting: “Ability to work collaboratively with teams across Marketing, Product, Engineering, Data, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Operations, and the business units”
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 Supporting
In the posting: “Create structure around complex or ambiguous initiatives by establishing objectives, workplans, owners, timelines, dependencies, and decision points”
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):
- 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 time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
- You have three urgent tasks due today and time to finish only two. How do you decide? From this posting
- How have you used negotiation in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using compliance. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. From this posting
- Tell me about a task you took from start to finish without anyone asking you to. From this posting
- This posting reads as Finance & accounting: its questions come first.
- How do you make sure your work holds up in an audit? Finance & accounting
- Tell me about a time you found an error in a financial report or reconciliation. Finance & accounting
- Walk me through how you build a budget or forecast. 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
- 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
- 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.

