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What this posting asks for
Level: Senior — The posting asks for 15 years of experience.
Main responsibilities
- Build, maintain, and automate accurate, timely recurring reports that provide visibility into ad performance, delivery, revenue, and business trends.
- Create custom reports, templates, dashboards, and other tools that give teams reliable, accessible insights and reduce manual work.
- Monitor campaign delivery and advertising platform performance, identify unusual patterns early, and address issues before they affect results.
- Analyze campaign performance, yield, and revenue opportunities, and provide actionable recommendations that support better business decisions.
- Support Sales with timely, accurate campaign forecasting, performance insights, and contract-related materials.
- Partner with Product and Engineering to develop, test, troubleshoot, and launch new advertising products and features with dependable operational support.
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “This role combines campaign execution, reporting, troubleshooting, analysis, and cross-functional collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Sales.” · “Partner with Product and Engineering to develop, test, troubleshoot, and launch new advertising products and features with dependable operational support.” · “Experience building or maintaining reports, dashboards, templates, or workflow automations using spreadsheets, business intelligence tools, SQL, or similar t…”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Problem solving Core
In the posting: “This role combines campaign execution, reporting, troubleshooting, analysis, and cross-functional collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Sales.” · “Investigate and resolve ad-serving, tracking, and platform issues, documenting findings and escalating when appropriate to minimize disruption and maintain s…” · “Partner with Product and Engineering to develop, test, troubleshoot, and launch new advertising products and features with dependable operational support.”
Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix. - Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “We have a people-first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, and empowers our Gurus with tools to fuel their career growth.” · “This role combines campaign execution, reporting, troubleshooting, analysis, and cross-functional collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Sales.” · “Partner with Product and Engineering to develop, test, troubleshoot, and launch new advertising products and features with dependable operational support.”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Planning and organisation Core
In the posting: “Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and communicate clearly so partners receive reliable, responsive operational support.” · “Comfortable collaborating with Product, Engineering, Sales, and other cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.” · “Experience with ad-serving logic, prioritization, or yield optimization is a plus.”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “This role combines campaign execution, reporting, troubleshooting, analysis, and cross-functional collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Sales.” · “Create custom reports, templates, dashboards, and other tools that give teams reliable, accessible insights and reduce manual work.” · “Analyze campaign performance, yield, and revenue opportunities, and provide actionable recommendations that support better business decisions.”
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: “The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, analytically minded, and comfortable working across both technical and business-focused workflows.” · “Build, maintain, and automate accurate, timely recurring reports that provide visibility into ad performance, delivery, revenue, and business trends.” · “Traffic, QA, and launch test campaigns across ad-serving and measurement platforms, ensuring campaigns are accurate and perform as expected.”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used. - Communication Core
In the posting: “Strong attention to detail and a high standard for accurate reporting, campaign quality, operational follow-through, and clear documentation.” · “Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and communicate clearly so partners receive reliable, responsive operational support.”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Customer focus Core
In the posting: “The market is evolving, and we are too, moving the entire automotive journey online and guiding our customers through every step.” · “Investigate and resolve ad-serving, tracking, and platform issues, documenting findings and escalating when appropriate to minimize disruption and maintain s…”
Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company. - Adaptability and learning Core
In the posting: “We reward our Gurus’ curiosity and passion with best-in-class benefits and compensation, including equity for all employees, both when they start and as they…” · “A flexible hybrid model and robust time off policies encourage work-life balance and individual well-being.”
Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted. - Stakeholder management Supporting
In the posting: “Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and communicate clearly so partners receive reliable, responsive operational support.”
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
- Tell me about a difficult problem you solved at work. How did you find the cause? From this posting
- Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? 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 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 get agreement from people who wanted different things. From this posting
- This posting reads as Data analysis: its questions come first.
- Tell me about an analysis that changed a decision. Data analysis
- How do you check that a query or spreadsheet you built gives the right answer? 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
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?

