Advertising Account Executive Interview Preparation Guide

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This straightforward question gives you the opportunity to outline the methods you use to meet work-related goals. Your interview preparation should include rehearsing a brief summary of your go-to strategies, specifically in the context of how you can apply them to the position for which you are interviewing to boost revenue for that company.

This question gives an interviewer a chance to do two self-serving things: talk about themselves and perform a no-holds-barred sales pitch on the company. For promising candidates, the sales opportunity is welcomed. And most people love any excuse to talk about themselves. ;)

This gives you insight into what motivates your future colleague or manager, as well as insight into what the company offers its employees. If those all line up with what you're looking for in a job, you've got yourself a good fit.

This is your opportunity to reiterate your qualifications while demonstrating how they would benefit the prospective employer. Be sure to have a well-crafted elevator pitch that succinctly outlines your skills, track record and how you can apply them to this company.

While the interviewer might be trying to paint a pretty perfect picture of what working on the team might look like, asking this question will help you uncover some of the realities the team has been facing recently. If you end up joining, you'll inevitably hear about these challenges -- and you may have to help solve them, too.

It really helps to know what challenges you could find yourself or your team up against ahead of time. In some cases, it could affect whether you accept the role. Not only that, but learning about these challenges could give you some great insights into the steps the team has taken to overcome these challenges already.

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Your interview prep should have included extensive research about the company and what it sells. You should be able to describe, with a confidence, the company’s products or services. Furthermore, you should be able to identify some key selling points and explain why clients or customers should do business with that company, rather than with a competitor. Be prepared to deliver a mock pitch for the product during the interview.

Advertising account executive is a people-oriented work with challenges. I enjoy co-operating with people and taking challenges.

Similar to the email question, in asking about how you plan your day an interviewer is trying to get a read on how organized and systematic you are. In your answer, you should be able to briefly take the interviewer through a typical day. Again, what is most important is to demonstrate that you have a consistent approach to the duties of the day. At the same time, though, you don’t want to appear rigid. Part of your answer should include strategies for handling unexpected situations that crop up.

If your interviewer has been at the company for several years, understanding why could give you some really interesting insight into the company, how it treats its employees, and a taste of what motivates the people who work there. Plus, it shows you've done your research on the interviewer, which is always an impressive sign.

Depending on the interviewer's answer, you might learn something about the company's career training, leadership opportunities, workplace flexibility, internal job opportunities, and more. You might dig a little deeper by following up with related questions, like, "What do you enjoy most about working here?"

It's not terribly difficult to find a candidate that can execute on a role. It is terribly difficult to find a candidate that can not only execute on their role, but also understand how it fits into larger goals. This includes being able to self-manage, prioritize high-value activities, and grow their role in a direction that aligns with the company's growth.

This information can be hard to come by if your company isn't very communicative or transparent, so this is a good chance to get that information while the gettin's good, and use it to guide your decisions if you land the role.

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If you’ve been working in sales for any amount of time, there is a high likelihood that you failed to meet a quota or benchmark of one type or another. So the interviewer is not expecting you to claim that you’ve never missed a goal. Instead, they want to gain insight into how and why you missed a target, what you learned from the experience and how you applied what you learned to avoid repeating the failure. Make sure your answer demonstrates professional development on your part. If you do have a perfect track record, be ready to discuss any near misses and the strategies you have employed to avoid them.

Ever work with people that just get it? That's who hiring managers are looking for. This question demonstrates that you understand a job is about more than just going through the motions. Successful people have a specific frame of mind, approach, attitude, work ethic, communication style, and so on -- and you want to know what that mix looks like at this company.

Because these characteristics are often hard to pin down, this question forces a hiring manager to articulate that "it factor" they're really looking for -- even if it wasn't written in the job description.

This question shows that you're the type of person who likes to hit the ground running, instead of spending a week filling out HR forms. It also shows that you recognize patterns of success and want to replicate only the most effective performers.

Every company has its weird nuances, its own environment, and its own unspoken expectations. This helps you start with a little bit of the insider info so you don't suffer a case of "if I knew then what I knew now" in six months.

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The hiring manager that you're really trying to get a concrete idea of what to do and what not to do as an employee on the specific team you're applying to join, says Fernandez. And while this question can make a manager uncomfortable, it's impressive because it shows that the candidate is not afraid to ask tough questions.

First, you'll get an idea of what poor performance looks like, which will help you set expectations for the position. Second, you'll learn how the hiring manager handles a tough question like this -- which can teach you something about how office politics are handled in general.

As an account manager, you work on two fronts: the clients and your company. Both require excellent communication skills. You need to earn the trust of both clients and managers, to convince both sides to close the best possible deal. Teamwork is probably more related to coordinating actions with the company, the development, sales, and marketing departments.

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This question tests your confidence, self awareness, and independence. Do not be afraid to speak your mind confidently. The ability to work independently and make decisions is crucial if you are an account manager. This in turn requires being organized and self motivated, with the ability to work with many customers at once. This means outstanding customer service skills.

☛ What was your biggest disappointment as an advertising account executive?
☛ Why are you the best advertising account executive for us?
☛ What attracts you to this industry?
☛ What are some of the challenges you see as an Advertising Account Executive?
☛ Describe one or two of the most difficult challenges and or rejections you have faced in the past and how you responded?
☛ What do you feel is the most important skill an advertising account executive should possess?
☛ Give me a time when you had to set an important goal in the past and tell me about your success reaching it.
☛ Why do you want a career as an advertising account executive?
☛ How do you handle your anger?
☛ By providing examples, convince me that you can adapt to a wide variety of people, situations and environments.
☛ What is the most difficult situation you have had to face and how did you tackle it?
☛ How do you evaluate success?
☛ What was your greatest accomplishment as an advertising account executive?
☛ What goals have you set for yourself this year?

☛ Do you prefer to work independently or on a team?
☛ How would you describe your work style?
☛ How did you prepare for this work?
☛ A team experience you found disappointing.
☛ Do you think you are overqualified for this position?

☛ What do you believe are your key strengths?
☛ Who else have you applied to/got interviews with?
☛ Would you rather write a report or give it verbally?
☛ What assignment was too difficult for you?
☛ When was the last time you were in a crises?

☛ What kind of personality do you work best with and why?
☛ Has anything ever irritated you about people you've worked with?
☛ What have you learned from mistakes on the job?
☛ Tell me about how you worked effectively under pressure.
☛ What steps do you follow to study a problem before making a decision?

Study the specific job duties of the position desired. Limit your answer to your career background and experience. Answer all Advertising account manager interview questions honestly and stay focused throughout the hiring process.

☛ How do you feel about taking no for an answer?
☛ When given an important assignment, how do you approach it?
☛ What techniques and tools do you use to keep yourself organized?
☛ Tell me about a difficult experience you had in working.
☛ How do you react to instruction and criticism?