Candidatei-me online. O processo levou 3 dias. Fui entrevistado pela AUDIENCEX (Compton, CA) em mar. de 2023
Entrevista
Quick and efficient. Spoke to department lead quickly. Met the team, and moved through the process fairly easily. Looking forward to next steps of the process. I am able to ask questions and get responses quickly compared to other positions I am interviewing for.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Interest in the position? What appealed to me about the job post.
Candidatei-me online. Fui entrevistado pela AUDIENCEX (Los Angeles, CA) em jun. de 2020
Entrevista
The director was very professional, and cordial, he asked about my previous experience, we discuss some of the work load, the company, and chat a little. The director was very professional, and cordial, he asked about my previous experience, we discuss some of the work load, the company, and chat a little.
At first I was very impressed with the process; a call with HR that was positive and ended with an understanding that I would speak with the C- suite & a Regional Manager. A zoom meeting was set up and it was very positive all the way around. I was then invited to the next phase, to present an RFP Pitch. The PDF included instructions with client goals/KPIs- the usual. Also included was a media planning sheet. I asked ahead of time if this was to be filled out or was just a guide. I was told I could fill it out if it would be helpful for me but wasn’t necessary.
The numbers in the sheet were different than the budget for the exercise so I used it simply as a guide. I filled it out sufficiently to speak to that slide and paint the bigger picture when I got there. They then contacted me to move up my pitch by one day- that was one day less of prep for solutions/ mock clients that I have to learn on the fly.
I did the pitch and was asked after 26 slides, why I hadn’t entered CPMs. Meanwhile I had gone into great detail about what particular channels would be best suited to meet client KPIs , illustrating that I know how to parse information and talk about the difference between first/3rd party data. So, why didn’t I enter CPMs? Because I don’t work for your company and I’m not privy to your rates. Answer “ You could have used standard market rates or backed into them dividing the dollars by the impressions” Well yes, I certainly could have done that had the worksheet reflected the CORRECT impressions against budget- which it did not. Another critique was that the mock client was not supposed to be savvy about ad tech- NOT in the script. It was very apparent that this interviewer, the CCO had zero interest in my candidacy, had gone into the meeting looking for a way to eliminate me . I was appalled at the lack of courtesy extended to me, and the way in which I was critiqued as though I already work there and should know all of their methods.
1) Don’t supply candidates with insufficient / unclear information and pad the story later.
2) Don’t ask candidates to reorder slides in a PDF format While minor, that inconveniences me- and isn’t something I should have to ask you about.
3) Don’t expect candidates to take time to prepare a pitch with multiple complexities unless you are really interested in their candidacy and their approach.
4) I have been in ad sales for over 15 years and have never “presented” an RFP. Sales pitches? Yes Product Demos? Yes. Q& As ? Yes
If you have already decided on a candidate, halt the interviewing process for others. Don’t make anyone jump through hoops for your due diligence.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Why did you present the budget before the solutions?