SEO Specialist Interview Questions
Go Back1. Tell me about a mistake you made because of a breakdown in communication between you and one of your team members.
2. Can you tell me about your work ethic?
3. We have a high-energy, collaborative culture here at Company ABC. Do you think you'd fit in?
4. We have an in-house editor with a background in SEO who reviews most of our web content and offers feedback. How do you respond to constructive criticism of your work?
5. Why did you choose a career in SEO marketing?
6. Why do you want to work for us?
7. What are your career goals for the next five years?
8. What questions do you have for me?
9. Do you like to follow a regular routine for your workday, or do you prefer mixing up your routine?
10. Would you be available to work overtime during our busy season?
11. What immediate changes would you suggest making to our main website?
12. As we all know, SEO is constantly changing. How do you keep current?
13. What CMS are you familiar with?
14. Tell me about your background in SEO.
15. How do you approach keyword research?
16. Have you ever been responsible for a site getting penalized by Google? What did you learn from that?
17. How have you utilized structured data?
18. What is your experience with programming languages?
19. Are you familiar with vertical SEO?
20. What aspects of SEO do you believe you can improve on or learn more about?
21. What are backlinks, and why are they important?
22. Besides focusing on keyword optimization, what other methods do you use to create organic traffic?
23. What is your understanding of content marketing?
24. What are some black hat SEO practices to avoid?
25. Why are you the best SEO Specialist for our company?
26. What is an SEO audit, and how often do you prefer to implement them?
27. Can you explain the EAT concept?
28. Have you ever used cloaking as an SEO strategy?
29. What is the character limit for a title tag and a Meta Description tag?
30. Are you interested in helping brainstorm new marketing campaign ideas, or would you like to stick with specific SEO-related tasks?