VP Marketing Interview Questions
Go Back1. Describe a difficult project and how you overcame it.
2. Can you give us some examples of work you've done that yielded a positive outcome?
3. Tell us about a time you visited a retail brick and mortar, and how that helped you effectively promote a brand.
4. What is your greatest weakness? What are you doing to improve it?
5. What is your greatest strength? How does that strength help you in marketing?
6. Where do you see yourself in five years?
7. Why are you the best candidate for us?
8. What do you know about our company?
9. Tell me about your most successful marketing project.
10. What has made you such a successful marketer?
11. Tell me an example of a situation in which you had difficulties with a team member.
12. What do you do when your time schedule or project plan is upset by unforeseen circumstances?
13. Are you able to cope with stressful situations?
14. Tell me about a time you disagreed with your boss.
15. If I called your boss right now and asked him or her what area you could improve on, what would he or she say?
16. Describe a time you went above and beyond the requirements for a project.
17. Why do you want to leave your current employer?
18. What major challenges and problems did you face at your last position?
19. What new marketing breakthroughs interest you most?
20. Tell me about a time you influenced the outcome of a project by taking a leadership role.
21. Tell us about a time you had to take corrective action with a member of your team.
22. How do you go about monitoring the performance of your work and/or the work of team?
23. Tell us about a time you successfully hired, trained, and evaluated personnel.
24. Describe your approach to leadership.
25. How much should we focus on building up brand and product awareness?
26. Can you give me an example of a campaign that did not work out as you had planned?
27. Give an example of how you have effectively managed a tight budget to accomplish a marketing activity.
28. What part of budgeting do you find most challenging?
29. Give us an example of a time you juggled several projects at once with competing deadlines.
30. Give an example of a marketing brief you developed for a recent marketing project.