Job interview questions (Advertising) - Essay Example

Running head: advertising 1st June Question What sets your candidacy apart? Having undertaken a sales and marketing part time course and worked in an advertising agent, I have adequate skills that make me to have confidence while dealing with a client. I have wide IT skills especially in designing and I value use of social media, which is now one of the best marketing avenues globally. Question 2. What measurable impact have you had to date?Undertaking three assignments per day. I used to look for reading resources in the library and online and finally, I was able to handle the challenge.

Waking up early at 4 pm to prepare for the day’s work. Within one week, I used to wake up at that time and I attained my goals of meeting the assignments deadlines.Leading a team of five members of my team during internship. I used to create effective communication system among the members and they related well.Working in two departments, I had to ensure proper time management. I finally got extensive experience.Preparing five advertising statements per week, I used computer systems to design the adverts and finally I came up with a very effective advertisement messages Question 3.

What kind of communicator are you?During my upbringing, my parents guided me on how to use signs to emphasis the messages that was in my communication. Personally, I value looking at my audience while communicating; I also like use of diagrams and receiving feedback from the audience. While working, I allocate adequate question time to my team members in order to attain the feedback. Question 4. What is your leadership style?My objective is to involve all individuals in the decision making process.

In this regard, I use democracy leadership style. I value this style since it creates a good working relationship between leaders and members of an organization. I like seeking the opinions of others during my leadership. As a result, once I make changes in the benefits program for example by introducing a computer course, there is no resistance to change from the workers since they are involved in the plan. Question 5. How will you fit into the advertising career?One of the challenges faced by sales team is lack of product awareness.

I will tackle this challenge by coming up with roadside shows in road junction and public places especially during the weekends. As a result, more potential consumers will be aware of our brands (Matt, 2005). I will also create songs that our sales team will sing while advertising in the television. Question 6. How will the advertising world be different with you on board?By use of IT, and in collaboration with company designers, I will come up with well-designed advertisements that inform the customer about our brands once they are launched in the market.

My objective is to have a strong marketing team and effective PR that is able to handle customer complaints. Using face book and twitter, I will come up with a group that our consumers will join as friends thus creating a strong positive customer-brand relationship. As an intern, I came up with an innovative idea of using plastic bags that were green and recyclable. In this way, there was minimum pollution within our premises as well as in the neighborhood. Question 7. How you can help a team to achieve their goals?

I value teamwork and assisting individual members to achieve their goals. However, at one time I experienced a challenge when some members of my team were involved in a conflict resulting to failure to achieve our objectives. To address this problem, I arranged a meeting with each of the member, then with both of them and lastly we solved the issue and the positive relationship that existed between the two members existed again. ReferencesMatt H. (2005). Brand failures: the truth about the 100 biggest branding mistakes of all time, New York: Kogan Page Publishers.