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I wrote down every single thing I was asked after each call.. I hope this helps someone: First call: 1) A time you failed on something? How did I get them to be ok with this? What was the reception? What would I do differently? 2) When I changed a process or had a new idea? How did I get them onboard? How did they react to this idea? 3) How have I convinced a team member of my ideas? What were their concerns? How did I convince them? 4) Something halfway through I saw there was a bigger opportunity than planned? Second Call: 5) When I overachieved on something? What were the 3 obstacles? How did I convince them? 6) When I dived deep into data to find and answer? What was I trying to find? Assessment day on video, 1st: 7) Done something to a tight deadline? What decided the change? What would I do differently? How did I get people to do this task? What was the conversation like? How did it all fit together? 8) When I overcame an obstacle? What was the start of the issue? How did I find the issue? Talk me through how you used data to find this? 9) When I did a task I didn't think I could achieve? How did I make it happen? 2nd (Head of SVM, the boss) 10) When I used data to find and fix a problem (some questions are repeated) 11) When I had a complex problem with a big amount of detail to consider? How and where did I find these points? 12) A time when I created a metric? (at this point I realised I didnt want the job!) How did I create it? How did it change the before and after in working? 3rd (Roof Raiser!) 13) A time when a customer was difficult? How did I discover this problem? 14) When I did something that was outside of my remit? How did I get others to get involved? 4th: 15) When your manager asked you to do something you disagreed with? How did you deal with it? What was your approach? What was the result? 16) A time when you wanted to do something but your manager didn't agree? How did you get them onboard? How did I approach it? Did it benefit anyone else? 5th: 17) A new idea to improve productivity and morale on my team? How did it help and what was the result? 18) When I implemented a new process to make it easier for the customer to shop? How did the success get measured? Outside of sales, what else made it successful? How did I get everyone to try it? What would I of done differently? 19) When I thought differently and out of the box and it wasn't agreed with? How did I measure the success of it? How did I save the business money? What were the main challenges?
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Senior Vendor Manager

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5★
Oct 21, 2020

I wrote down every single thing I was asked after each call.. I hope this helps someone: First call: 1) A time you failed on something? How did I get them to be ok with this? What was the reception? What would I do differently? 2) When I changed a process or had a new idea? How did I get them onboard? How did they react to this idea? 3) How have I convinced a team member of my ideas? What were their concerns? How did I convince them? 4) Something halfway through I saw there was a bigger opportunity than planned? Second Call: 5) When I overachieved on something? What were the 3 obstacles? How did I convince them? 6) When I dived deep into data to find and answer? What was I trying to find? Assessment day on video, 1st: 7) Done something to a tight deadline? What decided the change? What would I do differently? How did I get people to do this task? What was the conversation like? How did it all fit together? 8) When I overcame an obstacle? What was the start of the issue? How did I find the issue? Talk me through how you used data to find this? 9) When I did a task I didn't think I could achieve? How did I make it happen? 2nd (Head of SVM, the boss) 10) When I used data to find and fix a problem (some questions are repeated) 11) When I had a complex problem with a big amount of detail to consider? How and where did I find these points? 12) A time when I created a metric? (at this point I realised I didnt want the job!) How did I create it? How did it change the before and after in working? 3rd (Roof Raiser!) 13) A time when a customer was difficult? How did I discover this problem? 14) When I did something that was outside of my remit? How did I get others to get involved? 4th: 15) When your manager asked you to do something you disagreed with? How did you deal with it? What was your approach? What was the result? 16) A time when you wanted to do something but your manager didn't agree? How did you get them onboard? How did I approach it? Did it benefit anyone else? 5th: 17) A new idea to improve productivity and morale on my team? How did it help and what was the result? 18) When I implemented a new process to make it easier for the customer to shop? How did the success get measured? Outside of sales, what else made it successful? How did I get everyone to try it? What would I of done differently? 19) When I thought differently and out of the box and it wasn't agreed with? How did I measure the success of it? How did I save the business money? What were the main challenges?

Finance manger gave me the job description and was like "Can you do this?" "How proficient are you in Excel?" "What would determine how quickly you would respond to a vendor email?" "Are you comfortable working from home and able to work without supervision?"
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Vendor Specialist

Interviewed at Regional Group

3.1★
Jan 21, 2021

Finance manger gave me the job description and was like "Can you do this?" "How proficient are you in Excel?" "What would determine how quickly you would respond to a vendor email?" "Are you comfortable working from home and able to work without supervision?"

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