Copy Writer Interview Questions

16 Provide an example when your ethics were tested.
17 Describe how you vary the language and tone of messages based on product and medium.
18 Describe an effective method you have used to present drafts and ideas to clients.
19 Provide an experience in which consulting with sales, media, and/or marketing representatives helped you to write a more effective advertising copy.
20 How do you balance cooperation with others and independent thinking? Share an example. (Try to determine if the candidate has a cooperative attitude or is otherwise good-natured.)
21 Would you consider analyzing data or information a strength? How so?
22 Name a time when you identified strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions to problems. What was the impact?
23 Please share an experience in which you presented to a group. What was the situation and how did it go?
24 Provide a time when you worked in a rapidly evolving workplace. How did you deal with the change? (Make sure the candidate is flexible.)
25 Tell me about an effective advertising campaign which you developed for a client.
26 Tell me about the last time you monitored or reviewed information and detected a problem. How did you respond?
27 Share a time when you willingly took on additional responsibilities or challenges. How did you successfully meet all of the demands of these responsibilities? (Make sure the candidate is a self-starter and can demonstrate some initiative.)
28 Describe an experience in which you successfully wrote articles, speeches, and/or other marketing and promotional material.
29 Share an example of when you established and accomplished a goal that was personally challenging. What helped you succeed?
30 Provide an example of a time when you successfully organized a diverse group of people to accomplish a task.