Marketing Ops Job Interview Cheat Sheet and What No One Tells You About Marketing Ops

Also - real interview questions and answers from a senior-level marketing ops job interview.

In this edition:

1. Marketing Ops Job Interview Question Cheat Sheet

2. What No One Tells You About Working in Marketing Ops

3. For Paid Subscribers: Real Interview Questions and Answers From A Senior-Level Marketing Ops Interview

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Marketing Ops Job Interview Question Cheat Sheet

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What No One Tells You About Working in Marketing Operations

What no one tells you about working in marketing operations:

1. You can do the best job in the world, and no one will notice.

2. 80% of the job is making sure you have the right data.

3. Get good at visual diagrams; otherwise, no one will understand you.

4. There are too many problems. Prioritize or die.

5. A good project manager is worth their weight in gold.

6. If you don’t have a roadmap, someone will create one for you.

7. The time you’ll be most appreciated is on your way out.

8. Most Martech capabilities fail due to poor data quality.

9. Your job will drastically change every few months.

10. Marketing to other countries is a crazy amount of work.

11. Knowing the solution to a problem is only half the battle.

12. There will never be enough people on your team.

13. Making enemies out of your stakeholders will make you miserable.

14. MOPs leaders are often ineffective because they don’t delegate.

15. Great reporting is 50% data and 50% building credibility.