Erica and Brian run down the most common interview questions and how to answer them.

• Community Industry News:
  • Quinn McCully joined Vesta as Community Management and Engagement Specialist
  • Maren Hamilton was promoted to Director of Social & Community at The North Face
  • Ami Defesche joined The Wildcard Alliance as Director of Community
  • Corey Strausman joined Weights & Biases as Community Manager, Growth
  • Dominique Farrar joined Quantive as Director of Community
  • Nick Emmett joined Alvaria as Senior Community & Knowledge Manager
  • Marjorie Anderson joined Exos as Director of Community
  • Paul Bradley joined Kaplan as Vice President, Kaplan Community
  • Farhan Chowdry joined Deen Developers as Community Lead for Forge
  • Jeremiah Haze joined Intuit as Community Moderator
  • Mattie Fairchild joined OP Lab as Head of Developer Relations
• Top 10 interview questions and how to answer them:
  • Role Specific:
    • What has been the biggest thing you’ve learned at your current role that you think would be relevant to this role? How would it inform you in this role?
    • What was the most recent community program you built and how did you build it?
    • Tell me about what you saw when you looked at our community?
  • Strategy:
    • Provide an example where you encountered someone or a part of the organization that was not bought into Community. How did you overcome it?
    • How do you balance the needs of the community and the needs of the business?
    • What would you say is the most important element to building a vibrant community?
    • What level of resources do you expect to need to be successful with the community here
  • Metrics/Measurement/ROI:
    • How did you measure success, what were your key metrics, and what insights did you draw from them?
  • Collaboration:
    • How have you brought community input/feedback to XYZ teams in your past experience?
  • Content Strategy:
    • What was your content strategy when building community?