Advertising Account Executive practice interview
Client briefs, campaign coordination, status reporting, feedback management and dependable delivery across agency teams. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
Free with an Intaviu account: 320 credits a month, at 10 credits a minute of practice. Private: interview creators never see them.
- Junior
- 15 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
An advertising account executive is the link between clients and the agency teams producing their campaigns. The interview tests whether you can understand a brief, coordinate details, communicate calmly and keep work moving. The panel also wants to see sound judgement when requests, timelines and budgets conflict.
How to prepare
- Study how an advertising brief connects the business objective, audience, message, deliverables, budget and timing.
- Prepare an example of coordinating a group project with several contributors and deadlines.
- Practise turning vague client comments into specific actions for a creative team.
- Review a recent campaign and form a view on what the client may have wanted it to achieve.
- Think through how you would report a delay before it becomes a surprise.
Common mistakes
- Agreeing to every client request without checking cost, timing or team capacity.
- Passing vague or contradictory feedback straight to the creative team.
- Waiting until the agreed delivery time has passed before raising a risk.
- Focusing on friendliness while overlooking accuracy and follow-through.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
5 questions the way interviewers ask for this role, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 4 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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