
BookBub Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at BookBub.
Growth Marketing Manager
I went through 4 rounds for the Growth Marketing Manager role. They reached out in early September, and it wrapped up in mid-November, so a 2 month process for a non-managing role. I felt like I was asked the same questions repeatedly in interviews that went over 2 hours long, with a lot of different people asking the same things. There was a take-home project that I'm not sure was even reviewed. I asked about it a few times, but they changed the subject. After 4 rounds of long interviews and the take-home, I was told I didn't get the job. I found out later it seems no one was hired for the role. It's disappointing knowing they hired no one and the process was probably just a formality.
- Can you describe your background in paid digital advertising, with a focus on Meta ads manager?
Growth Marketer
The team was friendly, but the interview process dragged on for about 2 to 2.5 months, partly because responses took a while. There were four interview rounds: an initial chat, a take-home task involving data manipulation, a 2.4-hour meeting with four interviewers, and finally a 3-hour meeting also with four people. I had to take time off work for these interviews. The questions weren't super hard, but the whole process was just too long, which made it a bad experience. They didn't offer me the job, saying my experience wasn't what they were after, which was odd since they knew my background going in. It felt like a waste of my time, or they were unsure of what they needed until the very end.
- If a company has no prior paid media expertise, how would you build a paid marketing strategy from the ground up?
- Given this ad creative (image shown), how would you suggest making it better?
- Which paid media channels would you explore, and what would be your approach and reasoning for testing them?
Account Coordinator
It was a really nice and friendly chat, they were understanding. There were 3 parts to it. First, a phone call that was super chill. Then, I had to do a written assignment where I wrote a mock email response. Finally, there was a long 3-hour interview with 8 people from the team.
- Can you tell me about your past experience managing client relationships?
Account Associate
Interviews were quite long, with three different interviewers. It felt like I was answering the same questions over and over. The interviews were also scheduled back-to-back, which I think splitting them up would have been better. It seemed like a lot for an entry-level job that doesn't pay much.
- Given this client case study, how would you approach it?
- Can you walk me through a situation where you encountered a similar problem and how you resolved it?
- What do you consider your greatest strengths and areas for improvement?
BookBub Interview Questions
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“What are the use cases for hash tables versus lists?”
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Read reports →“Could you write a Python script to parse JSON and display the data in a custom way on the CLI?”
Read reports →“What country do you think BookBub should consider expanding to next?”
Read report →“Can you explain the differences between a hash map and an array?”
Read report →“Given x, which country should Bookbub look to expand to next?”
Read report →“What's the reasoning behind an author choosing to purchase ad space over utilizing a promotional opportunity?”
Read report →“Regarding a slow loading page, what are potential causes and how would you go about troubleshooting it?”
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