Demand Planning Co-Op
Posted Sep 13, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026
Likely interview questions for this role
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Behavioral
Tell me about a time you worked with a spreadsheet or dataset that was messy or incomplete and you still had to produce something useful from it.
comfort with imperfect real-world data, since demand data rarely arrives clean
Tell me about a group project in school or work where people disagreed on the right approach and you had to find common ground.
how the candidate handles cross-functional friction, relevant to aligning Sales, Finance, and Supply
Describe a time you had to present numbers or an analysis to someone more senior than you. How did you prepare?
poise and preparation habits given this role involves presenting revenue risk to executives
What interests you about supply chain or demand planning specifically, compared to other business functions you could have chosen?
genuine motivation and whether they understand what the job actually involves day to day
Technical
Walk me through how you would build a statistical forecast for a product line if you had two years of historical sales data with some obvious seasonal spikes.
whether the candidate understands basic forecasting methods like seasonality and trend decomposition, not just that they know a tool exists
What do you know about Excel functions like pivot tables, VLOOKUP, or forecasting formulas, and can you give an example of using them on a real project or class assignment?
actual hands-on tool fluency versus resume keywords
What's the difference between a forecast being biased and a forecast being inaccurate, and why does that distinction matter?
whether the candidate grasps basic forecasting concepts beyond surface level vocabulary
Have you used any planning or ERP software before, like SAP, Kinaxis, or a similar system, even in a class setting?
baseline exposure to planning systems so onboarding expectations are realistic
Situational
If you noticed a sudden gap between what the forecast predicted and what actually sold, what steps would you take to figure out why?
structured root-cause thinking rather than jumping straight to blaming the model
How would you explain forecast accuracy to someone in sales who thinks the number is just wrong?
ability to translate technical output into language non-planners understand
Say you're told there's a global component shortage affecting a product line. How would you go about estimating the revenue at risk?
logical framework for connecting supply constraints to dollar impact, a core part of the role
If Supply Planning tells you inventory targets aren't being met because your demand plan keeps changing week to week, how would you respond?
awareness that demand stability affects downstream partners, and willingness to own the problem instead of deflecting
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