Mercury Marine: Marketing Coordinator Intern
Posted Sep 1, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a school project or past job where you had to jump into a tool or platform you'd never used before and figure it out fast. What did you do?
What they are checking: whether the candidate can self-teach quickly given the range of unfamiliar platforms listed, like DAM, PIM, and marketing automation
Have you ever done a competitive analysis or benchmarking exercise, even for a class assignment? What did you compare and what did you conclude?
What they are checking: actual exposure to structured competitor research versus casual browsing
Tell me about a time you had to gather information or assets from several different people or departments to finish something. How did you keep it moving?
What they are checking: ability to chase down inputs from busy stakeholders without direct authority over them
What draws you to marine or outdoor recreation marketing specifically, versus any other consumer brand?
What they are checking: genuine interest in the industry versus applying to any internship available
Tell me about a time you got feedback on written or visual work that you didn't agree with. What did you do?
What they are checking: coachability and how they handle direction from people with more experience
What would you do
Walk me through how you'd approach auditing a brand's social media accounts if I handed you five channels and said clean them up.
What they are checking: whether they understand what a content audit actually involves, not just that they've heard the term
Say marketing, product, and sales teams all ask you for different assets by end of day and you can't finish everything. How do you decide what gets done first?
What they are checking: prioritization skills and comfort pushing back or communicating trade-offs in a fast-paced environment
If you found an outdated or off-brand post on one of Mercury's social accounts, what would you do about it?
What they are checking: judgment about brand consistency and whether they'd escalate or fix without approval
How would you go about researching best practices for something you know nothing about, say influencer content vetting, before making a recommendation to your team?
What they are checking: research instincts and whether they'd guess versus investigate before advising
About the work
What do you know about SEO, and can you give an example of how you'd apply it to a product page for something like an outboard engine?
What they are checking: baseline technical knowledge of SEO and whether they can connect it to a real product context rather than recite definitions
What's your comfort level with Excel and PowerPoint, and can you describe something you've built in each?
What they are checking: concrete proof of stated software skills rather than a checkbox answer
Have you used a CRM, a website content management system, or scheduled posts on a social platform before? Which ones, and what did you do with them?
What they are checking: how much hands-on digital marketing tool experience exists versus classroom-only exposure
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