Interview questions to anticipate?

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Are you carrying a weapon? Is there anything sharp in your pockets that might cut me when I frisk you? Do you understand these rights as they’ve been explained to you?

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As a consumer (not an advertising professional), what are your favorite brands?

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What’s your favorite recent ad spot/campaign, and why? (These are the most important questions to prepare, because if you don’t have an answer ready, it’s hard to b.s. your way out of it)

Why are you here? Asked that this morning and the guy couldn’t answer....... I mean, seriously?

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