Task: Identify Action Verbs

Introduction

In job descriptions, key responsibilities usually begin with action verbs. These verbs give you clues about what type of work you’ll be doing, and what kind of stories the interviewer wants to hear about.

In this task, you’ll practise identifying the most important action verbs in a job description and interpreting what they reveal about the role.

Task Instructions

Below is an example job description for a Project Manager role at Meta.

Find the action verb in the job description that matches the definitions below.

The first example has been completed for you.

Job Description

Project Manager, Meta
Product Data Operations Department

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple data annotation and labeling projects end-to-end

• Own project success metrics and timelines

• Directly manage the day to day, workflows, and metrics of a vendor team responsible for data labeling efforts

• Work cross-functionally to build datasets that support Product and Engineering, while collecting and analyzing results

• Help establish team goals and work with multiple stakeholders on strategies for executing, measuring progress, and reporting results

• Engage in discussions to identify problems while measuring and improving the quality of workflows

• Identify opportunities to improve tooling and implement scalable solutions

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience in a consumer-oriented product environment, consulting, or operations role

• Experience working independently and a track record of taking initiative

• Communication, presentation, and project management reporting experience

• Experience analyzing and solving problems

• Experience with Excel

• Experience with SQL is desired but not essential