These are general social media questions for you to determine a level of knowledge from the candidate regarding social media and social networking.

☛ What are some of the challenges explaining social media to non-technical executives? How do you overcome objections about social media?

☛ If you were working at a firm which blocked employee access to Facebook, Twitter, and other social sites, do you think this is a good policy? If not, how would you convince the executive team to open up access for employees?

☛ What is the difference between moderating something and facilitating something?

☛ What are your strengths in social media?

☛ What are your weaknesses in social media?

☛ Which social bookmarking sites do you use?

☛ What social media tools do you use?

☛ What is your biggest mistake you’ve made in social media? How did you fix it?

☛ Have you ever held a live event in the social space? How would you market a live online event? How would you structure the event?

☛ How do you manage an online reputation? If one of our executives had a bad online reputation (bad press, etc) and wanted to fix it, what would you recommend?

☛ If we had a business crisis, what social media channels would you use to communicate through? How would you manage the messaging?

☛ What areas of social media would you recommend outsourcing?

☛ What are the risks with becoming involved in social media?

☛ Which is the best social check-in site?

☛ Are you the mayor of any place?

☛ What do you do offline to increase your online knowledge?