Publisher AdOps interview practice
Prepare to explain how you would investigate and operate this role in production. Own campaigns from ticket translation and trafficking through QA, live delivery, reporting, recovery and client follow-up.
Operating workflow
- Reconcile the insertion order, media plan and trafficking ticket.
- Configure line items, targeting, pricing, buyer seats, creatives and measurement.
- Run preflight checks across inventory, demand, creative and tracking paths.
- Monitor delivery, diagnose non-delivery and recover the booked commitment.
Evidence you inspect
- Line item selection traces
- Forecast and pacing data
- Creative status
- Matched request IDs
- Client and internal change history
Skills demonstrated
- GAM-style trafficking
- PMP and PG activation
- Delivery troubleshooting
- Client evidence
Authoritative references
- Troubleshoot line item deliveryGoogle Ad Manager
- OpenRTB specificationIAB Tech Lab
Updated August 4, 2026. Scenarios are based on current AdOps job workflows, official platform documentation and recurring support patterns.