21 Tough Questions Amazon Asks Potential Employees During A Job Interview
“What metrics do you use to drive change?” — Senior product manager candidate
“Describe a situation where you had to make a decision without data.” — Senior investigation specialist candidate
“How do you plan to ensure that your focus is always on improving the customer experience?” — Senior technical writer candidate
“Tell me about a time you used analysis to make a business-critical decision. Walk me through the analysis and outcome.” — Business development manager candidate
“Tell us about a time you were given feedback that made you change your strategy.” — Data associate candidate
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Friday, February 23, 2018
I Know Trucks Are Popular, But This Is Beyond Belief
Buyers ditching expensive European sedans to buy expensive American trucks
The truck and crossover craze is even crazier than most of us realized
From 2013 to 2017, the truck category — everything from pickups to minivans — climbed from 30 percent of the market to 41 percent. In January of this year, trucks claimed 66 percent of new vehicle sales. At the milk-and-honey end of profits, GMC alone accounted for 11.3 percent of all vehicle sales over $60,000, not just trucks. That puts the luxury truck maker behind Mercedes-Benz and Ford, The Blue Oval's feasting on Lariat, King Ranch and Raptor versions of the F-150, which make up more than half of that pickup's sales, putting it ahead of Chevrolet, Porsche and Lexus on the high-dollar sales list. The average transaction price of a GMC in Denali trim last year was $56,000; it's easy to see why, when one dealer told the NYT he just swapped a 2012 BMW 550i for a $71,000 GMC Sierra Denali. That truck starts at $52,900.
The NYT started its story with a buyer who took home a Ford Raptor instead of an Audi A6, and optioned that $50,020 Ford Raptor close to $80,000. Over at Lincoln, the new $72,055 Navigator — the one so popular that Ford will increase production — crossed hands for an average sale price of $77,000 in January. And a Jeep dealer told the NYT that the two $93,000 Trackhawks he had on his lot "won't be here more than a few weeks."
While trucks head up in sales volume and price, cars are headed so viciously in the opposite direction that "the Detroit Three and even some foreign manufacturers acknowledge they are now losing money on many of the cars they sell." So ... get ready for a lot more crossovers and trucks.
(AutoBlog.com)
The truck and crossover craze is even crazier than most of us realized
From 2013 to 2017, the truck category — everything from pickups to minivans — climbed from 30 percent of the market to 41 percent. In January of this year, trucks claimed 66 percent of new vehicle sales. At the milk-and-honey end of profits, GMC alone accounted for 11.3 percent of all vehicle sales over $60,000, not just trucks. That puts the luxury truck maker behind Mercedes-Benz and Ford, The Blue Oval's feasting on Lariat, King Ranch and Raptor versions of the F-150, which make up more than half of that pickup's sales, putting it ahead of Chevrolet, Porsche and Lexus on the high-dollar sales list. The average transaction price of a GMC in Denali trim last year was $56,000; it's easy to see why, when one dealer told the NYT he just swapped a 2012 BMW 550i for a $71,000 GMC Sierra Denali. That truck starts at $52,900.
The NYT started its story with a buyer who took home a Ford Raptor instead of an Audi A6, and optioned that $50,020 Ford Raptor close to $80,000. Over at Lincoln, the new $72,055 Navigator — the one so popular that Ford will increase production — crossed hands for an average sale price of $77,000 in January. And a Jeep dealer told the NYT that the two $93,000 Trackhawks he had on his lot "won't be here more than a few weeks."
While trucks head up in sales volume and price, cars are headed so viciously in the opposite direction that "the Detroit Three and even some foreign manufacturers acknowledge they are now losing money on many of the cars they sell." So ... get ready for a lot more crossovers and trucks.
(AutoBlog.com)
Did You Know - Hoover Dam Edition
There’s enough concrete in the Hoover Dam to build a two-lane highway from San Francisco to New York City.
(Bits&Pieces.us)
Thursday, February 22, 2018
I'd Probably Subscribe To This
Dallas luxury group dives into subscription market
One unique aspect of the Park Place Select service is that it
offers unlimited flips, or vehicle switches, and the price includes
pickup and delivery in the DFW metropolitan area, Evans said.
For
$895 a month at the Prime tier, subscribers have their choice of
popular vehicles from Mercedes, Lexus, Volvo, Jaguar and Land Rover that
come with insurance, maintenance and unlimited mileage.
The vehicle choices represent a mix of sedans, crossovers and
SUVs, and subscribers can pick one using a smartphone application
developed in partnership with Atlanta-based Clutch Technologies, which
also supports the Flow and Porsche programs.
"The pricing
that we have reflects all those elements and I think is very well in
line with what would be the typical cost structure of one of those
vehicles," Evans said.
Climbing up to the $1,395 payment at
the Prime level brings higher-end vehicles from those manufacturers plus
an entree into the Porsche brand with the Macan crossover.
The
highest Premium tier at $1,795 gives subscribers access to the Maserati
Ghibli sedan, Levante crossover, AMG models from Mercedes, two
additional Porsches and the Range Rover Sport and Velar.
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