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Supply Chain & Logistics interview cheat sheet
The Supply Chain & Logistics facts interviewers expect you to know cold. Ten minutes of revision the night before.
AmboQuick revision
- EOQ
- √(2DS ÷ H): D demand, S order cost, H holding cost.
- Reorder point
- Demand during lead time + safety stock.
- Safety stock
- Buffer against demand and lead-time variability.
- ABC analysis
- A items: few but high value; C items: many but low value.
- Inventory turnover
- COGS ÷ average inventory.
- Bullwhip effect
- Small demand changes amplify up the chain.
- Fill rate
- Orders filled from stock ÷ total orders.
- Lead time
- Time from placing to receiving an order.
- FIFO vs FEFO
- First in first out vs first expiry first out.
- Incoterms
- Define who pays and bears risk in shipping (e.g. FOB, CIF).
Must-know topics
Rehearse these out loud
- How do you calculate safety stock?
- A key supplier fails to deliver. What do you do?
- What is the bullwhip effect?
Revision is good. Practice is better.
- 1Ambo reads your resumeYour skills, projects, years and the role you want next.
- 2Then where you’re interviewingAnd how interviewers there question people like you.
- 3It maps every topic they could askMust-know first, your own projects included, built into short daily lessons.
- 4You practise, then get certifiedInterview Q&A after every lesson, then three proctored rounds ending in a voice interview with Ambo.
Questions, answered.
How should I use this Supply Chain & Logistics cheat sheet?
Revise it the night before and the morning of your interview, then say each answer out loud. It covers EOQ, Reorder point and Safety stock and more.
Is a cheat sheet enough to clear the interview?
It helps you recall facts quickly, but interviewers test how you apply them and follow up on your answers. Practise answering, not just reading.
How is this different from a list of interview questions?
A list is the same for everyone. Ambo builds your course from your resume, your target role and where you're interviewing, then writes every lesson from the interviewer's point of view: what they'll ask, a strong answer, and the follow-up they'll use to test you.
What is the certification test?
Three camera-proctored rounds that unlock one after another: an objective round, a hands-on round (coding or practical tasks for your role) and a voice interview with Ambo, who asks live follow-ups on your answers. Pass all three within 14 days to become TickBig Certified for 12 months.
Revise it, then rehearse it.
Ambo interviews you on Supply Chain & Logistics topics and follows up on what you say.