Service Manager Interview Questions

Service Manager Interview Questions

A service manager can work in many different sectors and departments. While you may specialize in one particular vertical, it is also possible to transfer your skills to a new niche. Expect to be asked about how you manage people, projects, and planning.

Top Service Manager Interview Questions & How to Answer

Question 1

Question #1: What is your approach to solving problems?

How to answer
How to answer: A large part of a service manager's role is to minimize disruptions to clients and the business. Start with explaining how you identify and manage potential problems, then give an overview of how you approach concerns once you've identified them. Talk about a specific problem you have faced in the past and outline what methods you used to solve it. Finish your answer by highlighting what lessons you learned from the experience.
Question 2

Question #2: How do you stay within Service Level Agreements (SLAs)?

How to answer
How to answer: This question allows you to elaborate on your project management skills. Mention specific techniques you use to track deadlines, timesheets, and budgets. Where possible, use specific examples. If an interviewer asks you about falling outside of SLAs, highlight how you manage client expectations while working with your team to get back on track.
Question 3

Question #3: Why do you want to work for this company?

How to answer
How to answer: As a service manager, you are an integral point of contact between clients and the company. Demonstrate that you thoroughly understand the services that the company offers. Give an example of something you admire about its product or service and be enthusiastic about contributing to client satisfaction.

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Be prepared to read between the lines to get through their 'Medallia Challenge', they give you a day in life scenario that you have to handle as part of the Medallia team, I guess it is supposed to be behavioral/analytical/quantitative: the instructions are not very clear and open to interpretation. They give you 24 hours to solve it, but, say most folks get it done in 4-5 hours. There is not a lot information provided on what they are looking for to solve the challenge, you will have to come out with some creative interpretations. In the challenge and the interview, be prepared to somehow have insight into how their software works, they expect you to magically have insight into the inner workings of their system. While this may work for a large erp system or software widely implemented at several client bases, doubt there would be many folks out there who have hands-on experience with Medallia's software. Again this goes back to the perceived arrogance and high-handedness reported by some other interviewees before. If you do get to the Medallia challenge, just make be sure the job is worth is and you want to spend your weekend on it instead of all the other things one could be doing on a weekend.
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Client Services Manager

Interviewed at Medallia

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Nov 3, 2014

Be prepared to read between the lines to get through their 'Medallia Challenge', they give you a day in life scenario that you have to handle as part of the Medallia team, I guess it is supposed to be behavioral/analytical/quantitative: the instructions are not very clear and open to interpretation. They give you 24 hours to solve it, but, say most folks get it done in 4-5 hours. There is not a lot information provided on what they are looking for to solve the challenge, you will have to come out with some creative interpretations. In the challenge and the interview, be prepared to somehow have insight into how their software works, they expect you to magically have insight into the inner workings of their system. While this may work for a large erp system or software widely implemented at several client bases, doubt there would be many folks out there who have hands-on experience with Medallia's software. Again this goes back to the perceived arrogance and high-handedness reported by some other interviewees before. If you do get to the Medallia challenge, just make be sure the job is worth is and you want to spend your weekend on it instead of all the other things one could be doing on a weekend.

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