Hi there, my name is Richard McMunn from the interview training company PassMyInterview.com,
and in this tutorial, I'm going to teach you how to pass a Service Delivery Manager interview.
So, it does not matter which organization you are being interviewed for, for the position
of Service Delivery Manager, please do make sure you watch this tutorial from beginning
to end, because I'm going to give you some interview questions to prepare for, and more
importantly, some top-scoring answers! Now, before I do exactly that, a very warm welcome
to this interview training tutorial. My name is Richard McMunn. That's me there in the
center. The bald chap! I've been helping people to pass their interviews for about 20 years
now, and I always do that by giving you unique interview questions and answers that you can't
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much. OK. Let's get into those Service Delivery Manager interview questions and top-scoring
answers. You can either take notes as I progress, or if you want to, if you prefer, you can
wait and I will tell you where you can download my full set of 25 Service Delivery Manager
Interview Questions and Top-Scoring Answers. So, question number one of your Service Delivery
Manager interview is guaranteed to be: Introduce yourself and tell me why you want to become
a Service Delivery manager? So, we need to make sure that you get off on a positive footing.
This is the first interview question. So we need to make sure we give them a powerful
response. Here it is: “I am a highly-driven, focused and accountable Service Delivery manager
who can be relied upon to consistently achieve all organizational and operational service
objectives. The main qualities, skills and experience I have gained during my career
to date, include exceptional organizing, planning and implementation skills, an ability to motivate,
inspire and lead others, and also very good communication and interpersonal skills that
mean I can get the most out of the people and the resources I am responsible for. I
want to become a Service Delivery manager primarily because, having studied the job
description and person specification in detail, I am one hundred percent confident the traits
and qualities I already possess are a strong match for the role. I thrive in a pressurized
environment where I am the person responsible for the effective delivery of organizational
services. If you hire me as your Service Delivery manager, I will not let you down.” So that
is loaded with powerful and positive keywords and phrases that will resonate in a strong
manner with the interview panel. You can take a note of that and use it during your response
to the first interview question. If you do that, you won't go wrong! Second question
of your Service Delivery Manager interview: Why do you want to work for our company as
a Service Delivery Manager? Again, this is guaranteed to come up. Here is my strong answer:
“As a Service Delivery manager, I believe it is important to choose your employer carefully.
To be effective in the role, you need clear objectives to work towards, an ambitious senior
management team to support you, and also the resources and the team members to be able
to achieve your goals. Having researched your company thoroughly prior to applying, it is
clear you are not only a leader in your field, but the ambitious plans you have for the future,
and the way you go about your business, gives me the confidence that I will be able to perform
my role as your Service Delivery manager for many years to come, if I am successful at
interview today.” Another great answer to the interview question: Why do you want to
work for our company? Next question of your Service Delivery Manager interview is: What
will you do within the first 30 days of starting as our Service Delivery Manager? So, we have
to have a plan in place. This question will catch the majority of people out because they
will be thinking on the spot of what they are going to do in the first 30 days. But
if you're fully prepared, you should already have a plan of action of what you're going
to do when you start as their Service Delivery Manager. It demonstrates that you've carried
out lots of research and you are competent in your role. So, here is what I suggest you
say to this interview question. “I already have a plan in place for what I want to achieve
within the first 30 days of starting. I will focus on three primary goals: Firstly, I will
obtain a very clear and distinct brief from you, the senior management team, on what it
is you want to me to achieve, and also the priorities you have for the business. This
will allow me to effectively hit the ground running and start contributing positively
to your service delivery objectives very soon after starting. Secondly, I will quickly get
to know my team as soon as possible, what drives them and also how we can work together,
collaboratively, to make sure what we do moving forward, is effective from a service delivery
perspective. Finally, I will create short-term, medium-term and long-term plans that clearly
define what both I, and the team I am leading will do, to ensure the organization continues
to thrive from a service delivery aspect moving forward into the future.” So, those three
things that you're going to do: you OBTAIN A BRIEF, you are going to GET TO KNOW YOUR
TEAM, and then you're going to create those all-important SHORT, MEDIUM AND LONG TERM
PLANS that define what you're going to do as a team. That's the perfect answer to that
question! Show that you’ve got a plan in place already, which shows you're fully prepared.
If you said that to me, you would already be the top candidate at the Service Delivery
Manager interview. Now, I've got two more questions to go through, so please do stick
around. As I said at the beginning, I will tell you where you can download my full set
of 25 Service Delivery Manager Interview Questions and High Scoring Answers. When you're ready,
you can CLICK THAT LINK in the top right-hand corner of the video and it will take it through
to my website where you can download the ones I've just gone through and a further 22 Service
Delivery Manager Interview Questions and Answers! Let's move onto the next one. In your opinion,
what are the main qualities needed to become a competent Service Delivery Manager? So,
this question is assessing your understanding of the person specification. Here we go: “You
need a multitude of different qualities to be able to perform your duties as a Service
Delivery manager competently. These include, a willingness to take full responsibility
for the delivery of your services; a thorough understanding of the customer service objectives
the organization is striving to achieve; exceptional leadership, interpersonal and communication
skills and also strong problem solving capabilities. You also need a willingness to be accountable
for not only your own actions, but the actions of your team; a detail orientated nature;
great attention to detail skills, and also a strong sense of ownership. Whilst there
are other important qualities needed on a daily basis, those I just mentioned form the
foundations for a highly effective and competent Service Delivery Manager.” Next question
of your Service Delivery Manager interview. So, as a Service Delivery Manager, how would
you define the Key Performance Indicators? Now, again, the majority of candidates will
have no idea what KPIs are. So, Key Performance Indicators are basically a set of standards
and objectives that you would implement to ensure the team you are managing will achieve
their objectives. Okay, so here's my suggested answer. “I would, first and foremost, set
clear objectives for the KPIs and ensure I obtain feedback from you, the senior management
team. Although I would have my own ideas and objectives in respect of service delivery
performance indicators, I would want to obtain as much feedback from other people within
the business, to ensure the KPIs are accurate, and achievable. I would then want to make
sure the KPIs were actionable. One thing I would absolutely want to make sure, is that
everyone within the service delivery team was onboard with them, and that they were
an integral part of their day-to-day activities. It would then be important to make sure I
review the KPIs during regular team meetings, and also our performance in respect of achieving
them. I would then evolve the KPIs as the months progressed, to keep up with the ever-changing
needs of the business. Once the KPIs were achieved, I would then discuss with my team
what we have learnt from the previous set, with a view to establishing new and more challenging
Key Performance Indicators to ensure the organization continues to move forward and grow.” That’s
a cracking answer to the question: As a Service Delivery Manager, how would you define the
Key Performance Indicators? So, if you would like my FULL SET of 25 Service Delivery Manager
Interview Questions and Answers, click that link in the top right hand corner of the video,
or go to my website PassMyInterview.com and you can you can find them on there as well.
I've also pinned the link in the top comment below this video. Whilst on the subject of
comments, if you've got any questions, please put them in the comments section below and
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