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IT Manager interview questions
13 questions it managers get asked, grouped by type. Under each one are the skills it is really testing, so you can pick a story from your own work that shows them.
Technical
- How do you evaluate and select a vendor for a new IT system?Tests: vendor management, decision making
- Walk me through how you build an IT budget for the year ahead.Tests: budgeting, planning
- How do you set up an incident response process for your team before something goes wrong?Tests: incident response, process design
- How do you assess whether your team's current security posture is adequate?Tests: security, risk assessment
Situational
- Your team is short-staffed and support requests are backing up. How do you handle it?Tests: prioritisation, people management
- An IT project you're accountable for is falling behind schedule. What do you do?Tests: project management, communication
- A member of your team is consistently underperforming. How do you address it?Tests: people management, communication
- The organization is using several overlapping tools for the same purpose. How do you approach consolidating them?Tests: vendor management, change management
Behavioral
- Tell me about a time you disagreed with a coworker and how you handled it.Tests: conflict resolution, communication
- Describe a project or task that did not go well and what you did about it.Tests: ownership, reflection
- Give an example of persuading someone to adopt an idea they initially resisted.Tests: influence, communication
- Walk me through how you decided what to work on when you had more requests than time.Tests: prioritisation, judgment
- Tell me about a time you had to learn something new quickly to get a job done.Tests: learning agility, ownership
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