TOP 10 MANAGER INTERVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS! (How to PASS a Management Interview!)

If you have a manager interview coming up anytime soon make sure you watch this. video I have just completed a live. management interview and here's what I, said to pass please take notes welcome, to this manager interview Richard my, name's Rebecca please introduce yourself well first of all thank you very much. for inviting me to be interviewed for. this management position today I would, describe myself as a confident resilient results driven and knowledgeable manager. who supports the senior management team. in their goals I have experience of managing difficult teams achieving, difficult and time-sensitive projects, and I can motivate the toughest of teams, to ensure the company's strategic and. Commercial goals are met one of my, greatest achievements as a manager was. turning around an underperforming team, that had behavioral issues I guided that. team to be one of the most productive in. the company as a manager I always, achieve my goals by getting to know my, team delegating tasks sharing my vision. and empowering the people in my team to be the best they can be if you hire me, as your manager I will always be. accountable for everything that happens, in my team and I will ensure I liaise. with the senior management team often to. update you on my team's progress okay, thank you Richard why do you want to be a manager I want to be a manager, primarily because of the level of. responsibility that comes with the, position I thrive on the responsibility I am a strong Problem Solver who wants, to take the lead in difficult situations and I also believe I am a natural leader, I also want to be a manager because I enjoy coaching and mentoring other. people and helping them realize their. full potential so the entire job description unsco hope of a manager certainly fits my values my strengths and my career aspirations what do you think of most important skills and. qualities needed to be a good manager you need a diverse set of skills and qualities to Be an Effective and competent manager you need strong interpersonal skills because you will come into contact with many different. people in your duties as a manager and you need to adapt your style of. communication while dealing with them so you need to be a strong communicator and, listener and also be a good motivator, it's your responsibility to motivate your team to get the most from them you need good organizational and delegational skills so you need to be a good delegator who delegates tasks to. your team based on their strengths you, need to be a good forward planner and. strategic thinker be capable of solving difficult problems and be a confident decision maker the decisions you make. need to be in the best interests of your, employer finally you need commercial awareness and understanding of how an. organization operates and you need to have mentoring and coaching skills too. How would you deal with an, underperforming member of your team I, would deal with the underperformance, immediately and confidently because if, you don't deal with underperformance.

straight away it tells the rest of your. team that you're incapable of dealing. with it or you don't think it's important so I would sit down with the, underperforming team members straight, away and I would ask them to explain why. they were underperforming I would point out to them the areas that they were not, meeting the expected standards and asked, them to explain why I would not jump to. any conclusions they may be having, personal problems at home or they may, feel they haven't had the right training, once they've explained to me the reasons why they are underperforming I would, then set them a definitive plan of action of what they needed to do to put, things right including a strict time scale I would then closely monitor them and supervise them and provide the right, level of support until they got back up, to speed Richard what would you do, within the first 30 days of starting, work as a manager within the first 30, days of starting work as your manager I, would do several things first I would. meet with the senior management team to establish the organization's commercial, and strategic goals I would then introduce myself to my team and I would, observe them for several weeks I think. it's important to observe the performance of your team so you get to, know how they operate their strengths their weaknesses and areas for. improvement I would then sit down with. my entire team and I would outline the areas that I felt they were doing well, and also the areas that I felt they, could improve on and I would set them. targets to achieve and delegate tasks accordingly based on the company's commercial and strategic goals finally at the end of the first 30 days I would sit down with each team member and Carry Out in-depth performance reviews tell me what's the difference between leadership. and management the difference between leadership and management is leadership. is directing and motivating a team of. people towards an end goal Management on, the other hand is the controlling of resources and allocating them to achieve. those goals so there's a distinct. difference between leadership and management however to be a strong manager you need to use both of them at the same time how would you describe, your management style I use a. combination of three different management styles autocratic. transformational and delegative so I. will be autocratic when needed and, direct my team exactly what needs to be, done and by when I will more often use. an autocratic style of management when. things are Urgent and we have important projects and tasks to complete I will, use a transformational style of, management especially when I'm trying to. implement the changes required by my, employer and finally I will use a, delegative style of management to allocate tasks to my team members based on their strengths this empowers my team. to achieve the goals we want to achieve. give an example of a time when you, coached or mentored someone when I. started work in my previous management, position I undertook performance reviews.

with all members of Staff one team member told me that she wanted to. eventually become a team leader in the. organization so I offered to coach and. Mentor her so I gave her leadership tasks to carry out I told her to lead on individual projects so she could gain. the relevant experience and I also asked her to Shadow me on various days of the, week so she gained a thorough understanding of what it was like to be a manager and a leader and I'm pleased, to say after six months of shadowing and. carrying out different leadership tasks, she eventually gained promotion as a, team leader how do delegate. responsibility for a project or, assignment I always delegate responsibility based on the strengths, qualities and knowledge of my team. members I also delegate responsibility, based on their career aspirations and. what they are passionate about when you delegate tasks based on somebody's, passion they are more likely to do a, better job for you so I gain an understanding of my team members passion, strengths and what they're good at doing. during the individual performance, reviews that I will carry out within the. first 30 days of starting work as your, manager and Richard tell me why you as a manager I think you should. hash your manager because I am confident I always take the lead in difficult. situations I can coach and Mentor people. to achieve their full potential and I am, always accountable for everything that, happens in my team as a manager you will have somebody who is responsible and supports the senior management team in their goals and objectives you should. also hire me as your manager because I. have created a 90-day plan of action of, what I will do when I start work in at. the position and in fact I've brought. along with me that 30 60 and 90 day plan. of action and I would like to leave you. a copy okay that's the end of the. interview do you have any questions, thank you yes I have just two questions. I would like to ask please the first, question is can you tell me about the, strengths and weaknesses of the team I would be managing and can you also tell me what the long-term objectives of the. organization are okay so as you can, , you could I just gave in that interview, click that link right now in the top right hand corner of the video head. straight through to my website passmyinterview.com and you can download those scripted responses I gave in that. management interview plus an additional, brilliant answers to difficult, management interview questions check out that link right now also please make, sure you hit that subscribe button give, the video a like and don't forget to. connect with me on LinkedIn I have put. my LinkedIn Link in the description below the video it is always a pleasure. to connect with like-minded, professionals such as yourself thank you for watching and I wish you all the best for passing your management interview, have a great day,