IT Manager Interview: How to Improve Your Chances for Success

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IT Manager Interview How to Improve Your
Chances for Success
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Table of Contents

• The Qualities of A Good IT Manager
• IT Manager Interview An Experienced IT Manager
• IT Manager Interview Starting IT Manager
• IT Manager Interview Tips Everybody Needs To
  Know
• The Most Important Questions To Ask At The End
• Extra Questions You Might Be Asked

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• Have you got an IT Manager interview
  coming up? Do you want to impress the hiring
  manager and be the one who gets the job? Is the
  interview your only obstacle to the job you want?
• You need to know the rules of the game, and
  how to win.
• This article will show you the winning formula
  you need.
• Whether youre an experienced IT Manager looking
  for a new role or somebody looking to start their
  IT Manager career learn how to convince the
  hiring manager youre the only one for the job
  here.

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The Qualities of A Good IT Manager

• Technical expertise
• Leadership Skills
• Great Communication
• Strategic thinking
• Problem solving approach
• Time management
• Empathy

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Interview Question Samples For an Experienced IT
Manager
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Questions

1. What experience do you have in IT Management?
2. How would you handle a difficult team member?
3. Can you tell us about a project you have managed
   successfully?
4. How do you stay current with new technologies and
   industry trends?
5. How do you prioritise competing demands and
   manage your time effectively?
6. What is your management style?
7. To ensure you have great answers to each
   question, use the STAR formula.
8. The easier you make it for the interviewer to
   follow your examples, the better your game.

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STAR Formula for An IT Manager Interview

• If you dont know the STAR formula, heres how
  you use it to structure your interview answers
• Situation Describe the situation or problem you
  faced.
• Task Explain the task or objective you were
  trying to accomplish.
• Action Describe the specific actions you took to
  address the situation.
• Result Explain the outcome of your actions and
  the impact they had on the situation or task.
• Using this, you give the hiring manager detailed
  and specific examples that demonstrate your
  skills, experience and qualities.

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Interview Questions for IT Manager Beginners
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Sample Questions

1. What experience do you have in IT?
2. Why would you make a good IT Manager?
3. How would you handle a difficult team member?
4. Can you tell us about a project you managed
   successfully?
5. How do you stay current with new technologies and
   industry trends?

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• If youve made it this far in the application
  process, not having experience isnt a
  dealbreaker.
• All you need to know is how to use your
  experience and frame it. Prove youre the only
  one for the job with the STAR formula
• Situation Describe the situation or problem you
  faced.
• Task Explain the task or objective you were
  trying to accomplish.
• Action Describe the specific actions you took to
  address the situation/ problem or how you
  completed the task.
• Result Explain the outcome of your actions and
  the impact they had on the situation or task.

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Using this, you give the hiring manager detailed
and specific examples that demonstrate your
skills, experience and qualities.
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• IT Manager Interview Tips Everybody Needs To
  Know
• Research the company
• Showcase your technical knowledge
• Be prepared for behavioural questions
• - IT Manager interviews often include
  behavioural questions that evaluate your
  ability to handle common management scenarios.
• Ask questions
• - At the end of the interview, have
  questions prepared (and written down in front of
  you) about the company, the role, or the team.

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The Most Important Questions To Ask At The End

• But what questions impress the hiring manager?
• The Questions
• Is there anything about my background that makes
  you hesitant to move me forward in the interview
  process?
• How does my background compare to the other
  candidates you are interviewing?

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Extra Questions You Might Be Asked

• Most hiring managers nowadays will ask 
  tricky questions to trip you up and get your
  real answers.
• However, you can learn how to pass these too
  and do it well.

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• Describe yourself in one word? 
• Why do you want to leave your job? 
• Whats your greatest achievement?
• Whats your biggest achievement? 
• How do you define success? 
• Have you ever disagreed with how your manager
  wanted you to approach a task? 
• Tell me about a mistake you made at work?
• Source- https//jerait.co.uk/articles/it-m
  anager- interview/

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