Delivery Manager Interview Questions

Every decision involves some element of risk. You will always have some amount of time to act on the issue. Over the period you will develop an attitude and ability to recognize and take calculated risks. If you have done it in your career then you will be able to answer. If you have not then you can mention the following ways to take the decisions - Act quickly and find what information is missing and who can give you answers quickly - after you make the decision develop a contingency plan asap - quickly identify few pros and cons and their risks - what is the worst thing that could happen, evaluate its impact on you and your organization.

Every decision involves some element of risk. You will always have some amount of time to act on the issue. Over the period you will develop an attitude and ability to recognize and take calculated risks. If you have done it in your career then you will be able to answer. If you have not then you can mention the following ways to take the decisions - Act quickly and find what information is missing and who can give you answers quickly - after you make the decision develop a contingency plan asap - quickly identify few pros and cons and their risks - what is the worst thing that could happen, evaluate its impact on you and your organization.

I had founded a new service offering group, led the development of the processes and procedures. Established the budget, managed the engineers and service delivery. I worked with people in the application development group, technical field, and project management teams as well as "C" level management. I developed the program and the project plans used to implement our services from transition through life cycle phases. I led by example and mentored team members to build a very effective team.

Of course, answered "No problem" and tried to relay my skills and expertise as accomplishments, savings, profit generating which the hiring manager had not been interested in.

Difficult as it was unexpected and I had to essentially interview for 2 jobs at one time and also commit to relocating. I guess be prepared for questions regarding relocation and travel and be flexible.

did not answer

Very calm.. just responded to the questions..nothing more ..

What they were after was a sense of your value of best practices, lightweight but consistent processes and tools, and constant tracking of metrics but balanced against review of the utility of all of it.