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Requirements found
Training (must) Onboarding (must) Salesforce (must) Zendesk (must) Writing (must) Sales (nice) Recruiting
What this posting asks for
Level: Lead / staff — The title says "Lead".
Main responsibilities
- Manage the partner support team: set priorities and clear expectations, coach the Partner Support Specialists, address performance early, and expand the team…
- Own the support operating model: the L1 and L2 boundary, severity definitions, service levels, and escalation paths; review misrouted and wrongly escalated t…
- Run the L2 queue to its service levels: coverage across shifts, one owner for every case, clean handoffs to the teams that hold the answer, and careful handl…
- Manage the support service line with our business process outsourcing (BPO) team: work with their leads day to day and hold a stated quality bar through trai…
- Own the knowledge layer: one source of truth for the help center, macros, and AI agent content, updated when a program change ships, so every layer gives par…
- Own the support platform: routing, conversation attributes, views, workflows, access, and service-level reporting; keep the taxonomy short, consistent, and r…
- Scale through self-serve, vendors, and Claude: use topic and outcome data to decide what moves to each, and build automations for tagging, routing, QA screen…
- Turn what partners ask into fixes: bring the recurring causes behind ticket volume to Partner Programs, Partner Business Systems, and other owners, and follo…
- Run support on a scorecard covering responsiveness, resolution, escalation accuracy, and quality, and use it to plan capacity and to tell the team, the vendo…
- Support operations experience at a technology company, including managing a small team
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic.” · “We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time.” · “We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely…”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Ownership and accountability Core
In the posting: “As our Partner Support Operations Lead, you will run partner support end to end: the team, the operating model, and the systems behind every layer.” · “Own the support operating model: the L1 and L2 boundary, severity definitions, service levels, and escalation paths;” · “Own the knowledge layer: one source of truth for the help center, macros, and AI agent content, updated when a program change ships, so every layer gives par…”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it. - Customer focus Core
In the posting: “You will build and run the service levels, knowledge, quality bar, and escalation paths that put that policy into practice, and keep them reliable as volume …” · “Own the support operating model: the L1 and L2 boundary, severity definitions, service levels, and escalation paths;” · “Run the L2 queue to its service levels: coverage across shifts, one owner for every case, clean handoffs to the teams that hold the answer, and careful handl…”
Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company. - Planning and organisation Core
In the posting: “Manage the partner support team: set priorities and clear expectations, coach the Partner Support Specialists, address performance early, and expand the team…” · “Run support on a scorecard covering responsiveness, resolution, escalation accuracy, and quality, and use it to plan capacity and to tell the team, the vendo…” · “Strong analytical instincts: able to read ticket data, find the cause behind a spike or a backlog, and turn it into a fix and a capacity plan”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “Own the support platform: routing, conversation attributes, views, workflows, access, and service-level reporting;” · “Scale through self-serve, vendors, and Claude: use topic and outcome data to decide what moves to each, and build automations for tagging, routing, QA screen…” · “Hands-on depth in Intercom or a comparable platform (Zendesk, Salesforce Service Cloud): routing rules, attributes, workflows, reporting, and permissions”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “You will build and run the service levels, knowledge, quality bar, and escalation paths that put that policy into practice, and keep them reliable as volume …” · “Manage the support service line with our business process outsourcing (BPO) team: work with their leads day to day and hold a stated quality bar through trai…” · “Run support on a scorecard covering responsiveness, resolution, escalation accuracy, and quality, and use it to plan capacity and to tell the team, the vendo…”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used. - Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “The Claude Partner Network is how partners build, sell, and deliver on Claude.” · “Self-serve and an AI support agent handle what they can, an outsourced vendor team works the in-scope (L1) topics, and our specialists take the escalated (L2…” · “You will be close enough to the queue to know why a case was hard or a rule broke, while you build the team, the vendor coverage, and the Claude-powered auto…”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Technical skill Core
In the posting: “Experience supporting a partner, reseller, systems integrator, or independent software vendor (ISV) program” · “Familiarity with Salesforce, and with the Claude API, Claude Code, or MCP”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Communication Core
In the posting: “If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links—visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings.” · “As such, we greatly value communication skills.”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Leadership and mentoring Core
In the posting: “Manage the partner support team: set priorities and clear expectations, coach the Partner Support Specialists, address performance early, and expand the team…” · “Run support on a scorecard covering responsiveness, resolution, escalation accuracy, and quality, and use it to plan capacity and to tell the team, the vendo…”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them. - Adaptability and learning Supporting
In the posting: “We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely…”
Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.
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Practice questions
- Tell me about yourself. Dedicated step-by-step practice.
- If an interviewer asks something improper How to respond to questions about age, family, origin or health.
- Built from this posting (8):
- Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
- Tell me about a task you took from start to finish without anyone asking you to. From this posting
- Describe a time you went out of your way to solve a customer's problem. From this posting
- You have three urgent tasks due today and time to finish only two. How do you decide? From this posting
- How have you used training in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using onboarding. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
- Describe a time your plans changed suddenly. How did you adjust? From this posting
- How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
- Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
- How do you keep your pipeline organised?
- Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
- Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
- Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
- Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
- Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
- Describe a process you improved.
- Do you have any questions for us?
- Why do you want to work here?
- Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
- Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
- Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
- What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
- What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
- You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
- Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
- A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
- Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
- You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
- Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
- How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
- How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
- Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
- A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
- Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
- You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?
- Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.

