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Requirements found
Scheduling Customer Service (must) Compliance (must) Inventory Training Onboarding Logistics (must) Supply Chain (must) Excel Spanish Budgeting (nice) Sales (nice)
What this posting asks for
Level: Manager — The title says "Manager".
Main responsibilities
- Own operational service performance and the customer experience across assigned operations;
- Build a proactive service culture that emphasizes responsiveness, transparency, clear ownership, and timely resolution.
- Lead complex customer escalations, restore service quickly, and prevent recurrence through corrective action.
- Partner with Commercial and Account Management to align requirements with operational capabilities and assess out-of-scope requests.
- Lead daily, weekly, and monthly performance reviews to surface trends, identify gaps, assign action owners, and verify progress.
- Ensure leaders know their targets, can access reliable data, and are accountable for outcomes.
- Ensure accurate, transparent reporting of results, risks, service failures, and corrective actions to stakeholders.
- Lead root-cause analysis using 5 Whys, Fishbone, Lean, Six Sigma, or comparable methods.
- Develop sustainable solutions instead of temporary workarounds, with accountable owners, due dates, and effectiveness checks.
- Improve warehouse workflows, dock and yard management, labor planning, WMS execution, inventory accuracy, and customer communications.
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “Optimize shared labor, equipment, warehouse space, and available capacity across customers.” · “Maintain facility readiness and equipment availability for safe, reliable service.” · “Manage expenses, labor productivity, overtime, vendors, equipment utilization, and cost improvement.”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Problem solving Core
In the posting: “The successful candidate brings strong operational leadership, disciplined KPI management, and the ability to proactively identify, investigate, and resolve …” · “A critical component of the position is building a culture of customer ownership, operational accountability, data-driven decisions, and structured problem-s…” · “Structured Problem-Solving & Continuous Improvement”
Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix. - Communication Core
In the posting: “Establish communication standards for inquiries, exceptions, delays, and service recovery, with accurate, timely updates.” · “Improve warehouse workflows, dock and yard management, labor planning, WMS execution, inventory accuracy, and customer communications.” · “Develop leaders’ capabilities in KPI reviews, root-cause analysis, customer communication, and problem-solving.”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “Partner with Commercial and Account Management to align requirements with operational capabilities and assess out-of-scope requests.” · “Work with cross-functional teams to implement and sustain technology and operational changes.” · “Partner with Safety, Security, HR, and other teams to investigate incidents, address findings, and verify corrective actions.”
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: “This role is accountable for exceptional customer service, measurable operational performance, safe and compliant operations, and continuous improvement acro…” · “A critical component of the position is building a culture of customer ownership, operational accountability, data-driven decisions, and structured problem-s…” · “Equally important, this leader will foster a culture of safety, compliance, integrity, and accountability, ensuring operations adhere to company policies, SO…”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it. - Leadership and mentoring Core
In the posting: “The successful candidate brings strong operational leadership, disciplined KPI management, and the ability to proactively identify, investigate, and resolve …” · “Champion safety as a fundamental leadership responsibility, protecting people, customers, freight, and facilities.” · “Ensure employees, supervisors, and agency labor are appropriately trained, qualified, and accountable.”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them. - Customer focus Core
In the posting: “Uber Freight is seeking an experienced, customer-focused, and results-driven Senior Manager, Warehouse Operations to lead multi-client operations supporting …” · “This role is accountable for exceptional customer service, measurable operational performance, safe and compliant operations, and continuous improvement acro…” · “A critical component of the position is building a culture of customer ownership, operational accountability, data-driven decisions, and structured problem-s…”
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: “Schedule: Full Time” · “The Senior Manager will lead Uber Freight employees and third-party labor providers, balance competing customer priorities, optimize shared resources, and de…” · “Use WMS data, dashboards, reports, and customer feedback to prioritize improvements and make data-driven decisions.”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “The successful candidate brings strong operational leadership, disciplined KPI management, and the ability to proactively identify, investigate, and resolve …” · “A critical component of the position is building a culture of customer ownership, operational accountability, data-driven decisions, and structured problem-s…” · “KPI Management & Operational Performance”
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: “Equally important, this leader will foster a culture of safety, compliance, integrity, and accountability, ensuring operations adhere to company policies, SO…” · “Establish communication standards for inquiries, exceptions, delays, and service recovery, with accurate, timely updates.” · “Establish and improve KPIs for service, warehouse throughput, labor productivity, inventory accuracy, on-time execution, quality, safety, and cost.”
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: “Ensure accurate, transparent reporting of results, risks, service failures, and corrective actions to stakeholders.” · “Manage expenses, labor productivity, overtime, vendors, equipment utilization, and cost improvement.” · “Cross-Functional & Stakeholder Leadership”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.
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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 (7):
- Walk me through a piece of work where you used your strongest technical skill. What exactly did you do? From this posting
- Tell me about a difficult problem you solved at work. How did you find the cause? From this posting
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. From this posting
- Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
- How have you used customer service in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using compliance. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
- This posting reads as Finance & accounting: its questions come first.
- Walk me through how you build a budget or forecast. Finance & accounting
- How do you make sure your work holds up in an audit? Finance & accounting
- Tell me about a time you found an error in a financial report or reconciliation. Finance & accounting
- It is the last day of month-end close and a balance will not tie out. What do you do? Finance & accounting
- Describe a time you explained a financial result to a manager outside finance. Finance & accounting
- Tell me about an analysis that saved money or found revenue. Finance & accounting
- Three urgent requests arrive during close. How do you decide the order? Finance & accounting
- Describe a finance process you made faster or more reliable. Finance & accounting
- A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
- 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.
- 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 sale or agreement you are proud of.
- 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?
- How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
- Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
- How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
- 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?
- How do you keep your pipeline organised?
- 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.

