Service Representative Interview Questions

Service Representative Interview Questions

Companies rely on service representatives to answer customer questions and address customer complaints and concerns. Prepare to answer questions assessing your communication skills, empathy for customers, and problem-solving abilities. Be ready to draw on your experience as a service representative and as a consumer.

Top Service Representative Interview Questions & How to Answer

Question 1

Question #1: Do you work well in high-stress situations?

How to answer
How to answer: The interviewer wants to know how you handle the stress of fielding customer complaints. Assure the interviewer that you understand where an angry customer is coming from and know how to keep your cool. Empathy and the ability to control emotions are vital qualities that interviewers look for in a potential service representative.
Question 2

Question #2: What would you do if you couldn't figure out how to help a customer?

How to answer
How to answer: This question allows you to demonstrate your problem-solving skills and ability to be a team player. Let the interviewer know that you're not afraid to ask a more experienced co-worker for help once you've exhausted the standard solutions you learned in training. It's always a good idea to share an example from your previous workplace.
Question 3

Question #3: Would you ever bend the rules to make a customer happy?

How to answer
How to answer: The interviewer wants to know how you balance customer satisfaction with company policy. Let the interviewer know that you understand that the rules are in place to protect customers and that you would consult a manager to work out a solution.

89,913 service representative interview questions shared by candidates

Do I think watching pornography on work computer is OK sometimes? (or something to this nature) Is it OK to sometimes pass around racial or sexual jokes or emails at work? Do I flirt or put my hands around someone at work I may be sexually attracted too? Ridiculous questions, uncomfortable. I was beginning to wonder where and what I was really applying to. I have never had this experience at a job let alone final expenses insurance claim position.
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Call Center/Customer Service Representative

Interviewed at Lincoln Heritage Life Insurance Company

3.4
Feb 4, 2014

Do I think watching pornography on work computer is OK sometimes? (or something to this nature) Is it OK to sometimes pass around racial or sexual jokes or emails at work? Do I flirt or put my hands around someone at work I may be sexually attracted too? Ridiculous questions, uncomfortable. I was beginning to wonder where and what I was really applying to. I have never had this experience at a job let alone final expenses insurance claim position.

These were NOT your typical customer service questions I were used too. A few were typical like how you handle irrate customers, about billing cycles and credit card information. But they weren't hard. Just wasn't prepared.
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Customer Service Representative

Interviewed at Comcast

3.8
Aug 22, 2012

These were NOT your typical customer service questions I were used too. A few were typical like how you handle irrate customers, about billing cycles and credit card information. But they weren't hard. Just wasn't prepared.

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