Technical Support Engineer Mock Interview
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On average, how long does it take for you to resolve an end-user service ticket?
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William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
A common metric organizations use to measure the effectiveness of their technical support team is the average amount of time required to resolve a service ticket. Companies have developed complex algorithms that measure this considering the nature of the ticket, the difficulty of the situation, and the resources available to the technical support engineer. Having worked in this role, you should have a pretty good idea of your metrics and be able to provide the interviewer with an answer that demonstrates your ability to quickly resolve service tickets in a reasonable amount of time.
William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
"While situations vary, the average time it takes me to resolve a service ticket involving a hardware issue is 35 minutes. Software tickets usually take longer due to the complexity of application issues and the variety of root causes related to the problems. I've resolved hardware tickets in less than 5 minutes and have worked on some complex software issues for several days. Fortunately, the organizations I have worked for insist on documenting all of their service tickets. This provides the technical support engineers with references, documentation, and procedures they can use to resolve the same issues when they recur."
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