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Customer support agent (voice)

Covers phone support skills: call openings, spoken explanations, managing the caller's time, saying no kindly and staying steady with difficult callers. Suits junior and mid-level voice support hires and is spoken, unlike the typed support interview. Follow-ups push for the exact words the candidate would use and what happens after the call ends.

Suits: Customer support agent, Phone support representative, Customer service representative, Support advisor

Questions
7 of 17
Length
30 min
Format
Voice
Levels
Junior to Mid
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Example
  1. Interviewer: Tell me about a time you changed someone's mind at work. How did you go about it?

  2. Candidate: Our team wanted to rebuild the billing page from scratch, and I thought it was the wrong call, so we put together a plan to…

  3. Follow-up

    Interviewer: You said "we". What did you say yourself, and what finally changed their mind?

  4. Scored on

    • Calm and empathy30%
    • Problem solving25%
    • Spoken clarity25%
    • Ownership20%

    Score, reasons and recording. Your team decides.

An example exchange. This interview's own questions open when you use it.

What it listens for, and how much each part counts.

Every answer is scored against this guide, with the reasoning written beside the score. You get the recording or the written answers too, and your team makes the call.

  • Calm and empathy30%
    Keeps callers on side and stays steady under pressure.
  • Problem solving25%
    Gets to the cause and delivers a real fix.
  • Spoken clarity25%
    Explains things simply and checks understanding on the phone.
  • Ownership20%
    Follows through and closes the loop after the call.
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