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What was the last really difficult interview question you were asked? How did you respond?

I was asked what I thought about the position I was applying for before I knew many details about the position.

As this position was an Operations Position, I stated that I fealt the sign of a truely well rounded company was having a focused group of Operations Professionals in place to deal
with the unexpected operations challenges before the inevidable happens and it's too late to develope an operations group around the ongoing problem.... read more

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Work history

Expedia January 2002 to the present
Customer Operations Group Lead

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How would you describe your time at Expedia?

Provided coaching for agents within all levels of the Traveler Advocacy Group including Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3(Executive Customer Service).

Responsible for random quality assurance monitoring for all agents of the Tier 3 group, including monthly audits of agents resolved cases.

Worked
with World Wide Product Development to ensure that all website releases met with Customer Operations standards and expectations.

Resolved the highest level of escalations received by the CEO and President of Expedia North America offices. Reported finding after complete investigation of these cases to the CEO and President Offices.

Approved payout amounts of up to $2000.00 as applicable for retention purposes.

Managed workload for the Traveler Advocacy Group and assigned duties to a staff of 70+ agents as directed by Senior Management.

Managed case load for Research, Service and Operations divisions within the Traveler Advocacy Group department.

Monitor and report all technical and support related trends in the business to the process excellence team and site optimization teams.

Conduct team meetings to review current trends, relay new company wide directives and advice Tier 1, 2 and 3 agents on new company initiatives.

Assist Team Supervisors with investigations into agent productivity and agent concerns.

Handling Attorney General Complaint cases within 10 days of receipt of these cases from all State AG offices.

Assign duties to Tier 1, 2 and 3 agents to ensure company SLA's are met and follow up with agents on work assigned to verify resolution has been reached with the customer or vendor.
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Education

clover park technical college January 1996 to April 1997
Computer Applications and Marketing

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How would you describe your time at clover park technical college?

Indepth study of Computer Applications including Microsoft Office Suite, Windows 9x operating systems and typing skills. Also indepth study of Computer Marketing Techniques

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