Production Supervisor Interview Questions & Answers

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Well, here I can hardly advice you. It depends on your style. It’s a tough question, I know. But it’s up to you to think about it and prepare a good description of your style.

I would define team work as getting the job done whether that means if I have to do more then the guy next to me as long as the work gets finished.

Six sigma is a data-driven methodology and approach for eliminating defects in any process from manufacturing to transactional and from product to service.

In Care and Maintenance at the moment we fly in on a Tuesday which is our allotted freight day. Discussed with the PH Manager if there was an opportunity to change days of delivery that suits him and as Thursday was there non freight day we agreed on that day. Saved the delivery driver waiting up to 4 hours on site prior to getting unloaded.

Your ability to persuade and influence your employees or team members to accept change is key.

Show how you were able to gain support and commitment from them by using the appropriate communication style, by listening and responding to concerns and questions, by asking for their help and commitment and by providing support.

I have always worked my way up to leadership positions from the time I was 18 years old. I have been a team leader at a fast food restaurant, a supervisor for a department to a manager at 2 of my previous jobs.

In your interview answer include these key competencies or skills that apply to all supervisor jobs. Planning and organizing, problem-solving, decision-making, delegating, motivating, influencing, communicating and managing conflict.

Choosing the right metrics and comparing productivity of everyone on daily basis is a good answer, doesn’t matter in which company you apply for a supervisory role.

Yes, I have supervised up to 30 employees in one department. Each employee is different and each is handled according to their working techniques. however, one must never lose focus of the goal of the department and should enforce rules and regulation for everyone equally.

Speak about different styles of management that you have observed and admired. Describe how you have attempted to shape your style, using your abilities, and selecting the processes with which you felt you could achieve the most. Admiring others’ accomplishments allows you to speak about yours as well, in a non-conceited manner. When discussing strengths and weaknesses, use the sandwich technique. List a few strengths, mention a weakness briefly, and conclude with more positive attributes. It is not necessary to list more than one weakness. If applicable, you may explain what steps you are taking to overcome it.

By maintaining proper routine every day. Puting my strongest points with my weakness. High priority always comes first.

The more your employees or team members understand about their jobs and responsibilities the more motivated they are. Show how you ensure each subordinate has clarity about his or her role and responsibilities. Discuss how you set clear, specific and realistic targets that are agreed on rather than dictated. Focus on how you involve employees by asking for suggestions, ideas and feedback.

In manufacturing unit, software that can be useful are Manufacturing ERP and Material Management. Some of the companies that provide the manufacturing software solution are SAP, Oracle ERP system, etc.

At first place, you try to avoid conflicts if you can. But once it happens and there’s no way to avoid it, you try to understand the point of view of the other person and find the solution good for everyone. But you always keep the authority of your position.

The largest amount of employees I have supervised is 40 employees in the production and maintenance process.

These supervisor interview questions explore your ability to plan and organize. Your interview answer should demonstrate your ability to set priorities, establish objectives and milestones, schedule activities and plan proper use of resources.

For QA in manufacturing techniques used are

☛ Acceptance sampling: In this testing, a random sample is picked from the batch rather than testing the whole batch.
☛ Statistical process control: Through the use of control charts and data collected for the samples at the various stages of production a manufacturing product can be monitored
☛ Troubleshooting studies: At the end of the line product, a trouble-shooting study can be carried out to see whether the changes in the inputs are associated with the output variables.

Supervising a manufacturing process includes attending to the individual phases of the production. Also, manufacturing supervisor should have a close eye on the inventory that going to be used.

☛ Step 1: Keep the records of different phases of manufacturing also analyse whether the amount of product produced by the crew is enough to meet the demand
☛ Step 2: Look for the bottlenecks in the unit and see how you can eliminate it
☛ Step 3: Keep the track of inventory and try to reduce the liquid capital used after unused material
☛ Step 4: Examine the final goods to determine whether they meet the company’s quality standards.

When responding to this question, people usually mention their own skills. Go ahead and talk about an ability to motivate the others, solve conflicts and be an example for the subordinates.

Example - someone from our team caught a mistake that a shipment was going to a different address than the customer specified.. We were able to call the UPS dispatch and guide us to drive out to hte truck that had our package.. Change the shipping address info, and send it on its way.

By remaining calm, weighing out all my options and executing a plan to get the situation resolve .

A product report is a general term used to represent design, manufacturing, quality, sales and repair information about a product.

MES stands for a system that manages and controls the production on the factory floor with the motive of reducing the total time required to produce an order.

Sticking to the rules by yourself, working hard and not mind participating on basic tasks is a good answer.

Because am the best candidate for the job.