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Operations interview cheat sheet
The Operations facts interviewers expect you to know cold. Ten minutes of revision the night before.
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- 5 Whys
- Ask why repeatedly until you reach a fixable root cause.
- Fishbone categories
- People, Process, Machine, Material, Method, Environment.
- DMAIC
- Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control.
- Lean wastes
- Transport, inventory, motion, waiting, over-processing, over-production, defects.
- SLA vs KPI
- An SLA is a promise; a KPI measures performance.
- Throughput
- Units completed per unit of time.
- Utilisation
- Time used ÷ time available.
- Pareto 80/20
- A few causes drive most problems; fix those first.
- SOP must-haves
- Steps, owners, timelines, exceptions and quality checks.
- Bottleneck
- The slowest step limits the whole process.
Must-know topics
Rehearse these out loud
- Deliveries are delayed by 20% this month. What do you do?
- How do you write a good SOP?
- Explain the 5 Whys with an example.
Revision is good. Practice is better.
- 1Ambo reads your resumeYour skills, projects, years and the role you want next.
- 2Then where you’re interviewingAnd how interviewers there question people like you.
- 3It maps every topic they could askMust-know first, your own projects included, built into short daily lessons.
- 4You practise, then get certifiedInterview Q&A after every lesson, then three proctored rounds ending in a voice interview with Ambo.
Questions, answered.
How should I use this Operations cheat sheet?
Revise it the night before and the morning of your interview, then say each answer out loud. It covers 5 Whys, Fishbone categories and DMAIC and more.
Is a cheat sheet enough to clear the interview?
It helps you recall facts quickly, but interviewers test how you apply them and follow up on your answers. Practise answering, not just reading.
How is this different from a list of interview questions?
A list is the same for everyone. Ambo builds your course from your resume, your target role and where you're interviewing, then writes every lesson from the interviewer's point of view: what they'll ask, a strong answer, and the follow-up they'll use to test you.
What is the certification test?
Three camera-proctored rounds that unlock one after another: an objective round, a hands-on round (coding or practical tasks for your role) and a voice interview with Ambo, who asks live follow-ups on your answers. Pass all three within 14 days to become TickBig Certified for 12 months.
Revise it, then rehearse it.
Ambo interviews you on Operations topics and follows up on what you say.