“Venkat is one of the sharpest minds I’ve come across in a long time. His ability to break down the most complex problems from multiple facets, covering the most exhaustive list of cases, is unparalleled. He is also always thinking about the business that he’s a part of, which showcases the constant desire to make incremental impact all the time. He’s an analytical wizard, a problem solver, and a strategy person all in one! Highly recommend him for all forms of charters across growth stages of any organisation.”
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Passionate about customers' pain points and driving enterprise value in return.
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Dealing with an upset customer on hold. How can you show empathy during a long wait on the phone?
There are a few points here. More than cure, see how you can prevent. There are very good returns from reducing hold time for customers. Customers when they reach out, want a resolution with the least effort from their end. Hold time is a great deterrent. The solves might include having self serve, using AI, staffing more people, or just better training. Irrespective there will be some cases (ideally should keep going down) where the issue maybe complex and take more time. It is a good practice to have an ongoing conversation with the customer. A good practice is also to keep telling the customer what you're doing and why. The hold time seems less irritating if they understand why you're doing what you are.
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Frontline staff are hesitant in decision-making. How can you empower them to make confident choices?
If they are uncomfortable, it is usually cultural. They might be too trained to focus on key KPIs that get hammered on them. Some thoughts: - Inculcating a system where the control is distributed will help - Daily reflection meetings with the team and lead (will help other agents get primed to issues that they might not have dealt with and also seek feedback). - Measuring the agents on behaviours expected vs. KPIs (like call time, hold time, etc.) is another one - Being able to sound off thoughts without being judged is key to them getting comfortable (slack groups, team lead being approachable, etc.) The book Effortless Experience by Matthew Dixon is a great read to answer this.
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Your team is divided on product messaging direction. How can you steer them towards consensus?
I start with clearly articulating the current ACB (Accepted Customer Belief) and the DCB (Desired Customer Belief). This is plain English and comes from deep consumer understanding, which has also dictated the product/feature being built. Usually clearly articulating this helps narrow down. If it doesn't best way is to test the candidate copies with customers (or relevant TG) and see which one is landing the DCB better.
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Education
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Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
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Activities and Societies: Cultural Committee - Head of Sponsorship Student Affairs Council - Elected Class Representative Institute Pool and Snooker Team
Internship at Kearney Management Consulting; received pre-placement offer (PPO)
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Activities and Societies: PR Coordinator, Cultural Festival Incident 2012 Member, Student Affairs Council - Elected Class Representative in Sophomore Year Executive Member, Institution of Engineers
Internships at Dell Perot Systems and BrizzTV Media Labs
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English
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Hindi
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Kannada
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