ITIL Interview Questions
ITIL Interview Questions
Question: Can you name a risk that might occur whilst designing a service? Answer: Risks can come in many different forms including; financial markets, failures
with IT or business projects, legal liabilities, credit risk, accidents and mistakes, natural causes and disasters as well as deliberate attacks from an adversary such as hacking.
Question: In your opinion, what should an SLA contain? Answer : Typically, an SLA is made up of any of the follo wing:
Service name Clearance information (with location and date) Contract duration Description/ desired customer outcome Service and asset criticality Reference to further contracts which also apply (e.g. SLA Master Agreement) Service times Required types and levels of support Service level requirements/ targets Mandated technical standards and specification of the technical service interface Responsibilities Costs and pricing Change history List of annexes
Question: Why would you use SACM? Answer : SACM stands for Service Asset and Configuration Management. By capturing
information and keeping it up to date, we help people make informed decisions at the right time. In addition, providing accurate configuration information can proactively help resolve incidents and problems much faste r.
Question: What is an OLA? Answer : The Operational Level Agreement is an agreement between an IT service
provider and another part of the same organization. This could be the development team, the support team or helpdesk
Question: Why do we need CSFs? Answer : Critical Success Factor (CSF) is the term for an element that is necessary for an
organization or project to achieve its mission. It is what drives the company forward through its strategy.
Answer : An SDP is produced for each new IT service, major change, or IT service
retirement.
Question: What type of information would you store in the Service Catalogue? Answer : The Service catalogue contains a list of ser vices that an organization provides,
often to its employees or customers. For each service within the catalogue, we typically include description, timeframes or SLA for fulfilling the service, o wners (who is entitled to request/view the services), costs and ho w to fulfill the servi ces.
Question: Can you give an example of a policy? Answer : Attachment sizes for mailboxes Question: Why would you use Change Management? Answer : We use change management to standardize our methods and procedure for
dealing with changes and thereby reducing risk and disruption, we record all changes to assets or confirmation items in the configuration management system. This allows us to define and agree on those changes and ensures that only people who have the appropriate authority can make change .
Question: What are the steps you would follow when a Change Request comes in? Answer :
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Record it Evaluate it Prioritize it Plan it Test it Finally, implement it