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Tell me about a time you were responsible for day‑to‑day operations in a hospitality, coworking, or customer-facing environment. How did you balance on-site member needs, team coordination, and back-of-house tasks such as reporting or inventory?
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In my previous role managing a 25,000 sq ft coworking location with about 400 members, I owned daily operations end‑to‑end. Mornings were all about the floor: walkthroughs by 8:30, quick check‑ins with early members, and a 10‑minute standup with my 6‑person team to review bookings, events, and any escalations. To balance that with back‑of‑house work, I blocked two calendar windows: 11–12 for inventory and vendor coordination, and 3–4 for reporting and member follow‑ups. During those times, my shift lead owned the floor and had clear guidelines on what to handle vs. what to escalate. We also moved to a shared ops dashboard that tracked occupancy, meeting room utilization, incident tickets, and key supplies. That structure cut “fire‑drill” interruptions by about 30%, reduced stock‑out incidents from 5–6 per month to 1–2, and kept our same‑day ticket resolution at around 92%, while member satisfaction in monthly surveys stayed above 4.7/5.

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Clear daily structure balancing front‑of‑house presence with scheduled back‑office time blocksEmpowered a shift lead with escalation rules to maintain floor coverageImplemented an ops dashboard for visibility into tickets, utilization, and inventoryDemonstrated impact with reductions in interruptions and stock‑outs plus strong satisfaction scores
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