Church Technical Director Interview Questions

What is your testimony?

We at JustChurchJobs believe this question the most important and first question that you should always ask no matter the candidate or role you are looking to fill. A testimony is an individual’s story of how God has transformed them through their life before they met Christ, when the met Christ, and after they met Christ. Sharing one’s testimony requires vulnerability which is a necessary skill to have in ministry and in sharing the gospel.

Can you go into detail about the software programs you are trained in?

It goes without saying that a technical director needs to know all things tech and have a professional understanding of how programs for the media work. If the candidate is not professionally trained in those kinds of programs, then they should not be considered any further.

If you had a team of people, how would you manage them?

The technical director of the church is going to more than likely have IT staff who work under them. You need to get a good grasp of what their management style looks like and how they would manage a group of people to make sure that there are no issues with things such as the churches Wi-Fi, computers, emails, phones, and other technology

Can you provide some examples of projects you have previously worked on?

Asking this question to candidates will give you a window into how each individual candidate works and what their creative style looks like. A technical director needs to be creative in how they handle and use tech for the church, creative not only in their ideas to incorporate unique technical aspects into the church, but creative in how they handle potential issues that may come up.

How do you make sure that you complete tasks in a timely manner?

This is an important question to ask a potential candidate as a lot of the technical issues a church may experience cannot go unchecked for long periods of time. For example, if the church staff’s emails were not working or if the churches WI-FI went out, it would be hard for any of the staff to complete any work. Thus, the candidate must have a system in place for themselves to be able to get work done efficiently so that the church can stay functioning.

How well do you work with a team?

As mentioned in one of the questions above, the technical director would more than likely be over a team of other IT people. As such they would need to be good at working on a team and would need to get along well with the people that they would be over. If they cannot work well on a team, then they should not be considered any further.