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Interim management

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

nounCommon term

In job interviews & careers, interim management means: Temporary leadership work covering a management gap or a defined period of change.

In Turkish: geçici yöneticilik

How it is used

Emphasizes limited duration; the manager may still work full time during the assignment.

Example sentences

  1. She moved into interim management after years of leading permanent teams.

    The career change concerns time-limited leadership assignments.

  2. The organization used interim management while searching for a permanent director.

    A temporary leader covers the gap during a longer recruitment process.

Common collocations

  • interim management assignment
  • work in interim management
  • roleA job or position, or the part someone plays and the responsibilities they have in a team or organisation.
  • work experienceThe jobs you have done and what you learned from them; in British English it can also mean a short unpaid placement for school pupils.

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