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Project Manager interview questions
13 questions project managers get asked, grouped by type. Under each one are the skills it is really testing, so you can pick a story from your own work that shows them.
Technical
- How do you report project status to stakeholders who have very different levels of technical detail they want?Tests: communication, stakeholder management
- A stakeholder requests a scope change partway through the project. Walk me through how you handle it.Tests: prioritisation, stakeholder management
- How do you identify and track risks on a project before they become problems?Tests: delivery risk, process analysis
Situational
- A project is falling behind schedule. How do you get it back on track?Tests: delivery risk, prioritisation
- Two people on your project team are in conflict and it's affecting the work. What do you do?Tests: conflict resolution, team dynamics
- How do you handle a project that's tracking over budget midway through?Tests: delivery risk, prioritisation
Behavioral
- Describe a time a vendor or third party didn't deliver what was promised on schedule.Tests: delivery risk, communication
- How do you manage your time across multiple projects running at once?Tests: prioritisation, time management
- Tell me about a time you disagreed with a coworker and how you handled it.Tests: conflict resolution, communication
- Describe a project or task that did not go well and what you did about it.Tests: ownership, reflection
- Give an example of persuading someone to adopt an idea they initially resisted.Tests: influence, communication
- Walk me through how you decided what to work on when you had more requests than time.Tests: prioritisation, judgment
- Tell me about a time you had to learn something new quickly to get a job done.Tests: learning agility, ownership
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