Project Manager Interview Questions

at 2/02/2011

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• How would you start a project?
• If you were to deliver a project to a customer, and timely delivery depended upon a sub-supplier, how would you manage the supplier? What contractual agreements would you put in place?
•  In this field (the field you are interviewing for), what are three critically important things you must do well as a project manager in order for the project to succeed?
• What metrics would you expect to use to determine the on-going success of your project?
• How are your soft skills? Can you "sell" the project to a team?
• You have a team member who is not meeting his commitments, what do you do?
• Companies have historically looked at technical skills, but more and more business managers are realizing that not have "people" skills tend to cripple projects.
• How many projects you handled in the past? Deadlines met? On time/ within budget? Obstacles you had to overcome?
• Do you understand milestones, interdependencies? Resource allocation?
• Do you know what Project Software they use and is there training for it?
• Tell me about yourself. (To avoid rambling or becoming flustered, plan your answer.)
• What are your strengths? (Make an exhaustive list and review it exhaustively before the interview.)
• What are your weaknesses?(What you say here can and will be used against you!)
• How would your current (or last) boss describe you?*
• What were your boss's responsibilities? (Interviewers sometimes ask this question to prevent you from having the chance to claim that you did your boss's job. Be ready for it!)
• What's your opinion of them? (Never criticize your past or present boss in an interview. It just makes you look bad!)
• How would your co-workers or subordinates describe you professionally?* (Remember, now is not the time for modesty! Brag a little bit.)
• Why do you want to work for us?
• Why do you want to leave your present employer?
• Why should we hire you over the other finalists?
• What qualities or talents would you bring to the job?*
• Tell me about your accomplishments.
• What is your most important contribution to your last (or current) employer?
• How do you perform under deadline pressure? Give me an example.
• How do you react to criticism? (You try to learn from it, of course!)
• Describe a conflict or disagreement at work in which you were involved. How was it resolved?
• What are two of the biggest problems you've encountered at your job and how did you overcome them?
• Think of a major crisis you've faced at work and explain how you handled it.
• Give me an example of a risk that you took at your job (past or present) and how it turned out.
• What's your managerial style like?
• Have you ever hired employees; and, if so, have they lived up to your expectations?
• What type of performance problems have you encountered in people who report to you, and how did you motivate them to improve?
• Describe a typical day at your present (or last) job.
• What do you see yourself doing five years from now?