IT Project Manager Interview Questions

IT/Software Senior Project Manager Interview Questions

What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?

If we have to ask your previous boss how would he describe you ?

Explain in detail your style of project management?

What are the reasons for which you want to leave your present employer?

What are the qualities or special skills that you would you bring to this job?

Explain how do you handle change request in a maintenance project?

Tell us about your latest accomplishments as a Project Manager.

Explain in detail about the different software development life cycles in a software development project?

What is the difference between Unit testing, Integration testing, Assembly testing and Regression testing? How do you do performance testing ?

Have you ever handled the responsibilities of your Boss ?

What's your opinion about the current boss of your organization ?

Tell us about a situation when there was a major crisis you faced at work and explain how you handled it

What do you think as a Project Manager is your most important contribution in your current project ?

Give us five reason why you want to work for us?

How would your peers, subordinates and your manager describe you as a professional ?

What is the difference between black box testing and white box testing?

Tell us how do you react to criticism?

Describe in brief about a typical day at your present job.

Was there a situation that you have to hire employees; and, if so, have they lived up to your and company's expectations?

Describe in detail how do you perform in a high voltage situation. How do you handle deadline pressure? Explain us with an example.

Who is a stakeholder? How do you report to different stakeholders ?

Explain effort variance in Quality Assurance?

Tell us about a situation when there was conflict or disagreement with your higher-ups and in which you were involved. How was it resolved?

Explain SDLC process and which approach you found the most effective.

What do you see yourself doing ten years from now? Have you planned something specific for your professional future ?

Explain the different phases in a software project?

Tell us in detail about your management style.

How flexible you are to work in different projects.

What is the different tools and software that you have used for project management?

Explain how you have done code-reviews.

What is triple constraint triangle in project management?

Why should we hire you over the other candidates who appeared for the same position?

What is internal change request (ICR). What tools you have used to manage and track CRs?