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Interview Questions Project Manager
A person in overall charge of the planning and execution of a particular project.
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Top Interview question for "Project Manager"
Strategic Planning
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What is the most important role of a project manager?
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Tell me about your most successful project. What made it so successful?
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What were the strategic priorities of your last company?
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What factors do you consider when building a plan?
Project Management and Technology
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What project management methods do you use? (Could be Agile, SCRUM, etc.)
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Have you ever had a project that did not meet the budget or timeline? Tell me about it.
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How do you evaluate the productivity / effectiveness of your team?
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What project management tools do you use? How did you keep track of delegated assignments? Could be software Basecamp, Confluence, Slack, Gantt Charts, etc.)
Problem Solving
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Have you ever met resistance when implementing a new idea or policy to a work group? How did you deal with it? What happened?
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Have you ever been caught unaware by a problem or obstacle that you had not foreseen?
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Tell me about a time when you did something completely different from the plan and/or assignment. Why? What happened?
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Tell me a time when organizational priorities shifted and threw everything up in the air for your team.
Building Effective Teams and Leadership
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How do you build an effective team to work on a project?
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How have you handled a team member that is behind schedule?
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What is the most effective way you have found to accomplish results in a large organization where you have to convince people who do not work for you to go along with your ideas?
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Tell me about a time you handled team conflict?
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What challenges have occurred while you were coordinating work with other units, departments, and/or divisions?
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How do you manage cross-functional teams?
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Tell me about the most difficult situation you have had when leading a team.
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How do you keep your team informed about plans and changes?
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