Project Manager : Interview Question

• 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 esolved?


• 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?