Project Manager Job Interview Questions

 

 

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Project Management Interview Q & A  

  • How do you handle disruptive team members?             
  • How do you handle non-productive team members?             
  • How do you motivate team members who are burned out or bored?         
  • How do you motivate people?                                                                    
  • How do you handle team members who come to you with their personal problems?                       
  • How do you start a project?                     
  • If you are teaching the ropes to a new Project Manager, what would you say are the most important things he needs to look for?           
  • What would be the key artifacts needed in a project?             
  • How do you manage change?                   
  • How do you manage conflict in the project team?               
  • How do you deal with a difficult team member?               
  • What qualifications are required to be an effective project manager?   
  • What is the difference between a project plan and a project schedule?  What do you include in a project schedule?         
  • How do you track a project?               
  • How do you track risks? Tell me about the risks that your last project had.
  • What is the difference between a risk and an issue?       
  • How do you define quality in project management?       
  • What would you say if a team member asks why project management is needed? Why do we have to do all this documentation ahead of the real work?                   
  • What have you learned in obtaining your PMP that you are using in real-life projects?                   
  • What do you do if a team member presents a work product that you know  for a fact is flawed or incomplete, but the team member insists it is completed and sound?               
  • What would you do if a manager whose resources you are using keeps saying that all the documentation required by the project is getting in the way of actual progress?               
  • What was your role in your last project?           
  • What was the most interesting role you played in a project?     
  • What do you do when a team member does not complete his/her assignment and has gone to another project?         
  • Have you used Microsoft Project? How do you like it?       
  • How do you verify that the requirements identified for a project are actually  included in the final delivery to the users?           
  • How do you verify that the requirements are correct and that they reflect what the users want?               
  • What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses in the Project Management areas of knowledge?             
  • What were the risks you had in your last project?

 

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