Job Interview Tips for Project Managers
34mBeginner2021-04-29
Authors
Daniel Stanton
Expert in Supply Chain Strategy and Project Management
Course details
Are you getting ready for a job interview in project management? Do you wonder what to say if asked about a challenging deadline, a time when things didn’t go as planned, or budget cuts to your project? In this course, instructor Daniel Stanton goes over ten of the most common questions that project managers field in job interviews. Daniel provides useful tips for how you can answer each question with specificity and confidence.
Skills covered
Hiring and InterviewingTips, Tricks, & TechniquesJob SearchingCareer DevelopmentHuman Resources
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Overview of project management roles
1. Tell me about a time when your team had a challenging deadline to meet
- 02 - How to approach this question
- 03 - Candidate answer and feedback
2. Tell me about a time when things didn't go as you had planned
- 04 - How to approach this question
- 05 - Candidate answer and feedback
3. A company needs to trim 10 off your project's cost due to budget cuts. What should you do next
- 06 - How to approach this question
- 07 - Candidate answer and feedback
4. Tell me about a time you managed a project
- 08 - How to approach this question
- 09 - Candidate answer and feedback
5. How have you measured the results of your past projects
- 10 - How to approach this question
- 11 - Candidate answer and feedback
6. Tell me about the best project you have ever worked on
- 12 - How to approach this question
- 13 - Candidate answer and feedback
7. What project management methods are you familiar with
- 14 - How to approach this question
- 15 - Candidate answer and feedback
8. Which tools could help you clarify the roles and responsibilities of project team members
- 16 - How to approach this question
- 17 - Candidate answer and feedback
9. You're put in charge of launching a project that's suited to a waterfall approach. What's next
- 18 - How to approach this question
- 19 - Candidate answer and feedback
10. Tell me about a time when you have worked on a project in our industry
- 20 - How to approach this question
- 21 - Candidate answer and feedback