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Project manager

Covers scoping, planning, risk, budget, stakeholder management and recovering a project in trouble. Suits project managers from coordinator to senior level in any industry. Follow-ups push for the candidate's own decisions, dates and numbers rather than the team's.

Suits: Project manager, Senior project manager, Programme manager, Delivery manager, Project coordinator

Questions
7 of 17
Length
35 min
Format
Voice or typed
Levels
Junior to Senior
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Example

  1. Interviewer: Tell me about a time you changed someone's mind at work. How did you go about it?

  2. Candidate: Our team wanted to rebuild the billing page from scratch, and I thought it was the wrong call, so we put together a plan to…

  3. Follow-up

    Interviewer: You said "we". What did you say yourself, and what finally changed their mind?

  4. Scored on

    • Planning and scoping25%
    • Risk and recovery25%
    • Stakeholder management30%
    • Ownership and learning20%

    Score, reasons and recording. Your team decides.

An example exchange. This interview's own questions open when you use it.

What it listens for, and how much each part counts.

Every answer is scored against this guide, with the reasoning written beside the score. You get the recording or the written answers too, and your team makes the call.

  • Planning and scoping25%
    Turns goals into a clear scope and a realistic plan.
  • Risk and recovery25%
    Spots trouble early and brings projects back on track.
  • Stakeholder management30%
    Keeps sponsors and teams aligned and handles change requests well.
  • Ownership and learning20%
    Owns outcomes, including failures, and improves next time.

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