Stripe Project Manager Interview Questions
Go Back1. What kind of communicator are you? Share the ways in which you best communicate.
2. Give me an example of a time when you successfully handled intense pressure.
3. Describe a time when you contributed to the success of someone else's project. How did you feel about doing work outside of your own responsibility?
4. In your next role, what kind of working relationship do you wish to have with your colleagues and superiors?
5. What project do you wish you managed? What makes it your dream project?
6. What are ways in which you share best practices with your coworkers?
7. Where do you see your career going in the next five years?
8. You're handling a three-year multi-phase project. Each phase will have the same foundational milestones, but for different areas of the business. Stakeholders are likely to change. How do you ensure consistency?
9. How do you measure your own success as a project manager?
10. As a project manager, what is your perspective on risks and issues? How do they affect your work?
11. What was the best innovation you ever came up with in your professional life?
12. Describe a time when you incorporated customer feedback into the implementation plan or in the way the business was run.
13. After a few project meetings, you're finding that there aren't any concrete steps from stakeholders, just a lot of ideas. How will you manage execution?
14. Have you ever disagreed with your superior? How did you handle it?
15. Recall an experience in which you received difficult feedback as a project manager. How did you handle it?
16. Would you rather manage others or do you prefer to be an individual contributor? Talk about the advantages you might have with your choice.
17. A team member has just told you that they are not 100% satisfied with their deliverable and will need another week to complete. How would you handle this situation?
18. How comfortable are you with owning your own career outcomes? Would you rather have a superior set a clear progression of goals?
19. How would your previous co-workers describe you as a leader?
20. Your project team is starting to lose confidence. How do you show them that you have their back?
21. How do you tell a co-worker, who is an expert in their field, that you found an error in their work?
22. You're halfway through a project and notice that you definitely missed a significant milestone. This could mean a complete re-work. How do you handle the situation?
23. Describe a time when you had to leverage data to make or influence a decision.
24. Tell me about a time when you challenged the status quo. What did you do to change it? Were you successful?
25. You're given a chance to pick a failed project and do it over. Walk me through your plan for success.