Construction Manager Interview Questions
Go Back1. What is your greatest strength?
2. What is your greatest weakness?
3. There are times when we are placed under extreme pressure on the job. Tell about a time when you were under such pressure and how you handled it.
4. Tell me about a time when your supervisor criticized your work. How did you respond?
5. What was the most difficult period in your life, and how did you deal with it?
6. What do you know about the projects we typically do at our company?
7. How many times did you miss work last year, and why?
8. Do you have reliable transportation?
9. How important is safety to you?
10. Why do you want to work for our construction company?
11. Tell me something about yourself that is not on your resume.
12. What is your greatest personal achievement?
13. What three words would your previous employer use to describe you?
14. What do you like least about working as a construction manager?
15. Where do you see yourself in five years?
16. What do you like to do in your free time?
17. How do you define excellent customer service?
18. What is your favorite type of project to work on?
19. Why did you choose a career as a construction manager?
20. Give me an example of when you took a risk to achieve a goal. What was the outcome?
21. Tell me about your education and how it has helped you become a construction manager.
22. Do you have any questions for me?
23. What do you enjoy most about leading a construction crew?
24. Describe your leadership style.
25. When have you led a project before? How was the outcome?
26. How do you handle crew members who are late to work?
27. How do you manage your time?
28. How do you built rapport with your crew?
29. Explain to me how you handle change orders.
30. Give me an example of a project that best describes your organizational skills.
31. What would you do if you saw a crew member not wearing a hard hat when they are required to?
32. Tell me about a problem you encountered while working with an outside firm on a construction project and how you overcame it.
33. How do you deal with an angry client?
34. Describe a situation where you had to use conflict management skills.
35. How do you define teamwork?