Marketing Project Manager Interview Questions
Go Back1. What is your communication style? Cite an example of how it helped move a project along.
2. What do you like and dislike about working with creatives?
3. What is your experience in handling multiple projects simultaneously? How many is too many?
4. What do you hope to achieve in the next five years?
5. Describe a time when you received difficult feedback as a project manager.
6. What is your experience interacting with and presenting to C-Level executives or senior leaders?
7. How do you determine your success in managing client relationships?
8. What project management methodology do you think works best for marketing campaigns? Talk about your reasons for choosing this methodology.
9. Which tools do you prefer to use to track progress on your projects?
10. Can you give an example of a successful project kickoff meeting?
11. Describe a time when you needed to escalate an issue. What were your reasons and what was the outcome?
12. What is your formula for successful project meetings?
13. Provide an example of a time you encountered scope creep one and how you handled it.
14. What kind of experience do you have managing budgets?
15. What are some risks and issues you've dealt with in the past during projects?
16. Do you prefer to handle things yourself or to delegate to others?
17. You're bombarded with heated emails between your client and one of your colleagues. It looks like the client is expecting a deliverable that's outside of the contract. How would you proceed?
18. Your team is starting to lose confidence. How do you show them that you have their back?
19. Tell me about your favorite manager (anyone you directly reported to). What qualities did they have that really stood out to you?
20. Describe a time when you worked cross functionally on a project. What did you differently to manage it well?
21. How would your previous stakeholders and team members describe you as a leader?
22. You need the client to make a decision on marketing strategy. However, there are two decision-makers and they can't seem to agree. How do you proceed?
23. Two project team members are not seeing eye to eye on a decision point. How will you handle the conflict to keep the project on track?
24. A project manager has left a client's project in your hands abruptly. How do you handle this transition?
25. You're given a chance to pick a failed project and do it over. Walk me through your plan for success.
26. A project manager has left a client's project in your hands abruptly. How do you handle this transition?