Program Manager Interview Questions
Go Back1. What are your weaknesses?
2. How do you measure the success of the programs you are responsible for?
3. How would you define the relationship between a vision, goals, and strategy?
4. What is the difference between business, functional, and technical requirements?
5. Why are program managers needed if project managers can manage individual projects successfully?
6. Describe a method for performing an impact assessment.
7. What qualities of a company's culture do you appreciate the most? Dislike?
8. What skills do you feel add the most value to your work as a program manager?
9. How could your management best support you in your work as a program manager?
10. How many projects do you typically have in flight at once?
11. Tell me about yourself.
12. Do you have experience managing globally distributed teams?
13. What attributes do you appreciate the most in the members that make up the teams you work with?
14. Please describe your experience managing projects and programs.
15. Do you have experience leading technology development projects? If so, can you describe the types of projects and the functions you performed.
16. Please describe your experience delivering executive level presentations.
17. What three words would your stakeholders use to describe you?
18. What strategic planning methods do you have experience facilitating?
19. What do you dislike about the program manager role?
20. What do you enjoy the most about your work as a program manager?
21. What experience do you have working with lean or agile methodologies?
22. What project management tools have you used in the past?
23. What type of leader do you aspire to be?
24. Please describe your management style.
25. What are your expectations for the project managers you have direct responsibility for in your work as a program manager?
26. What are the typical titles of the individuals on the teams you have responsibility for?
27. Please describe your experience managing remote teams.
28. How would you add value within your first sixty days after being hired?
29. Describe a time when you were asked to step in to rescue a failing project or program.
30. How do you get up to speed on a large domain of work and develop a plan to move forward?
31. Describe a time in which you had to address work-quality issues with an individual on a team you were responsible for.
32. Describe a time when you had to sacrifice quality due to budgetary, resource, or time constraints.
33. Why should we hire you?
34. Why do you want a career as a program manager?