Senior Program Manager Interview Questions
Go Back1. What types of individuals do you seek out as mentors?
2. Senior program managers at our company are expected to operate with minimal guidance. How do you feel about working mostly autonomously?
3. Our program managers work alongside our sales and business development team to seek new business opportunities. What experience do you have driving sales or new business contracts?
4. What strategic planning techniques do you have experience facilitating?
5. We strive to hire top talent. What are some ways you feel you can help us raise the bar?
6. Describe an operational efficiency a team you led as a program manager was responsible for.
7. What qualities of a company's culture do you appreciate the most? Dislike?
8. What is the most valuable lesson you have learned so far in your career?
9. What is your comfort level with traveling to client sites?
10. What types of resources have you controlled budgets for in the past?
11. Our senior program managers are often the face of large third-party solution purchases. What experience do you have working with vendors?
12. How would you rate your experience as a facilitator, and do you have any formal training in this area?
13. As a senior program manager, we ask that you have strong executive presence. What qualities do you feel you have that would contribute to that goal?
14. What types of programs do you have experience leading?
15. Do you have experience leading technology projects or programs?
16. What do you envision as your next step after the senior program manager role?
17. What aspect of program management do you enjoy the most?
18. What aspect of program management do you dislike the most?
19. Please describe your experience level with agile and lean methodologies.
20. What strategies do you lean on the most to develop relationships with your stakeholders?
21. Do you believe honesty is always the best policy?
22. What are the similarities and differences between a senior program manager and a senior product manager?
23. Describe your preferred project discovery process.
24. How would you partner with a client to define a high-level program vision?
25. What level of experience do you have managing and developing personnel?
26. Our teams are cross-functional. What types of roles do you have experience working with in a leadership capacity?
27. What are some ways you would coordinate and drive accountability across the various groups within your programs?
28. Imagine that a coworker has just provided you with direct and honest feedback about a lack of quality in your work. How do you respond?
29. Describe a method for performing an impact assessment.
30. What are some ways you generate positive energy within a team?
31. Describe a time when a contract was broken, and you had to negotiate a resolution.
32. This is a fully remote position, and the members of the teams within the program you are responsible work remotely. How do you plan to stay connected to your teammates and stakeholders as a senior program manager?
33. Describe a time when you established a program level process change.