Crack PM Interview

Learn how to crack project management interviews in this lesson.

Project managers keep stuff running and are prominent in execution. The interviewer will be keen to observe if we have relevant experience and have been in any challenging scenarios in the past. Also, they expect us to have some traits of an ideal Project Manager.

Prepare for PM interview

While tough, proper preparation can make the PM interview much easier.

Prepare talking points

Most of the project management questions arise in the behavioral round. It means we have to refer to our experience in it. It will be hard to think and answer on the fly in an interview. But, it will be easy to answer if we have a cheat sheet of a few scenarios from our past and how they relate to different traits.

Project management tools

We can have notes on how we used different tools. It will help us explain how each tool adds value to the project management ecosystem. By doing this, we demonstrate to the interviewer that we understand project management in practice, not just in theory. ...