We have divided this lesson into phases so that it is easy to categorize the questions. The first half covers the project management-related questions asked in FAANG interviews. The latter half covers the behavioral questions.
Common project management questions
- What is your communication style?
- How do you motivate team members to stay on track and meet the deadlines?
- Have you ever put up a process in place? What challenges did you face?
- Which project management tools have you used in the past?
- Describe a program that you managed from kickoff to execution.
- Have you ever seen challenges while transitioning your program from planning to implementation?
- Which metrics did you use in your project? How do they determine the success of the project?
- How do you prioritize when you have competing priorities or multiple requests from different stakeholders?
- How has your project management experience been so far? Why do you like it?
- What challenges did you face while collaborating with someone from a different team?
- How do you convince others to do their work?
- How will you manage the timelines of the project in a bottom-up culture environment?
- How do you make sure your priority is a priority for your dependent team as well?
- What are your strengths and weaknesses?
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- How did you handle the program when there was no prior documentation for it?
- What would you do if you realize that a project is getting delayed?
- What is your response when you find an issue with a product a day before its release?
- What are the top three things a project manager needs to succeed at?
- Which approach will you take to fulfill an urgent project?
- Why are you leaving your current position?
- How do you deal with crises? Do you have any examples to share?
- How do you describe your project management style?
- Do you prefer waterfall or agile management for projects?
- What are your thoughts on Scrum?
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