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Sample Job Interview Questions for Project Management Job Interviews

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Project Management is a skill required in many roles and on this page I provide a sample of job interview questions which relate to the planning, management and delivery of projects in a variety of sectors. This article is relevant to positions such as: Project Manager, Programme Manager Analysts and Project Office Manager (PMO) roles.

You will find that many employers are now using Competency Based Interviewing techniques when recruiting for Project Management and Support jobs. You should expect both Competency Based and Behavioural Questions exploring key skills such as:

  • Leadership
  • Ability to recruit, build and inspire a team
  • Negotiation
  • Interpersonal and Persuasion Skills
  • Planning and Organising
  • Delivering results

In addition expect questions exploring your training and accreditation and your experience with successfully delivering projects. For Project Support roles, questions exploring your ability to set up and manage a PMO, to deal with risks and issues logs and to manage change requests are all common.

Sample Interview Questions For Project Management

How would you answer these questions?

Interview Question 1: 'Tell me about a major project you were involved with which delivered successfully and how did you contribute to its success?'

Interview Question 2: 'I see you are an experienced PMO Analyst which is exactly what we need. What do you regard as the benefits of a well managed Programme Management Office?'

Interview Question 3: 'As Project Manager, how would you build quality into your team and into the project itself?.'

Interview Question 4: 'Imagine you are a couple of months into a 6 month project and it is about to overrun on costs. How would you deal with this most effectively, what steps would you take?

Interview Question 5: 'Describe a time when you used your skills to persuade a manager or colleague to accept your recommendations.'

Interview Question 6: 'Describe a time when you had to build a collaborative relationship in order to deliver a project successfully .'

* Questions taken from the InterviewGOLD™ Interview System.

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Success in any interview will come from being able to answer the questions effectively and accurately and convincing the interviewer that you are the best person for the job. Selling yourself is required and this is a skill that can be learned and to help I recommend InterviewGOLD for Project Management interviews.

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Annette Lewis is an accredited interviewer and has recruited for many organisations within Healthcare, Education, Customer Services and Banking.

Sample Job Interview Questions for Project Management Job Interviews