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1 Explain me what are your greatest achievements in your professional life?
2 Tell me what were the communication challenges on your last project?
3 Tell me how do you tackle these uncertainties?
4 Tell me a few examples of a time when you made a tough decision and it backfired?
5 Please explain what was the most difficult ethical decision you’ve had to make on a project?
6 Tell me what was the biggest or most challenging project you managed?
7 Please explain me an example of how you communicated a failure to your team, manager and customer?
8 Tell me how do you deal with gold plating in your project?
9 Tell me why should we hire you as Program Manager?
10 Tell me what is your approach to managing a project?
11 Explain me how do you build consensus on a conflicted team?
12 Explain me where have you worked before?
13 Tell me what are the three key challenges for our industry today and how can these be tackled effectively?
14 Explain me if you had to rate project management as a career, from 1-10 how would you rate it?
15 Please tell us how have you improved project management processes at your current firm?
16 Explain me do you have international project team management experience?
17 Where do you see yourself in five years as Program Manager?
18 Tell us how long after delivery do you typically wait to revisit projects, and why?
19 Tell me what don’t you want to work on and why?
20 Suppose if we provided you with a laptop for project planning and management, what software would you want on it?
21 You managed the project work as per requirements. However, customer is not happy with the result and does not accept the product. How would you convince the customer?
22 Tell me have you ever failed in a project? Do you have any experience of handling failures?
23 Can you tell me what do you spend the most time doing each day?
24 Explain me how do you ensure you and your team deliver or exceed customer expectations?
25 Explain me have you ever faced any disagreements in your previous job? How did you solve it out?
26 Explain me what are some of the projects that you handled in the previous job?
27 Tell us how do you ensure that your project is always on track?
28 Tell me how do you motivate project team?
29 What is your salary expectation as Program Manager?
30 Explain me about a conflict your team faced and how you solved it?
31 Tell me how do you resolve conflicts in your projects?
32 Can you explain me what creative problem solving techniques do you use?
33 Tell me how do you motivate team members?
34 Can you tell us have you ever had disappointments?
35 Can you tell us when was the last time you didn’t delegate and what happened?
36 Explain me what are the three words that describes you best?
37 Explain me how you deliver and present results?
38 Tell me how do you monitor projects whether it is going on track?
39 Tell me how easily do you delegate responsibility?
40 Tell me what Is Your Risk Strategy?
41 Tell us do you have outsource personnel or supplier management experience?
42 Tell me are you trained in supply-chain management?
43 Please explain how do you work with sponsors? How do you manage up?
44 Tell me how do you communicate bad news?
45 Tell me how do you deal with underperforming project team members?
46 Tell us what don’t you want to work on?
47 Explain me do you have budget management experience?
48 Tell us what is your current salary and compensation package?
49 Explain me what are your career and project goals for the next six months?
50 Please tell me what criteria are you using to find your next job?

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