Top 70 Project Manager Interview Questions and Answers

In this video we show you the Top 70 Project Manager Interview Questions and Answers.

Preparing with this list of questions and answers will astonish your interviewer, and help you get your Project Manager job.

[01:14] - Q1: Tell us some techniques you will use to collect real-time project requirements.
[01:59] - Q2: What is the use of maintaining a requirement traceability matrix?
[02:21] - Q3: What details should be part of a project plan?
[02:48] - Q4: Tell us your thoughts on risk planning; do you plan risk management for your projects?
[03:23] - Q5: Can you explain the differences between QA and QC?
[03:54] - Q6: Can you explain some Change Request challenges?
[04:14] - Q7: Do you know anything about Pareto Analysis?
[04:31] - Q8: Have you ever used the Gantt Chart Template? If yes, can you explain the tool?
[04:52] - Q9: Explain the key elements of the “triple constraint.”
[05:10] - Q10: What do you mean by Scope Creep?
[05:20] - Q11: What do you mean by Waterfall strategy?
[05:37] - Q12: Do you know anything about Critical Path?
[05:54] - Q13: Can you explain dependencies?
[06:32] - Q14: Explain Sprint.
[06:50] - Q15: Which actions will you take to bring an off-rail project on track?
[07:13] - Q16: Kindly tell us about three main issue types that a project faces.
[08:25] - Q17: Explain the importance of WBS.
[08:48] - Q18: Do you find the Waterfall method relevant presently?
[09:22] - Q19: How can you decide if a project has failed?
[09:37] - Q20: How can you avoid low project visibility for your project?
[09:58] - Q21: How can you do resource leveling?
[10:21] - Q22: Are resource leveling and resource smoothing the same?
[10:40] - Q23: What should be part of the project charter?
[10:59] - Q24: Define SMART goals.
[11:10] - Q25: Which one will you prefer for a project that has tight deadlines; SMART goals or CLEAR goals?
[11:32] - Q26: What should be a part of the Project Execution phase?
[11:57] - Q27: Can you name some KPIs that are used for project monitoring?
[12:28] - Q28: Can you state some advantages of the Critical Path method?
[12:50] - Q29: Are issues and risks the same terms in the context of project management?
[13:14] - Q30: What do you mean by RAID in project management?
[13:36] - Q31: Give an example of how you can implement resource leveling during the process.
[14:06] - Q32: State the common cases that are used to decide accurate project time in the Critical Path method.
[14:41] - Q33: How can you avoid unclear project goals?
[15:12] - Q34: As a project manager, what techniques do you use the most to define the project scope?
[15:42] - Q35: How do you deal with gold plating for your projects?
[16:04] - Q36: What are your thoughts on Earned Value Management? Do you find EVM useful?
[16:34] - Q37: Which actions define the stakeholders of the project?
[16:51] - Q38: What do you mean by stakeholder analysis, and how do you use Power-Interest Grid for this?
[17:18] - Q39: What is the role of the RACI matrix in resource management?
[17:55] - Q40: Can you explain SIPOC?
[18:15] - Q41: Critical Chain Method; are you aware of this term? If yes, explain it a bit.
[18:43] - Q42: What buffer types are involved in the Critical Chain Method?
[19:21] - Q43: Explain the buffer burn rate briefly.
[19:38] - Q44: What do you know about Agile Project Management?
[19:59] - Q45: State some principles of Agile project management.
[20:33] - Q46: What incidents can cause scope creep?
[21:04] - Q47: Define PERT in project management.
[21:27] - Q48: Which factors help in defining PERT?
[21:49] - Q49: What do you mean by high-level requirements in project management?
[22:19] - Q50: Do you know what the project baseline is?
[22:28] - Q51: How does project baseline help in project management?
[22:48] - Q52: How does fast tracking help?
[22:59] - Question 53: What are the differences between the project manager and the program manager?
[23:19] - Q54: What is an Agile product roadmap?
[23:33] - Q55: Explain the contingency plan.
[23:47] - Q56: Describe some contingency planning challenges.
[24:01] - Q57: Explain the Six Sigma methodology briefly.
[24:32] - Q58: How can one implement the Six Sigma methodology?
[25:04] - Q59: What do you know about PRINCE2 Project Management?
[25:38] - Q60: As you just stated that seven principles are used in PRINCE2, can you explain those themes?
[26:12] - Q61: What do you think; is PRiSM useful?
[26:50] - Q62: What do you know about Project Management Office or PMO?
[27:14] - Q63: Can you explain Monte Carlo Analysis in Project Management?
[27:48] - Q64: State some limitations of Monte Carlo Analysis.
[28:15] - Q65: As a project manager, what’s your strategy to deal with unexpected changes that occur during project execution?
[28:41] - Q66: What is a Scrum Master?
[29:05] - Q67: What main authority levels exist for any project?
[29:20] - Q68: How can you calculate the ROI of your project?
[29:54] - Q69: What is cost-benefit analysis?
[30:10] - Q70: Explain Project Scoring.