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Sr Technical Program Manager Interview Questions
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- Questions surrounding disaster and risk planning + mitigation. A lot of situational questions surrounding risk. - Situation questions around defects post-release, and mitigation strategies. - The difference between Project & Program management + working within an Agile framework. - Questions about my growth, and what I am looking for in my next opportunity to make me feel whole. - In-depth questions re: working with engineering teams: planning, estimation models/frameworks, risk management, expectations when working with dev teams - In-depth questions re: partnering with Engineering + Product teams; planning, execution, monitor/control
Asked me technical questions relevant to my background and experience
What were the metrics that you counted for the XYZ product launch?
Mostly non-technical process related questions relating to program management. how many projects handled at a time, how do you start a project? how do you work with the team? asked questions about my previous experience; the second interviewer read couple of lines written on my resume and asked to explain about those situations. Nothing that a well prepared candidate cannot answer.
Tell me about a time you were successful on a team.
I won't disclose the specifics because I signed NDA. But be prepared for questions that are critical to your role - things such as working under competing priorities, team challenges, high level distributed systems architecture etc.,
Tell me about a time when you disagreed on a solution with another team.
In your previous project, What was the problem? How did you solve the problem? Which leadership principle(s) are applicable or influence the solution.
Describe a time when you disagreed with your manager about a direction or strategy.
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