Technical Program Manager Behavioral Interview Questions

Rajesh P. - "I covered the following area - Working with the Stakeholders, setting miles stones, delving deep into the area and understanding what success look like and defined it with metrics, created dependency and reviewing the progress against the milestones planned. To keep everyone updated on the program, sent a monthly newsletter on the program. During this phase I also identified opportunity to improve the engineering pace"See full answer

DM - "Situation - I had 2 projects in hand. 1st - My primary project under my direct line manager, and 2nd - Under a dotted line manager. I committed to my 2nd project based on my assumptions and planning of the primary project's scope & timelines. For both these projects, I was the key resource. Unfortunately, we got some new findings in my first project, and it happened to be a case where management made an overcommitment to our business without gauging the assumptions correctly. This put pressu"See full answer

Abdurhman M. - "program management is a role similar to project management but often encompasses more that just managing projects."See full answer

Abdurhman M. - "I had a very difficult situation where the company I was working for was having financial problems. Because of that, I had to fire one person from my team. I chose the team member we had hired most recently. She had great potential, but she still needed guidance to do her job. Before I talked to her, I reached out to some acquaintances from other companies, and one of them was hiring. So, when I gave her the bad news, I also told her about that opportunity. I gave her a recommendation letter and"See full answer

Sayee M. - "depending on project phase, apply various methodologies. scrum for app dev, waterfall for data migration, Testing (TDD for dev, FUT FiT for manual, UAT) , OCM has it own methodology ."See full answer

Abdurhman M. - "Solving any problems related to Custemers profitable through new service or product offer"See full answer

Amparo L. - "One time I refuse someone that I can’t help them because I was busy working on my task that required a long time for me to complete it but once I explain to them why I could NOT help them, they totally understand it and then they ask the front desk."See full answer

Abdurhman M. - "For larger projects, companies will often hire project managers to plan, document, organize and oversee a project's life cycle, helping ensure projects are completed on time and on budget. However, due to limited resources such as limited budgets or personnel constraints, many teams function without a project manager."See full answer

Atefeh M. - "I received an offer to join a well-known company as a senior product manager with very good payment. I was in my third of pregnancy. so if I joined the company, I would have left it in 6th month. So on the conversation with VP of product I told him the situation. He thanked me, and told me that we would wait for you after 2 years from now."See full answer

Dave F. - "After researching Glassdoor, I provided an in-depth answer that incorporated my interest in DB technologies, alignment with career objectives, and ability to make an impact from professional experience. "See full answer

Chelsey V. - "Suppliers have an interest in the purchase of inputs by the company. They want companies to pay on time"See full answer