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Top Technical Program Manager Interview Questions

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  • Slack logoAsked at Slack 

    "Generally during the planning phase, I work with various teams to identify milestones and high level target date based on affinity sizing of the work. Based on that, I build a roadmap and if there are unforeseen issues/risks that may impact our target date, I flag it as a risk. For instance, if the teams are working on a project and there's an issue where a team states they need to extend out their target date and that impacts a dependent team, this will surely change the deliverable date for th"

    Esther S. - "Generally during the planning phase, I work with various teams to identify milestones and high level target date based on affinity sizing of the work. Based on that, I build a roadmap and if there are unforeseen issues/risks that may impact our target date, I flag it as a risk. For instance, if the teams are working on a project and there's an issue where a team states they need to extend out their target date and that impacts a dependent team, this will surely change the deliverable date for th"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • "Ask if the quality aspect is negotiable? Clearly hoping it is not. Then move on to explain nicely about the iron triangle - scope, time, resources. With scope and resources fixed, the time would need to be variable unless the project is considered cookie cutter, the exact project has been done many times in the past. (which is unlikely). If time cannot be relaxed, then the scope should be variable."

    Adib M. - "Ask if the quality aspect is negotiable? Clearly hoping it is not. Then move on to explain nicely about the iron triangle - scope, time, resources. With scope and resources fixed, the time would need to be variable unless the project is considered cookie cutter, the exact project has been done many times in the past. (which is unlikely). If time cannot be relaxed, then the scope should be variable."See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Analytical
    +2 more
  • OpenAI logoAsked at OpenAI 
    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
    +6 more
  • "As a Technical Program Manager at Amazon, I typically coordinate cross-functional teams to drive technical project execution, ensuring timelines and deliverables align with business goals. My day involves managing stakeholders, resolving blockers, and continuously optimizing processes for scale."

    Bajrangi C. - "As a Technical Program Manager at Amazon, I typically coordinate cross-functional teams to drive technical project execution, ensuring timelines and deliverables align with business goals. My day involves managing stakeholders, resolving blockers, and continuously optimizing processes for scale."See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
  • "when we are discussing about some issues, subjects or problem . we should consider all of the possibility cases which envolved inside the scenario.all of persons has own atitudes . challenging has a this benefite to see the problems and solves on other ways."

    Nick L. - "when we are discussing about some issues, subjects or problem . we should consider all of the possibility cases which envolved inside the scenario.all of persons has own atitudes . challenging has a this benefite to see the problems and solves on other ways."See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Program Sense
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  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    +1

    "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 ."

    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

    Technical Program Manager
    Analytical
    +2 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    +2

    "I would try to understand their perspective, focus on the issue, find common ground, brainstorm solutions, and agree on a course of action."

    Alemayehu m G. - "I would try to understand their perspective, focus on the issue, find common ground, brainstorm solutions, and agree on a course of action."See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • PwC logoAsked at PwC 
    +1

    "Basic computer skills. Languages you are not fluent in. Irrelevant skills. Skills you don't possess. Generalized skills."

    Abdurhman M. - "Basic computer skills. Languages you are not fluent in. Irrelevant skills. Skills you don't possess. Generalized skills."See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
    +2 more
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    Technical Program Manager
    Product Design
    +1 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "Solving any problems related to Custemers profitable through new service or product offer"

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

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
  • "I gave multiple answers including polling the service every 10 sec to see customer. Or we can have the client side call which will send this data after 10 sec to us. We will store in dynamo DB and then send through pipelines to redshift DB for analytics."

    Deepti K. - "I gave multiple answers including polling the service every 10 sec to see customer. Or we can have the client side call which will send this data after 10 sec to us. We will store in dynamo DB and then send through pipelines to redshift DB for analytics."See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Machine Learning
    +1 more
  • "I recently led the development and implementation of a data analytics platform tailored for credit unions and mortgage companies, which was suffering from fragmented systems, inconsistent data fields across LOS platforms, and outdated reporting practices. Here's how I managed the full lifecycle: ✅ Initiation / Discovery Conducted executive interviews across five financial institutions to understand reporting and visibility gaps. Shadowed loan officers and underwriters"

    Simran S. - "I recently led the development and implementation of a data analytics platform tailored for credit unions and mortgage companies, which was suffering from fragmented systems, inconsistent data fields across LOS platforms, and outdated reporting practices. Here's how I managed the full lifecycle: ✅ Initiation / Discovery Conducted executive interviews across five financial institutions to understand reporting and visibility gaps. Shadowed loan officers and underwriters"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    Technical Program Manager
    Product Manager
  • "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."

    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

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 

    "Created a solution for remote online learning app on the lines of coursera and also made a option for live streaming classes . Uni admin creates uni account, courses, adds instructors; instructors can create content , give classes ; student searches, enrols, consumes content. Used micro services architecture with APIs for all functions, RDBMS, NoSQL , indexed with redis and elastic."

    Sneha D. - "Created a solution for remote online learning app on the lines of coursera and also made a option for live streaming classes . Uni admin creates uni account, courses, adds instructors; instructors can create content , give classes ; student searches, enrols, consumes content. Used micro services architecture with APIs for all functions, RDBMS, NoSQL , indexed with redis and elastic."See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Product Design
    +1 more
  • AstraZeneca logoAsked at AstraZeneca 

    "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."

    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

    Technical Program Manager
    Behavioral
  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 

    "Understand who will use the kitchen is the first step"

    Anonymous Impala - "Understand who will use the kitchen is the first step"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Product Design
    +1 more
  • "Situation: This is an example from 2019 where I worked as a TPM in a leading company in the Tax, Accounting and Audit software biz in N. America. All our engineering teams had adopted agile ways of working and utilizing Scrum. Our teams had been at this for a while and were pretty good at planning and executing sprints. We would have quarterly releases to Production but we strived to have Production ready increments each Sprint. Since the software was in use for years , we would often get Pr"

    Adib M. - "Situation: This is an example from 2019 where I worked as a TPM in a leading company in the Tax, Accounting and Audit software biz in N. America. All our engineering teams had adopted agile ways of working and utilizing Scrum. Our teams had been at this for a while and were pretty good at planning and executing sprints. We would have quarterly releases to Production but we strived to have Production ready increments each Sprint. Since the software was in use for years , we would often get Pr"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
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