1. Tell me more about your employer and the department you work within.
2. What specific projects are you currently involved with? What are your most primary goals with these projects?
3. What is the typical lifecycle for these projects? What’s your usual involvement? Turnaround time?
4. Do you work with internal and/or external customers? Who are they?
5. Tell me more about your staff management responsibilities. How many direct and indirect reports? What are their roles?
6. Do you recruit, interview, train, and conduct performance reviews for staff?
7. Are you involved with project budgeting/costing, P&L, vendor/contract negotiations, etc?
8. Since joining this employer, what have been your most notable achievements? Where have you had the biggest impact?
9. Have you had any successes with realigning manpower or improving organizational performance and productivity? If so, provide details.
10. Do you have any involvement with vendors or subcontractors? Any other outside agencies? Whom?
11. Is there anything else notable about this position that I should know about?
Keywords Relevant to Project Managers
Advanced Technology
Business Analysis
Business Case Reviews/Writing
Business Process Improvement
Change Management
Contract Management
Cost Controls
Cross-Functional Team Leadership
Customer Service
Data Analysis
Financial Management
Issue Escalation & Resolution
Lean Manufacturing
Meetings Management
Multi-Site Team Management
Participation Management
Performance Improvement
Process Reengineering
Project Lifecycle Management
Project Needs Analysis
Project Planning/Management
Project Recovery
Project Scheduling
Quality Improvement
Quality Management
Resource Allocation
Risk Assessment/Management
Risk Identification/Mitigation
Scrum Methodologies
Six Sigma
Staff Coaching/Development
Strategic Planning
System Integration
Tactical Planning
Task Administration
Team Building
