I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at BAE Systems (Adelaide) in Aug 2021
Interview
Online panel of three interviewers: the hiring manager, their manager, and a senior decision-maker. Apart from a brief introductions, the interview covered the following:
- started off with related project experience. This included projects you were part of and working in a project environment.
- the next set of questions went further into your awareness of certain project management (respective to the level required of the role) and stakeholder management concepts, and how you applied them. Do not worry if you were not part of multi-million dollar projects.
- the last set of questions were situational and behavioural-based. Due to the nature of the job, the interviewers focused on situations where you are managing tough-to-deal-with stakeholders.
- then came the time to ask them questions. Ensure that you have researched the project, the market environment, the company, and the people interviewing you. Ideally, you should ask at least one question from each category.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- can you please tell me a little more about yourself?
- what experience do you have with working on projects?
- can you please outline how you managed the project? Please explain the steps.
- what would you do if someone you worked with was unwilling to give information you needed?
- when was a time you had to deal with a difficult worker or customer? explain how you resolved this.
- what do you do for fun?