Senior 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
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Senior Technical Program Manager

Interviewed at Glassdoor

3.9
Jul 19, 2022

- 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

My second interviewer led off by asking me "Which domains do you think we should focus on in our solution?" Given 1) my lack of technical expertise in the area; and 2) that I was interviewing for a management position, I thought that was a pretty tough question to start with.
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Senior Program Manager

Interviewed at Microsoft

4
Feb 28, 2014

My second interviewer led off by asking me "Which domains do you think we should focus on in our solution?" Given 1) my lack of technical expertise in the area; and 2) that I was interviewing for a management position, I thought that was a pretty tough question to start with.

As a consultant, I was always willing to say "yes" to all the project requests that were thrown my way so I could delight my client. As an FTE, I would be asked to take on work that we are not resourced for or do not align to the overall business strategy - how do you challenge the requesting party, especially when they manage your team's budget?
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Senior Operations Program Manager

Interviewed at Microsoft

4
Sep 12, 2014

As a consultant, I was always willing to say "yes" to all the project requests that were thrown my way so I could delight my client. As an FTE, I would be asked to take on work that we are not resourced for or do not align to the overall business strategy - how do you challenge the requesting party, especially when they manage your team's budget?

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