Project Manager Interview Preparation - Q&As

In this video, we walk through a real interview preparation session with a Project Manager, tackling some of the most commonly asked and challenging interview questions. This conversation is ideal for Project Managers preparing for interviews in domains like healthcare, public sector, and large-scale IT transformation projects.

👉 Each question is explored from the interviewer's perspective:
What are they trying to assess?
How should a Project Manager frame their answers?
What examples and strategies will resonate most?

✅ If you're preparing for a Project Manager interview, this video is your comprehensive guide to answering with confidence.

📌 Chapters:

0:00 – Introduction
0:25 – How do you work with a lens of integrity?
2:57 – Tell me about a time you considered different approaches
4:10 – Admitting mistakes and using feedback to improve
7:34 – Managing project escalations
10:16 – Experience most relevant to this role
13:18 – Why are you leaving your current role?
15:32 – Project with client onboarding as a key deliverable
17:08 – Handling multiple concurrent projects
18:52 – Managing ambiguity in projects
20:38 – Dealing with aggressive go-live deadlines
23:39 – Tools used to manage project lifecycle
24:10 – Leadership style and managing cross-functional teams
26:19 – Managing large complex tech projects end-to-end
27:28 – Describing a failure and your learning
28:20 – What would your team say about your strengths/weaknesses?
30:20 – Conditions where you do your best work
33:21 – A project you’re proud of and how you kept it moving
34:59 – Project management tools or knowledge used
35:42 – Managing competing priorities and stakeholder expectations
37:35 – Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid – examples from your work
37:52 – Stakeholder engagement experience (e.g., Ministry of Health)
39:44 – Your first 90 days in the new role
41:20 – Explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
43:55 – 3–5 year career plan as a Project Manager
45:13 – Managing requirement changes late in the project
47:03 – Tracking and reporting project progress
49:21 – Keeping remote/distributed teams aligned
51:55 – Preparing executive-level documentation and presentations
53:25 – Tracking benefits realization post-project
56:23 – Resolving a critical issue close to go-live
58:21 – Risk identification and mitigation approach
1:01:28 – Use of governance tools like RACI, RAID, RTM
1:03:52 – Final tips and closing