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What questions do you ask when interviewing a Project Manager?

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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Interesting relection to start 2017

What questions do you ask when interviewing a Project Manager?
What questions you’ve been asked when interviewed as a Project Manager?
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Peter Morris PM Consultant, Author| INDUS Technology San Antonio Texas, United States
I've been asked what is the meaning of life, and after quoting as best I could their values from their website, I was asked What is Life? Made me think of Monty Python.

Bridgekeeper: What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
King Arthur: What do you mean? An African or European swallow?
Bridgekeeper: Huh? I... I don't know that.
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Jan 03, 2017 2:38 PM
Replying to Thilo Wack
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Hi George,

beginning of last year I interviewed some individuals for a PM job in my team. While I did ask some of the questions above and had some of them answered w/o my having to ask, this is what we did as the most important part of the interviews: A 15 min role play with some of the team members for which we had created and rehearsed a small, but typical and realistic everyday scenario. After 10 min of preparation we actually saw how the candidate gathered the necessary data, made the plan and assigned responsibilities, handled the eager-beaver and the grumpy team mate, and while following through took care of an organizational impediment and made an on-the-spot decision regarding a contingency when some unforeseen issue threatened the deadline. It was fun for the team and finally we hired a really great guy.
Interesting. The simulation was build internally?
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Why did you decide to be a project manager?
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Kevin Coleman Subject Matter Expert, Author, Speaker and Strategic Advisor| - Insights Pa, United States
I ask about addressing and coping with complaints made by one project staff member against another.
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