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.