PM interview: Hiring manager point of view

1. PM INTERVIEW
HIRING MANAGER’S POINT OF VIEW

2. ABOUT ME
Business &
Functional
Analyst
Delivery
Project
Manager
Program
Manager
Natali

3. WHO IS LOOKED FOR?
Position
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
Specialization
ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT
https://career.luxoft.com/careers/177354/senior-project-manager/

4. RESPONSIBILITIES
 Builds and maintains strong relationship with Leads/Stakeholders in the business
to ensure alignment with client needs, business requirements and project
management resources.
 Reviews performance and directs appropriate interventions to address and meet
changing client needs and business priorities.
 Lead consolidated stakeholder meetings, providing program updates, risks, issues
and remediations.
 Manages project plan and mitigates any risk and issues as they are identified.
 Establishes the governance (decision making) structure for the project and
manage/escalate issues and risks to the appropriate management levels.
 Requirements elaboration and delivery planning, ensure delivery as per SDLC
process
 Responsible for Service Delivery including issues/incidents.

5. MANDATORY SKILLS
 Excellent communication, negotiation, networking and influencing skills;
 Excellent consumer relationship management skill with service-oriented
mindset.
 Ability to work across multiple business groups.
 Advanced analytical and problem solving skills, root cause analysis
 Extensive experience in delivering technical and/or operational data
management solutions.
 Ability to work in fast paced environment;
 Possess excellent written & verbal communication skills
 Experience managing 25+ FTE teams
 Team and people management
 Experience in leading a SCRUM team

6. STEP 0 - ?

7. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING TO RECEIVE?
Offer in
anycase
Dream job
right decision

8. EXERCISE # 1 – WHAT TO ASK AND CLARIFY
MUST BE PRESENT OR
EXIST
1. …
2. …
3. …
ABSOLUTELY
UNCOMFORTABLE
1. …
2. …
3. …

9. STEP 1 – UPDATE CV
• Experienced Product Owner
• QA Lead
• Tech Lead
• Scrum master
• Business Analyst
• Head of Delivery Department

10. STEP 1.1 - COVERING LETTER
Standing out and high efficiency
Self presentation skills
Business correspondence skills
Level of writing English
Unique candidate

11. EXERCISE # 2 – KEY WORDS TO ADD
ACCORDING TO THE
RESPONSIBILITIES
1. …
2. …
3. …
ACCORDING TO THE
MANDATORY SKILLS
1. …
2. …
3. …

12. STEP 2 – TEST
CASE
Prepare the email for the following
cases:
a) Client has sent an escalation email (delay
with release, lot of bugs, etc.). Your
response.
b) Client wants to change some logic within
the sprint. Your response.
c) Dev environment is unstable, you
couldn't deliver in time. Your email with
notification to Client.
d) Client hasn't sent required elucidation
yet,
your email.
No test case? skip the step
! As usual checking
the most required
skill !

13. EXERCISE # 3 – HOW TO REPLY
Imagine that…
Polite English
Acknowledge & gratitude
Structured email
Signature
https://www.slideshare.net/ladytj1754/email

14. STEP 3 - INTERVIEW

15. EXERCISE # 4 – HOW TO PREPARE
What you know about the company?
What you know about the domain?
What you know about the hiring manager?
Do you have answers for popular questions?

17. EXERCISE # 5 – QUESTIONS FOR INTERVIEW
Clarify your values
Show your interests
Show your experience
Knowledge vs Understanding
Structured message

18. EXERCISE # 6 – IMAGE & REPRESENTATION

19. STEP 4 - WHAT TO REMEMBER
Self presentation with concrete details:
What? How? How many how much? Ideas? Result?
Self – organized (time management, style, notepad, etc)
Balance To talk To listen to
Professionalism vs Arrogance
Under- or Over-fitting
Polite communication

20. STEP 5 – FOLLOW UP EMAIL

21. Q&A

22. MY CONTACTS:
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..
www.linkedin.com/in/Natali-Renska
Наталья Ренская (Natali Renska)
+380508176890