Starting to interview candidates for an analyst/project manager position reporting to me. I haven’t interviewed (as an interviewer or interviewee) is years. What are some favorite questions you have asked or been asked? My company has a bank of questions, but not loving what I am reading. I want to find someone who has the ability to help create (with help) and lead a new project. There is interaction with other departments and some senior leadership. Thanks!

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How well do you work with uncertainty? Do you withdraw with fear or do you enjoy the challenge and get excited?

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Hard to get an honest answer here as it's pretty clear one answer will help the candidate and the other hurts their chances.

Better way to ask: talk about a time you had to accomplish something even though there was a lot of uncertainty.

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Hi, PM here! Some of my favourite questions were: 1) How do you handle ambiguity? 2) what are your core strengths as a PM? 3) how do you handle multi-tasking and shifting priorities? 4) what is your favourite PM tool to use when leading projects and why? 5) describe a time when you had scope creep and how did you handle it? 6) how do you manage difficult conversations with diverse stakeholders? — I hope this helps! Good luck and feel free to reach out if you’d like more questions.

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What was the most challenging thing about this project?
What did you learn from it?

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