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Read the community guidelinesProject Manager Interview
[Oral Questions]
1. What are you responsible for doing at your company?
2. Why do you want to switch from coding to project management?
3. You only have software development experience. What would you do after joining the company to help yourself get up to speed quickly?
4. If your colleague kept making mistakes, what would you do?
5. Do you think your company’s project managers do a good job?
6. Do you think your department manager fulfills the responsibilities they are supposed to?
7. What are your interests?
8. Have you ever organized any activities?
9. Do you know what a project manager does?
10. Do you know what our company does?
11. Are you interested in stocks?
12. Do you have any of the qualities required of a project manager?
[Requirements and Skills Needed for a PM]
1. High stress tolerance
2. Able to withstand a heavy workload
3. Knows how to handle situations appropriately and advance or withdraw as needed
4. Intelligent enough
5. Strong spoken English and listening skills, as the role involves dealing with foreign clients
6. Appropriately and reasonably clarify the client’s requirements, digest the content, and then pass it on to internal engineers for development
7. Able to continue working on holidays and after work (because this is the securities industry)
8. Sometimes needs to arrive at the client’s site earlier, depending on the project requirements (7:45 a.m.)
1. English ability is important; they will test your English
2. You need to be able to withstand a heavy workload
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One day, I received a proactive notification from HR.
I then told them that I currently had no work experience.
I might not be able to handle a position requiring prior experience.
HR still hoped that I would come and give it a try.
So I agreed.
As a result, they gave me a written test that day.
I did not do well.
They immediately sent me home and said that because I had not passed the written test, they would not arrange a follow-up interview.
However, none of this had been mentioned during the phone call.
If you are a recent graduate, think it over carefully.
A company that does not respect people and just takes a scattershot approach—bringing people in for interviews first and figuring things out later.