Thank you Zet, really glad you found it helpful! Stay tuned, I plan on releasing even more videos about the Career Path of a Project Manager, and how to land that next job opportunity to get the income you deserve!
Thank you Duncan, really glad you found it helpful! Be sure to stay subscribed to the channel, as I'll be releasing even more videos to help you grow your career in Project Management!
Hi Alvin,thank you for your video, please can you help me answer this questions please. Can you describe a time you have had to capture project requirement from stakeholders who had conflicting needs and tell us what steps you took to agree a way forward. .can you tell us about a time when you have managed multiple risks on a project/programme and what processes did you follow? thank you for assisting
i find it difficult to make statements around my "proven track record" unless I am some kind of well-known entity in the field, and even then, many claim efforts that may be the work of others. I often receive this kind of statements in the same way...the interviewer will ultimately determine how proven a track record is
Great interview questions and answers, Alvin, thank you! I felt relatively confident about my answers to your questions, though they would need lots of rehearsing. One question/challenge for you: During the "tell me about yourself" portion, you didn't suggest bringing in anything personal from your life - why not? Aren't all interviewers also looking for "culture fit" from interviewees where you can show your non-professional side? For a personal example, I love hosting parties and volunteer organizing community groups - both relevant to the PM career (leading events/groups) but show another slice of yourself. Thoughts on including stuff like that in the icebreaker answer?
Great feedback, that is also one way to also answer the "tell me about yourself". Your absolutely spot on - interviewers are always looking for best "culture fit". If your answer to the "tell me about yourself" is too long, you can always bring in those experiences into other questions that the interviewer asks you.
I completely agree. Alvin provides very useful content (keep it up!). But from my experience in both recruitment (agency and corporate) and interviewing succesfully for PM position, diving straight into your professional life would alienate the interviewer. Being likeable (while being competent) and putting people at ease is very important and a skill that will serve you well as a PM. Take a minute to tell them about your history, personal life and drives. Just make sure its not too long winded. The interviewer will dive deeper if they choose. Let your short history flow into how it brought you to this point and connect it to the company. You can and should rehearse this, but in the interview make sure to sound natural. Have a conversation. You are talking to a person. Often the interviewer will be able to connect to at least one of the points you touch on, weather its your home town, family situation or passion. And often these points will translate into why the company/job is a good fit. I think your example would be perfect to mention in your 60-90 second intro. My experiences are from The Netherlands. Cultural differences might apply.
@@alvinthepmofficial Thank you for the feedback! I'm going to remember very hard to trim the fat on that answer, even as I do try to include that personal touch.
@Vijay Nathji, really glad you found it helpful! Stay tuned, because I'll be releasing even more videos to help you ace your interview and get that higher salary!
Please What would be your response to the following interview questions; (1) Tell Me the Specific Training You Have That Would be Relevant to This Project Manager Job? (2) Tell me about a situation during a recent project when you had to adapt and manage change. (3) You notice that a project is not progressing as planned. How do you rectify this?
I had my 2nd interview today. I practiced for a week straight - on my presentation. What possible questions - but I totally flopped when they asked to describe my management style. I made a complete fool of myself.. reasons I know the job wasn’t mine: They didn’t offer to show me around and meet the other staff The hiring manager kept thanking at the end for “driving all this way” - almost like he felt bad I drove all this way for nothing - the whole mood shifted at the end and the whole exit was odd. - the hiring manager walked me to the elevator out the door and again, thanked me and said I did great.. but not in a “you got the job” more like “ good try” They said they had a few more candidates to go through and would know in 2 weeks … I know the job isn’t mine - but I still sent a thank you letter. On to the next. …
Thanks for sharing your experience, Teena Bee! Nice work with sending the thank you letter, and doing your best on your interview. Keep on applying to other opportunities and continue to learn from your past interviews. As long as you keep levelling up your "interviewing game", you'll ace your next interview and soon, you'll get that next job opportunity! Good luck!
Dear Alvin thank you for the video. It was really helpful. I have a question. You had a 10-year experience of working as a project manager. In my case, I have zero experience in project management. How may I reply to this question tell me about yourself?
@Khurram Khurram, thanks for the positive words, and sharing with me your story! Since I don't know your full professional background, and it might be challenging to give you all of my advice in one RUclips comment, here's my recommendation for answering 'Tell me about yourself." If you're applying for entry-level roles such as Associate Project Manager, Jr Project Manager, Project Coordinator, or Associate Scrum Master, but you haven't held previous job titles as a "formal Project Manager" or "Scrum Master", then here's my recommendation: 1. Look into your current and past professional experience for the companies you've worked at. Identify the projects you helped support, lead and/or manage, and what the results were for each of those projects. Note that this doesn't matter if you held a job title as a "Project Manager". You could be a Data Analyst, Marketing Associate, Buyer, etc. Focus on finding your experiences where you helped support or lead an aspect of a project. 2. Make sure that you're in-progress with obtaining your CAPM or Scrum Master Certification. 3. Craft your opening statement so that it's tailored specifically to the company & position you're applying to. Make sure that it highlights your experience with helping lead and support projects from your past positions, as I've mentioned earlier. Something similar to... "I'm an entry-level Project Manager [modify this to fit the job you're applying to], in progress with obtaining my PMI CAPM and Scrum Master Certification. I've worked in XYZ industry helping support and lead projects, which has.... [fill in your major accomplishments here]" While you may not have had previous job titles as a Project Manager, perhaps, you've helped support or manage subcomponents of a project in the past, which you can leverage in your answer. I hope this was helpful!
During the 18 years I worked as a contract technical writer,, I found that the vast majority of project managers were incompetent clowns, particularly in the field if IT. I don't see that changing any time soon.
Sorry to hear that you've had that experience before with other project managers. Not every PM is the same, and it's unfortunate that you've had that experience.
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Very helpful. Thanks!
@sarang9358, so glad you found this helpful!
Again great work, thanks for sharing and again best wishes!
Really appreciate this video!
My pleasure!
Thanks ❤
My pleasure!
Thanks Alvin! Good pointers on how to pass an interview. I can definitely learn a lot from this.
@Joel Surtida, thanks so much for the feedback and encouragement! I'm glad you found it helpful, and I hope you've been doing well!
Thanks for this useful content
Thank you so much for the kind words, will keep on making helpful content!
This is beautiful. I have an interview in 2 weeks. I will appreciate more prep for it
I'm so glad you found the video helpful, good luck studying and preparing for your interview!
Thank you so much Alvin! This is awesome.
Thank you Zet, really glad you found it helpful! Stay tuned, I plan on releasing even more videos about the Career Path of a Project Manager, and how to land that next job opportunity to get the income you deserve!
Nice work. keep doing it👍
Thank you Duncan, really glad you found it helpful! Be sure to stay subscribed to the channel, as I'll be releasing even more videos to help you grow your career in Project Management!
Great presentation, very helpful
So glad you found it helpful!!
Hi Alvin,thank you for your video, please can you help me answer this questions please.
Can you describe a time you have had to capture project requirement from stakeholders who had conflicting needs and tell us what steps you took to agree a way forward.
.can you tell us about a time when you have managed multiple risks on a project/programme and what processes did you follow?
thank you for assisting
i find it difficult to make statements around my "proven track record" unless I am some kind of well-known entity in the field, and even then, many claim efforts that may be the work of others. I often receive this kind of statements in the same way...the interviewer will ultimately determine how proven a track record is
Great interview questions and answers, Alvin, thank you! I felt relatively confident about my answers to your questions, though they would need lots of rehearsing. One question/challenge for you:
During the "tell me about yourself" portion, you didn't suggest bringing in anything personal from your life - why not? Aren't all interviewers also looking for "culture fit" from interviewees where you can show your non-professional side? For a personal example, I love hosting parties and volunteer organizing community groups - both relevant to the PM career (leading events/groups) but show another slice of yourself.
Thoughts on including stuff like that in the icebreaker answer?
Great feedback, that is also one way to also answer the "tell me about yourself". Your absolutely spot on - interviewers are always looking for best "culture fit". If your answer to the "tell me about yourself" is too long, you can always bring in those experiences into other questions that the interviewer asks you.
I completely agree. Alvin provides very useful content (keep it up!). But from my experience in both recruitment (agency and corporate) and interviewing succesfully for PM position, diving straight into your professional life would alienate the interviewer. Being likeable (while being competent) and putting people at ease is very important and a skill that will serve you well as a PM.
Take a minute to tell them about your history, personal life and drives. Just make sure its not too long winded. The interviewer will dive deeper if they choose. Let your short history flow into how it brought you to this point and connect it to the company. You can and should rehearse this, but in the interview make sure to sound natural. Have a conversation. You are talking to a person. Often the interviewer will be able to connect to at least one of the points you touch on, weather its your home town, family situation or passion. And often these points will translate into why the company/job is a good fit.
I think your example would be perfect to mention in your 60-90 second intro.
My experiences are from The Netherlands. Cultural differences might apply.
@@alvinthepmofficial Thank you for the feedback! I'm going to remember very hard to trim the fat on that answer, even as I do try to include that personal touch.
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very informative
I'm really glad you found the video helpful!! Feel free to share the video to anyone else you know who might find it helpful
Thank you
So glad you found it helpful, Ronnie!
Great insights thanks for sharing, Appreciate your efforts.❤
@Vijay Nathji, really glad you found it helpful! Stay tuned, because I'll be releasing even more videos to help you ace your interview and get that higher salary!
Please What would be your response to the following interview questions; (1) Tell Me the Specific Training You Have That Would be Relevant to This Project Manager Job? (2) Tell me about a situation during a recent project when you had to adapt and manage change. (3) You notice that a project is not progressing as planned. How do you rectify this?
I had my 2nd interview today. I practiced for a week straight - on my presentation. What possible questions - but I totally flopped when they asked to describe my management style. I made a complete fool of myself.. reasons I know the job wasn’t mine:
They didn’t offer to show me around and meet the other staff
The hiring manager kept thanking at the end for “driving all this way” - almost like he felt bad I drove all this way for nothing
- the whole mood shifted at the end and the whole exit was odd.
- the hiring manager walked me to the elevator out the door and again, thanked me and said I did great.. but not in a “you got the job” more like “ good try”
They said they had a few more candidates to go through and would know in 2 weeks …
I know the job isn’t mine - but I still sent a thank you letter.
On to the next. …
Thanks for sharing your experience, Teena Bee! Nice work with sending the thank you letter, and doing your best on your interview. Keep on applying to other opportunities and continue to learn from your past interviews. As long as you keep levelling up your "interviewing game", you'll ace your next interview and soon, you'll get that next job opportunity! Good luck!
No one talks about how to get trai g for peoject coorator training, where do i get this training
Dear Alvin thank you for the video. It was really helpful. I have a question. You had a 10-year experience of working as a project manager. In my case, I have zero experience in project management. How may I reply to this question tell me about yourself?
@Khurram Khurram, thanks for the positive words, and sharing with me your story! Since I don't know your full professional background, and it might be challenging to give you all of my advice in one RUclips comment, here's my recommendation for answering 'Tell me about yourself." If you're applying for entry-level roles such as Associate Project Manager, Jr Project Manager, Project Coordinator, or Associate Scrum Master, but you haven't held previous job titles as a "formal Project Manager" or "Scrum Master", then here's my recommendation: 1. Look into your current and past professional experience for the companies you've worked at. Identify the projects you helped support, lead and/or manage, and what the results were for each of those projects. Note that this doesn't matter if you held a job title as a "Project Manager". You could be a Data Analyst, Marketing Associate, Buyer, etc. Focus on finding your experiences where you helped support or lead an aspect of a project. 2. Make sure that you're in-progress with obtaining your CAPM or Scrum Master Certification. 3. Craft your opening statement so that it's tailored specifically to the company & position you're applying to. Make sure that it highlights your experience with helping lead and support projects from your past positions, as I've mentioned earlier. Something similar to... "I'm an entry-level Project Manager [modify this to fit the job you're applying to], in progress with obtaining my PMI CAPM and Scrum Master Certification. I've worked in XYZ industry helping support and lead projects, which has.... [fill in your major accomplishments here]" While you may not have had previous job titles as a Project Manager, perhaps, you've helped support or manage subcomponents of a project in the past, which you can leverage in your answer. I hope this was helpful!
Great
So glad you found it helpful!
During the 18 years I worked as a contract technical writer,, I found that the vast majority of project managers were incompetent clowns, particularly in the field if IT.
I don't see that changing any time soon.
Sorry to hear that you've had that experience before with other project managers. Not every PM is the same, and it's unfortunate that you've had that experience.