Program Manager - Behavioral Question and Answer 

@playblox7508, AMAZING, CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!! I sincerely appreciate you spreading the word, it really helps my channel! Also, I am confident that my tips don't just apply to tech, they really apply to any industry and you are my evidence to support it!! 😬

@mollesmart, absolutely! Program Managers are constantly handling so many different items all the time. And sometimes programs get off schedule due to items that are simply outside of the Program Manager's control. I hope you liked this example!

Tina, thank you so much for this feedback, I am glad you have found the question and answer videos helpful!!

@luckysharma6039, use ChatGPT, you can do something generic, like asking GPT to create 25 practice hypothetical and 25 practice behavioral job interview questions. Or, you can paste a job description in, and ask for questions based on that specific JD.

@AndreiCatalinOG, thanks for the feedback. The details I provided were to highlight the initial data discovery and conversations, the testing and execution phases, and ultimately, the launch, presentation, and documentation of those items. My ideal behavioral answer is 3-4 minutes. Typically, the examples I use in a video are closer to four minutes because I want to provide as much detail as possible for the viewer to consider. The answer should sound memorized as it is scripted for video and would likely not be as fluid in an interview. It is absolutely an example that I made up, as I have never been a Program Manager in my career. The challenge with short answers in my opinion is that they don't tell me what the candidate did and how they did it. It also a control item, we simply need to take control and share what we did, because we cannot guarantee that our interviewer will be an active participant and dig deeper into our answers.

@@jeffhsipepi Ok I see your point. It's probably also a culture issue as I am from Europe and I observed when working with US that people tend to give more details, some of them which in my mind go without saying (emphasis on "in my mind"). Do you have any experience in hiring in Europe? Do you think that the same lengthy responses apply? It makes sense in my head to have "zero question" answers, and catch as many follow ups in the response, but the worry is that I am not concise and direct Thanks for taking the time to respond.

@@AndreiCatalinOG I do not see it as a cultural issue (personally), "the how" remains the most critical factor when interviewers look to hire people and in my opinion, 3-4 minute answers simply do not qualify as lengthy. You can provide a lot of detail and still be concise. I hope this feedback helps, but I coach my European clients the same way I coach my US based clients. Thanks for commenting!