Program Manager Interview - The Fundamentals 

I am so excited to release my second video on Program Manager Interviews. I sincerely hope this new content helps!

Jeff, Thank you for the great videos. I am an experienced program manager but have not interviewed for a long time, so your input is invaluable!

Jeff I love your program manager interview videos! Thanks so much for making them - the level of detail is always so helpful :)

I'm actually starting a Program Governance role at Cisco and this video helped me a lot about Program Management. Hope you could share some more tips in your next videos. I just clicked Subscribe!

Jeff H Sipe is my favorite recruiter with over 10 years of experience, and 5 of those being with google to recruit program managers

Thanks Jeff for the great videos. Thanks to you, I was able to land Google program manager offer!

Hi Jeff, your content is gold! This is extremely beneficial and i have taken a lot of notes. Your videos have been a tremendous help. Thank you so much.

you are extremely generous and thoughtful with your information. Thank you so much!

These are incredibly helpful videos. 5 more days until panels and wish I would have found this content sooner. Thanks Jeff!

Thanks Jeff for sharing this awesome video. Keep up the good work.

You've gained a new fan. This stuff is gold!

I already watched this video twice with my notepad open to write down points. Now this is information! Thank you for this, Jeff!

Very good video! Thank you Jeff. This has very useful tips. PS-I worked with you in 2015 for a PM position at Google. Stumbled upon this video today by accident, saw your name and it brought a smile on my face:).

So very helpful and well rounded, took lots of notes and will use to make plan in am! thank you!!

Extremely helpful and thoughtful video. Thank you very much for putting the time to create this video. I am interviewing with one of the FAANG companies and appreciated this insight.

Thank you for such a clear video and great actionable steps. So much help.

Amazing and very helpful info! Great video!

You have a new fan.....thank you so much for awesome videos

You're boon to us but quiet underrated. Wonderful videos for interview prep. Keep giving your best. Love from India!!

Super helpful Jeff. This is the only complete suggestion video in RU-vid for program management. God bless u

Hi Jeff, Thank you so much for the informative information. It sure is helpful. I would like to request whether if you can post a video on what needs to be avoid when answering the interview questions. For example, don’t mention about the project that is terminated because of it’s our fault or what is not a googleyness.

I really learned a lot from watching this! Thank you!

Studying for my interview with your videos! Wish me luck!

Thank you Jeff.. now all I can do is Pray

This was awesome! Thank you!

Wonderful information. I’m ready to transition to this role and struggle to breakdown my “how” because I’m such a bad order bee but I’m ready- put me in coach!!

Hi Jeff - I have pretty much watched all your videos. Content is great. I have done all my 5 interviews, however I didn't make the cut. :( GOT REJECTED .....Looking forward to get into Google or FANG companies some day. Thank you for these videos. Appreciate all your hard work. Good luck all those who are trying out. Please follow this man's advice.

Jeff, your videos has been greatly helpful for me and I already had three phone interviews with Google for Program Manager role and all with positive feedback. Although it seems the process has changed now and they are trying to do team matching prior to onsite and not sure if it is exception to my situation. I wonder if you have ever had this experience with your clients and does it positive if it happen.

It's very useful sharing. Wish you good mood every day, and everything goes well.

Thank you, Jeff, for this informative video. This is the first I've seen about PM interviews (and I just subscribed!). Do you have any recommendations for those considering moving from education to PM work (or perhaps a link to a video I haven't yet seen)? Thank you again for this content. I look forward to viewing more.

Thanks for making this video

Hello Jeff, your content is very helpful. I am currently interviewing for the position of Technical Program Manager for new grads. Could you make another video to explain more about the process for new grads ? How to relate school examples, personal projects to this new position as many of us don't usually have prior real managing experience.

Great content, background is a diversion and undermines the presentation.

Jeff, I can feel your vibes, they're really expertise type & I'm preparing for PM interview

Hi Jeff, first of all - thank you so much for your videos! Definitely the most comprehensive content on youtube when it comes to interviewing - amazing job!! I have my onsite interviews soon and was wondering if there are any scenarios in the non-tech Program Manager interview where candidates are asked to whiteboard something or go through case studies/estimation questions? Or is the interview format for that role mainly behaviour/situation/GCA question and answer? Many thanks!

Glad I found your videos on youtube. Do you have a website or a link where there are interview questions and some model answers(For guidelines) listed ?

Hi Jeff, Thank you for the TPM videos. your videos helped me ace my phone screens. Next in for my onsite interview. I would love to get some tips on the presentation that we need to do for the onsite. How do we prepare for this and what would make our presentation standout.

thanks that was super helpfull

Jeff, your content is so helpful. Thank you so much for creating this. I would like to get some clarity on PM positions or roles. Is there a Engineering Manager position in google? if so what is the difference between PM and EM? If I am very new to project management, let's say 2 - 3 yr or so and has experience of running only 1 project at a time [what I understand by program is running multiple projects or is that wrong assumption], what kind of role I should look for in google?

"what are the 3 most important things to focus on when presenting to senior leadership... Just know this answer" That's why I'm here, to get your take on the answer ...

Hello Jeff, great add-on; actually the methodology video you did in May now made more sense after seeing this. Just for a thick person like me, could elaborate (perhaps an example) the thought process at 1:53; i.e. how the question applies to the role and what's the outcome they are looking for?

Very valuable, thank you very much! Keep it up and please let me know what I can do to help you!

Thanks for the video. Informative. Btw better to call PgM rather than PM as it confuses at times. But overall, very useful.

Thanks, Jeff! I'm currently working as an assistant director in study abroad at the university level, and am considering transitioning into a global program manager role in Tech. Do you have any advice for people with a background in higher education who are considering this role as a career change opportunity?

Really awesome Jeff, thanks. I had a quick question, asking to go to a room with a whiteboard is specific to PM roles or it can be for any other roles?

The answers, you left us hanging Jeff! Please where are the answers to these types of questions you helped share?

Hey Jeff, great video indeed! really informative. Can you please elaborate on what are types of GCA questions PMs are asked? I came across your 'Google's GCA Interview ' video and I was wondering if the question you've presented there is typical for PMs or are there less technical questions (more on the behavioral side)? Many Thanks!

Hi Jeff - great content! Thanks for sharing! I have a upcoming interview tomorrow with recruiter for Program Manager - Supply Chain. Could you share if there is anything I need to be cautious about b/c supply chain is fairly new at Google? Appreciate your any insight.

Thank you Jeff for the insightful content. Would you happen to know: - What's the growth opportunities/career pathing for a Program Manager i.e. If one gets into Google as a Program Manager, would you happen to know what's the vertical/horizontal growth opportunities. - What's the internal transfer opportunity from Program Manager to Product Manager later on (I understand one has to stay in the initial role for atleast 1 year).

Hi Jeff, I have binged watched your videos for about a week. I was recently contacted and interviews with a Google recruiter for a program manager role. My next step is the 1st of 4 rounds of interviews. I’m curious…..Does the program manager interview differ slightly? For example I’m going for a non-technical position, a PM for accounting. Could I use the same framework and CGA from your previous videos? Thanks for all your content!! It has been a wealth of knowledge.

Hi Jeff! Your videos are of great help & super sticky! I have a question though. When it comes to Program Manager interviews, as you mentioned in one of your videos, the GCA round could very well be a behavioral question. When this is the case, is it a good practice to answer them with examples based on STAR format ? Or would it make more sense to talk about the framework ? Ex - What steps do you take when a key milestone is missed because of dependencies ? Would a good reply start out as a framework or as an example ?

Jeff, I am interviewing now for a Sr. TPM role at a Seattle-based Medical Services tech company. I have a very unique background. I am a veteran with 10 years experience: 4 in Naval Intelligence and 6 as a Navy Seal. After getting out I got into Defense Contracting and have been for about 18 years. I am fairly technical within the DoD sector (that is nothing to brag about) and have been more on the Systems Engineering (processes) and Enterprise Architecture (creating definitive visual enterprise products - NOT EA as you might think). My point is this: I was a Chief Engineer and PM on multiple billion dollar programs. So, in interviewing, everyone under the Sun thinks I am taking a MAJOR step down with a TPM role. However, I explain the delta between tech in DoD (waaaay behind the power curve) and tech in the private sector. I explain how innovative I am but DoD, despite what they say, does not reward innovators. I want a new challenge but I need to learn and relearn much in the "real" tech world thus, the "seeming" step down. So, in the interviews, I get very high ratings on the likability factor by every interviewer I have had but for the hiring manager specifically, I feel there is a bit of intimidation - not because I was overbearing or anything, just the thought of an extremely confident, former Seal working for them. This is a guess but I have had formal training in body language (I think this is obvious as to why but if not, DM me and I'll explain more definitively). Post interview I am told, very politely, we feel you will be bored. An actual comment was, "We loved the guy. But he will clearly get bored. This role is far too low for a man of his caliber. He should be negotiating peace in the Middle East - not working as a TPM at our company." I don't want to remove past experiences... or should I? Should I remove my Seal background? I am an extremely confident (but not arrogant) man regardless and I realize there just are not many former SpecOps guys in Tech. I don't make a big deal about it but it obviously comes up during interviews as every single interviewer is fascinated by it and gets a bit wide-eyed and asks a bunch of seemingly non-related questions. I obviously accommodate and use it to highlight aspects required or best for the role applied as it illustrates leadership at a level few other roles can. Thoughts? For what it is worth, you possess the finest recruitment videos on the internet. Your production value is not in keeping with so many others but I see that as a plus. To your credit, I just love your LOE on the cards and links in your description. That is far more than most do. You focus on what matters - content! You pack more in an 8 minute video than others in an hour. Keep it up my man! I have recommended you to dozens of people.

@jeff Hi jeff, I have my next 4 rounds(onsite) Virtual interviews at google for TPM role, 2 are technical and 2 are program management - I belong to basically non-technical background and have a basic understanding since I work with the engineering team, could you help me out on what to prepare for my Technical interview - I was given heads-up it may be on system design and SDLC, you help is required.. please

What if you have no experience but you got the opportunity to be interviewed in the role

Have you encountered talented PMs that don't hold an undergraduate degree but have experience and leadership under their belt? I'm interviewing with recruiters and I feel like my lack of a completed degree is holding me back. I'm in school but taking my time. Just wondering if you have witness great PMs with more experience and maybe certs rather than undergrad or grad degrees?

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That's not right. They only do the interview to ask about your citizenship status and to listen to your accent. They hardly ask any other question for any position, except the really entry level ones.

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