Ten Interview Questions For Project Managers & Engineers

I found the following ten interview questions useful when recruiting Project Managers and Project Engineers.

Engineering, Procurement & Construction Skills

1. What design disciplines are you comfortable working with?
2. What engineering standards have you been involved with?
3. What has been your purchasing authority?
4. What are the main weaknesses of construction contractors and what have you done to improve their performance?
5. How do you motivate people to work safely?

Project Management Skills

1. What action have you recently taken when the plan is not being met?
2. What is your biggest project achievement so far?
3. Which parts of the job do you particularly like doing?
4. Describe an important lesson that you learned from your last project?
5. What have you done to keep up to date with project best practices?

Note I never needed all of these interview questions to establish a view of the candidates so please treat as a shopping list and pad out with questions specific to the role in question.