Cracking the Project Management Interview

280 Pages·2020·1.914 MB·English

by  Jim Keogh

JimKeogh
CrackingtheProjectManagementInterview
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Cracking the Project
Management Interview
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ThisbookisdedicatedtoAnne,Sandy,Joanne,Amber-LeighChristine,Shawn,Eric
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About the Author
JimKeoghisanassistantprofessoratNewYorkUniversitywhereheteachesprojectmanagement
andotherrelatedcourses.HewasaprincipledeveloperoftheAdvancedDiplomainProject
ManagementprogramatNewYorkUniversityandwasontheteamthatintroducedformalproject
managementmethodologytoaleadingWallStreetfirm.Keoghistheauthorofnearly100books
andintroducedPCprogrammingacrossAmericainhisPopularElectronicsmagazinecolumnin
1982,fouryearsafterAppleComputerstartedinagarage.HedevelopedtheElectronicCommerce
TrackatColumbiaUniversityandwasateammemberwhobuiltoneofthefirstWindows
applicationsbyaWallStreetfirmthatwasfeaturedbyBillGatesin1986onWindowsonWall
Street.KeoghwroteoneofthefirstbooksthatshowedhowtosolvetheYear2000problem.
HeappearedonCNN,FOX,GoodDayNewYork,NBC’sWeekendToday,andABC’sWorldWide
BusinessReport.HisbooksaresoldaroundtheworldandhavebeentranslatedintoArabic,Thai,
Romanian,French,Hungarian,Turkish,Portuguese,Russian,Italian,Spanish,Czechoslovakian,
ChineseandJapanese.Theycanbefoundinleadinguniversitylibrariesincluding:Harvard
BusinessSchool,MITBartonLibrary,YaleUniversityLibrary,ColumbiaUniversityLibrary,Wharton
BusinessSchoolLippincottLibrary,BeijingUniversity,UniversityofCambridge,andUniversityof
Oxford.
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501506222-202
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Contents
AbouttheAuthor VII
Introduction:CrackingthePMInterview 1
ProvingYourProjectManagementSkills 2
Chapter1TheProjectManagerInterviewProcess 2
Chapter2BehindtheScenesoftheProjectManagementInterview
Process 3
Chapter3TheNewProjectManagerInterview 4
Chapter4TheExperiencedProjectManager 4
Chapter5ProjectManagerswithReputationsorRecommendations 5
Chapter6ChoosingaProjectManagementSpecialty 6
Chapter7PreparingfortheInterview 7
Chapter8PreppingforProjectManagerQuestions 8
Chapter9PreparingforTestQuestions 8
Chapter10ProjectManagementCalculations 9
Chapter11Enterprise,Extreme,AgileProjectManagement 11
Chapter12StayingonTopofYourGamewithPMPChanges 12
Chapter1
TheProjectManagerInterviewProcess 15
HowProjectManagerJobsAreCreated 15
ProjectManagementInstitute,PMBOKandthePMPCertification 16
WhoWillInterviewYou? 23
Chapter2
BehindtheScenesoftheProjectManagerInterviewProcess 31
TheChallengesofRecruitingProjectManagers 31
TheIdealProjectManager 33
HowDecisionsAreMade 34
TheFlowofInterviews 35
GettingLostintheShuffle 36
TheDreadedApplicationTrackingSystem 36
JobFairs 39
TheBackgroundCheckAnxiety 40
WhyYouDidn’tGetHired 43
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Chapter3
TheNewProjectManagerInterview 45
BeforeApplying 45
WhatTypeofProjectManagementDoYouWant? 46
YouDon’tHaveProjectManagementExperiencebutYouHave
Experience 47
TheSearchBegins 48
UseYourNetwork 50
WhatRecruitersLookFor 50
SellingYourselfinYourResumeandJobApplication 51
CoverLetter 54
WhattoExpectDuringtheInterview 55
AftertheInterview 57
ASecond...orThird...orFourthCareer 58
Chapter4
TheExperiencedProjectManager 61
AreYouanExperiencedProjectManager? 61
RisksofChangingJobs 62
TransferorSeekaNewEmployer 63
ResignorBeTerminated 64
MergersandJobs 66
ReturningtoProjectManagement 66
NetworkingHelps 68
ApplyingforaTransfer 69
ApplyingforanOutsidePosition 70
CoverLetterorNoCoverLetter 73
ReapplyingtoaFormerEmployer 74
WhattoExpectDuringtheInterview 75
AftertheInterview 77
MeetingtheHiringManager 78
Chapter5
ProjectManagerswithReputationsorRecommendations 81
Mythsvs.FactsAboutYou 81
Mythsvs.FactsAbouttheFirm 83
Employeevs.Contractor 83
ScopeofAuthority 85
ManagementSupportfortheProject 85
ManagementSupportforYou 86
FinancialSupportfortheProject 86
RealisticExpectations:Challengevs.Manageable 87
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