Question bank
Interview questions, with guidance on how to answer
834 questions across 64 roles. Open one to see what a strong answer includes and common slips, then drill it out loud with Ava. New to answer structure? Start with the learning hub.
Behavioural
Past experience: what you did and what happened.
220 questions
Technical
Craft knowledge and how you would do the work.
572 questions
Case
A scenario to reason through and decide.
29 questions
System design
Design a system and defend the trade-offs.
13 questions
834 questions.
- BehaviouralAny levelUX Researcher
If a stakeholder asks you to run a study to prove an idea they already like, how do you respond?
Tests: Influencing stakeholders
- TechnicalEntry levelProject Manager
If you were handed a new project with a deadline and only a rough goal, what would you do in your first week?
Tests: Scope & planning
- TechnicalEntry levelProject Manager
How would you keep track of tasks and deadlines across a team of six people?
Tests: Scheduling & dependencies
- BehaviouralEntry levelProject Manager
A team member keeps missing deadlines on your project. How would you approach that conversation?
Tests: Leadership without authority
- TechnicalMid levelProject Manager
Tell me about a project where a key dependency slipped. How did you rework the schedule?
Tests: Scheduling & dependencies
- TechnicalMid levelProject Manager
How do you identify risks early on a project, and how do you track them once you have?
Tests: Risk & issue management
- BehaviouralMid levelProject Manager
Describe a time a stakeholder asked for extra scope late in a project. What did you do?
Tests: Change control
- TechnicalMid levelProject Manager
How do you manage a project budget, and what do you do when you see it trending over?
Tests: Budget & resource management
- TechnicalMid levelProject Manager
How do you write a status update that leaders actually read and trust, especially when the news is bad?
Tests: Status reporting
- TechnicalSeniorProject Manager
Tell me about the largest or most complex project you have run. How did you set up governance and decision making?
Tests: Scope & planning
- BehaviouralSeniorProject Manager
Two senior sponsors want conflicting outcomes from the same project. How do you resolve it?
Tests: Stakeholder management
- TechnicalSeniorProject Manager
Tell me about a project that failed or was cancelled. Looking back, what would you do differently?
Tests: Risk & issue management
- BehaviouralAny levelProject Manager
How do you get people from other departments to prioritise your project work when they do not report to you?
Tests: Leadership without authority
- BehaviouralAny levelProject Manager
Tell me about a time you had to deliver hard news to a client or sponsor.
Tests: Stakeholder management
- TechnicalEntry levelScrum Master
In your own words, what is the purpose of a retrospective, and how would you run one for a team that finds them boring?
Tests: Facilitation
- TechnicalEntry levelScrum Master
A developer tells you they are blocked waiting on another team. What would you do today?
Tests: Removing impediments
- TechnicalEntry levelScrum Master
Can you explain the difference between the product owner's role and the scrum master's role?
Tests: Scrum & agile practice
- TechnicalMid levelScrum Master
Your daily stand-up has turned into a long status meeting for the manager. How would you fix it?
Tests: Facilitation
- TechnicalMid levelScrum Master
Which delivery measures do you track, like cycle time or throughput, and how do you use them without people gaming them?
Tests: Delivery metrics & flow
- BehaviouralMid levelScrum Master
Tell me about a time a team kept missing its sprint goals. What did you find, and what changed?
Tests: Coaching teams