Data Governance Manager Interview Questions

55 data governance manager interview questions shared by candidates

Mostly questions relevant to the job description, but the one that threw me was "Tell me about a time when you put in work on a project and your manager/supervisor let you know it wasn't what they wanted and sent you back to rework it, and how did you handle that?"
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Senior Manager%2C Data Management %26 Governance

Interviewed at Per Scholas

3.4
Aug 14, 2025

Mostly questions relevant to the job description, but the one that threw me was "Tell me about a time when you put in work on a project and your manager/supervisor let you know it wasn't what they wanted and sent you back to rework it, and how did you handle that?"

Nothing unusual. They wanted to know about the scale of data governance programs that I've managed. So most of the questions were around that. One question (which I was prepared for) was about how I would go about starting this new program (data governance) at Gannett. It was a brand new program that they wanted to kick off.
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Director of Data Governance

Interviewed at USA TODAY Co.

3.1
Aug 18, 2014

Nothing unusual. They wanted to know about the scale of data governance programs that I've managed. So most of the questions were around that. One question (which I was prepared for) was about how I would go about starting this new program (data governance) at Gannett. It was a brand new program that they wanted to kick off.

HR round with general questions, salary expectations and shift timings Hiring manager round will focus on behaviour questions and situational awareness. Prior experience related discussion and how the role will function. Final round: case study presentation focusing on the strategy and approach to the given situation.
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Data Governance Manager

Interviewed at Welocalize

3.4
Nov 7, 2021

HR round with general questions, salary expectations and shift timings Hiring manager round will focus on behaviour questions and situational awareness. Prior experience related discussion and how the role will function. Final round: case study presentation focusing on the strategy and approach to the given situation.

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