Technical Program Manager Interview Questions

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Q1 (5m) Let's say we're running a recruiting process with 5,000 applicants. There are two steps: a first round interview and a second round interview. The first round interview (20 minutes long) has a pass rate of 50% and the second round interview (5 minutes long) has a pass rate of 20%. How many applicants will make it to the end of the process? Are there any optimizations to this recruiting process you can think of that would help to save time?
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Technical Program Manager

Interviewed at Mercor

4
Sep 2, 2025

Q1 (5m) Let's say we're running a recruiting process with 5,000 applicants. There are two steps: a first round interview and a second round interview. The first round interview (20 minutes long) has a pass rate of 50% and the second round interview (5 minutes long) has a pass rate of 20%. How many applicants will make it to the end of the process? Are there any optimizations to this recruiting process you can think of that would help to save time?

Phone screen was high level resume based questions. I had two phone screens. I then had onsite, they flew me out to Redwood City. Onsite questions: 1. Define the terms: accountability, attention to quality, teamwork 2. Sort by priority for PM characteristics: PM fundamentals, technical knowledge, influence without authority, negotiation, 3. Tell me about your most complex project 4. Tell me about your most tehcnical project 5. Tell me about your most recent project 6.
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Technical Program Manager

Interviewed at Box

3.9
Aug 30, 2016

Phone screen was high level resume based questions. I had two phone screens. I then had onsite, they flew me out to Redwood City. Onsite questions: 1. Define the terms: accountability, attention to quality, teamwork 2. Sort by priority for PM characteristics: PM fundamentals, technical knowledge, influence without authority, negotiation, 3. Tell me about your most complex project 4. Tell me about your most tehcnical project 5. Tell me about your most recent project 6.

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