Technical Program Manager Interview Questions

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Nothing specific stands out - if you've ever done a PM interview (either give one or taken one) with any big company, you know the kind of questions you'll get. "Tell me about a time things didn't go as expected", "tell me about a time you had to take an unpopular position", etc. There were two "design a solution" questions, but nothing specific (nothing like "what specific HW would you use" or "what language would you use" - remember, TPM role, not Engineer role). They were of the form "how would you do x if your customer asked you for it". Since they were things I hadn't done before, I tried to think of all the things I would need to know, learn, ask, and figure out to implement the solution. Amazon makes a difference between a Technical PM and other PM's, so YMMV if it's not a TPM role.
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Senior Technical Program Manager

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Feb 4, 2017

Nothing specific stands out - if you've ever done a PM interview (either give one or taken one) with any big company, you know the kind of questions you'll get. "Tell me about a time things didn't go as expected", "tell me about a time you had to take an unpopular position", etc. There were two "design a solution" questions, but nothing specific (nothing like "what specific HW would you use" or "what language would you use" - remember, TPM role, not Engineer role). They were of the form "how would you do x if your customer asked you for it". Since they were things I hadn't done before, I tried to think of all the things I would need to know, learn, ask, and figure out to implement the solution. Amazon makes a difference between a Technical PM and other PM's, so YMMV if it's not a TPM role.

All behavioral questions for 30 mins (tell me about a time...), then discussed Burn down chart based question, why the slope goes upside in a burn down chart. Then discussed the database design for tinyurl implementation.
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Technical Program Manager

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Jun 9, 2020

All behavioral questions for 30 mins (tell me about a time...), then discussed Burn down chart based question, why the slope goes upside in a burn down chart. Then discussed the database design for tinyurl implementation.

They asked very typical interview questions: why do you want the role, what do know about their operations, how do you handle situations...one portion that stood out to me was solving 2 brain teasers. They were used to practice critical thinking skills under pressure.
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Senior Technical Program Manager

Interviewed at Zebra Technologies

3.7
Sep 12, 2022

They asked very typical interview questions: why do you want the role, what do know about their operations, how do you handle situations...one portion that stood out to me was solving 2 brain teasers. They were used to practice critical thinking skills under pressure.

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