Essential Project Interview Questions & Answers:

1. What was the criticism you got during your projects, how did you handle it and what are the measures you took to avoid repetition of the same?

There are always criticisms during the project either due to wrong logic, deployment, etc. Be honest and explain to him the criticism you received during that and the specific situation in which you have received it. After stating that explain to him about the corrective measures you had taken to avoid the same.

2. Tell us some of your extraordinary skills which place you in the leading position over the other finalists?

This question is giving you chance to stand out of the group. Again you can explain to him about your project, team management skills, leadership, efficiency, stress management, etc. Don't forget to mention your technical skills.

3. What are your strengths and weakness in general and technical?

Make an exhaustive list about all your strengths and weakness. Explain to him about them make sure that you don't place emphasis either on your weakness or strengths. Explain to him everything in detail and the corrective measures you are taking to overcome the strengths and benefits.

4. What do you know about this company and this job position?

To answer this question you should do some research on the company and the Job position as a whole. Explain to him about the relevant skills which you have relevant to the job opening and how best you can give your experience to the company which it can benefit from.

5. How many projects did you participate in and how do judge the work you have done?

Tell him about the number of projects you have completed and the rating you can give to each project in which participated, remember the rating reflect upon your work and not the project. Support the rating with examples, certificates, awards, LOR, client testimonials, etc.

6. Some of the points which will help you are: -

► Behavior
► Environment
► Technical aspects
► Platforms
► Programming languages
► IDE
► Trouble shooting, testing, debugging and bugs found.
► Rectification measures

7. What are all the technical measures and aspects required in the project? Explain?

Explain to the interviewer about the technical aspects which were required in the project. Make sure that you detail him about all the fields.

8. Tell and explain to us about a specific situation during the project where you have to cope with a less experienced candidate in your team and what are the measures you took to meet your deadlines?

When answering this question you have to explain about the specific part of the project which you handled. Try to have a positive tone when explaining about the problem your team has faced and the way you overcame the problem by taking corrective measures. Be honest and explain to the interviewer everything in detail including the problem, measures you took and the important one outcome.

9. What was the duration of the project and how did you meet the deadlines?

In this example you need to explain about the duration of the project and the necessary commitments from your team members for the completion of the project. You need to explain to him various stages of development and the team member's participation (including you) and contribution to the project.

10. At times employers need to suffix their experience certificates.

Experience certificates speak a lot about you and it is general practice to bring letters of recommendation from your ex employer.