
Learn to ace the behavioral interview for program managers by turning past experiences into stories, applying tips and strategies, and practicing with experience logs to build confidence for big tech.
Navigate behavioral interviews by mastering answers to hypothetical questions that draw on past experiences to predict future performance. Practice calibrating and internalizing responses to build confidence for the demanding interview.
Download these resources to reference for the rest of the course
Tell a time you gave difficult feedback and describe the actions, stakeholders, and outcomes. Build your answer by aligning with company values, KPIs, and cross-functional leadership to drive change.
Present a concrete cross-functional goal tied to outcomes and OKRs or KPIs, like reducing fleet maintenance calls by 25% via a repeatable process, ticketing system, and improved field operations.
recap the behavioral interview framework, tailor and internalize your experience log with personal stories, practice throwaway interviews, and stay current by researching job descriptions, values, and certifications.
Want to Become a Program Manager?
Are you looking to land a job as a program manager at a big tech company? Program Managers are ubiquitous throughout many industries. They drive progress and straddle the line across many organizations and teams.
Having Trouble with the Behavioral Interview?
Well, this course provides a deep dive and practice intensive where you learn to navigate and ace the behavioral interview. This course is geared toward program managers but can be used for any interview.
What You'll Learn
In this course you'll learn the following:
A deep dive into the behavioral interview of many tech companies
A thorough review of example answers and resources
How to create an elevator pitch
How to create an Experience Log
A framework for answering Behavioral and Hypothetical questions
Numerous Behavioral and Hypothetical practice questions
Additional Exercises to help you practice and refine your behavioral interview skills
And more regular updates...
What is a Behavioral Interview?
A behavioral interview is a part of the entire candidate interview process where your past examples and work history acts as a future predictor for performance. Interviews and hiring managers use these to assess your skills as a candidate and are a major part of the entire interview. They typically involve questions that start off with, "Tell me about a time when..."
Program Manager Responsibilities
Running strategic and operational projects and programs
Project/program execution, status reporting, maintenance, and process optimization
Using their extensive interpersonal skills to build consensus among cross-functional teams
Wielding influence to drive decision making