Project Management – Scope Scenario-based Interview Questions and Answers

Nowadays there are no direct questions on offer in a management interview. Interviewers take the route of scenarios or situations which frequently occurs in day-to-day job So that they can be certain that the interviewee is a fit for the position.

By real-time questions, employers can judge the knowledge and work experience of the candidate more authentically.

It also shows how spontaneous you are under pressure and whether you will handle it on the job.

While answering these questions always remember the thumb rule – offer multiple solutions, not just one. It will display your flexibility in approach, spontaneity, and real work experience

Let’s start examining the different questions and situations typically asked during interviews –

We will start with Scope.

Scenario: change requests after UAT on a fixed-price project

After user acceptance testing, the customer raises several items as defects, but some are really new change requests. The project is fixed-price and already squeezed by scope creep. Start by analysing every item with your functional, technical and QA leads and sorting genuine defects from new changes. Fix defects by severity. For the change requests, choose one of three approaches:

1. Hold to the signed scope. Treat new items as change requests and route them through the agreed change-control process, with your internal stakeholders’ support if it escalates.
2. Flex if the relationship allows. Deliver a basic version now and the full feature in a later release, and keep your manager informed.
3. Accommodate a strategic account. Agree what matters more, the go-live date or the extra features, and get a $0 change request or written acknowledgment of the extra effort.