Apple interview question
What is your project management style? How would you protect the engineering group? Why do you want to change / apply for this position? Describe how you would approach a project with just a high level, vague requirement.
Interview Answers
Anonymous
1) My project management style is detailed and organized with a high level of communication with my team. I believe in investing heavily in the planning phase of a program, so the execution phase of a program can happen as smoothly as possible. 2) I protect my engineering team by trying to give them as much time as possible in the schedule to build their best design. On tight turnaround programs I communicate upcoming deadlines with them as early as possible so they can plan their own workload. During design and execution, I protect the engineering team from scope creep emphasizing solving the problem as posed. 4) When approaching a vague problem, I would first ask to clarify the end goal of the project. Hopefully that end goal can help me work with the sponsor to define project objectives. I will then ask for a project budget and deadline. I would bring a program proposal back to the sponsor and get their feedback to either go back and update, or move forward with the program.