An agile project manager's interview Experience: iZenBridge

In this video, Saket is in a discussion with an Agile Project Manager who has just given an interview.
You will get to know the question which is asked in an interview. You will get to know the approach you should have answering them.
00:00 - Introduction of the Project Manager.
1:00 - Interview Experience.
1:30- What is Agile Estimation Methodology?
5:23 - How to commit a timeline to the client about project delivery when you have Product Backlog?
13:48 - How to estimate iteration and commit project delivery when you have less internal resources?
19:30 - How to answer when a client asked to deliver early than committed?
23:19 - How to monitor the progress in Agile?
27:00 - How to monitor the quality in Agile?
34:30- How to plan the capacity of Sprint?
37:40- How to do mitigation in Conflict within the team?
41:00 - Who all are included in Estimation in Agile?
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[@michellembok7805]

I really appreciate this platform. I have an interview tomorrow and this was so helpful. I am going to watch it again. Thank you, Saket!

[@izenbridge]

Glad it was helpful!

[@BRENDACJMIRAN]

did you get tge job?

[@michellembok7805]

@@BRENDACJMIRAN Sadly no, but I also think it wasn’t meant to be. God knows best 🙏🏾 Thanks for asking.

[@BRENDACJMIRAN]

@@michellembok7805 sure enough, Michelle! I wish you all the best ❤️

[@BRENDACJMIRAN]

@@michellembok7805 and thank you for replying me 🫶🏽

[@vineetchoudhary3900]

Hey Saket, thanks for making all these videos. they are a great help.

[@izenbridge]

Glad you liked the video!! Keep exploring iZenBridge KZbin Channel. To know more iZenBridge training programs, please visit - www.izenbridge.com/

[@deepakjohn9295]

Thank you Saket for real project examples and pragmatic responses! 🙏🏻

[@izenbridge]

Thank you for watching

[@shameek82]

Hi Saket, for a question related to how to monitor the health of the project. The scrum master can use various metrics to observe the health of the ongoing project. For example, Defect density, defect leakages, code review effectiveness, schedule variance, cost variance, task completion ratios. Monitoring these parameters helps us to give enlarge view of any problems occurring and effective RCA with team will help to resolve these issues. In addition, you can keep initial benchmark values for metrics and gradually tighten these parameters with time.

[@izenbridge]

I agree

[@starcapital2386]

Question is good... answers are deaf

[@rahotmanp5212]

Such a wonderful video, I am working in agile scrum based project for around 5 years, but got cleared with most of the kinds of details

[@izenbridge]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AjayMirgal4Ever]

Perfect Idea...! Its Scenario based One. The perfect way of make ppl understand !

[@ranis2715]

Awesome videos, learning so much from these valuable content. Thank you so much Saket.

[@izenbridge]

Happy to hear that!

[@anilvundavalli1383]

Fantastic approach and really like your perspective on the questions asked saket,you are the MAN!!

[@izenbridge]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@manishrao18]

Good to hear it. I was quite on target. I gave 2 hours interview to a typical desi, it started from Technology QnA (all my mentioned technical skill sets - he was googling them) and then went into Project mgmt. Majority of what you guys discussed is what I explained. The Feedback he gave me is, you are too technical and give too detailed explanation. Based this session I think, either the guy was clueless to fit me or he had someone else to be onboarded. Lesson learnt: Some people take interview for time pass or to improve their won knowledge. Appreciate your feedback.

[@izenbridge]

I think we need to find the right people and companies also.

[@pkvs9]

Hi Manish, I feel your frustration as I've been in the same boat and so have many of my friends. Typical desis will be very pleasing and submissive to goras but when it comes to interviewing another desi, they want to come on top, trying to showcase they know more and have a condescending attitude.

[@shantherikamath9537]

This was a very helpful video and channel to help prepare for my interview! Thank you for building this channel and content.

[@izenbridge]

Thank you for checking our content, happy to know you found them useful.

[@roxanneanderson870]

Yes.....this is great information. It is truly appreciated. Thank you

[@izenbridge]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Nawah22]

Simply amazing! Very well explained. Good job

[@izenbridge]

Glad you liked it!

[@santuchatterjee823]

Wonderful session ...

[@pkvs9]

Thanks! Very helpful video, nicely done.

[@izenbridge]

Thank you.

[@SatyamStuty]

Its really a great way to enhance the knowledge and share experience which will help everyone who pays attention to the type of answers which should ideally be given and the type of questions which may come to your way.

[@izenbridge]

Thank you for checking our content and your comment.

[@pujasarkar3132]

Very helpful. One the Capacity Planning part, where it was told to add more people who were just released from other sprint, i found we could have brought in the cost associated with them and without the stakeholders approval it is not possible. In fact, new members might be distorting the team dynamics.

[@izenbridge]

Thank you for sharing.

[@prashantkuls]

Haven't learnt more in any other PM session . THANKS

[@izenbridge]

Thank you for checking it out.

[@marshaisma6]

This was really helpful! Thank you

[@izenbridge]

Thank you.

[@toastedmarshmallows3405]

Amazing video Saket. In reponse to one of the questions about resource constraint, you suggested documenting this as a risk and bringing it to the attention of stakeholders for a risk assessment. Just want to add that for such constraints, automation may also be looked at as a mitigation strategy.

[@izenbridge]

Yes, its good idea if feasible

[@gobbaka]

Thanks Saket for Good Explanation

[@izenbridge]

Always welcome

[@pradeepkumarsatpaty197]

Good content and very helpful.

[@izenbridge]

Glad it was helpful!

[@avayajob]

Thanks Saket ! It would really helpful.

[@izenbridge]

Thank you

[@judepriya]

Thank you .. very good video

[@izenbridge]

Glad to hear that!! Keep exploring iZenBridge KZbin Channel.

[@felifontaine]

Dhanyavaad! this was really helpful. Thanks for the knowledge Ji.

[@izenbridge]

Thanks for liking

[@sunnypandey1777]

really helpful answers

[@izenbridge]

Glad to hear that

[@nehatiwary5674]

☺️You are full package of all SDLC ❤🙌👏👏👏

[@izenbridge]

Thank you for your kind words.

[@anusco88]

Very helpful 👌

[@izenbridge]

Glad it helped

[@manishiet2k]

Bestest of Best video

[@arvindkumar-xr6ok]

very good content..

[@izenbridge]

Glad you liked it

[@varundutta2381]

Junit and Sonar can check code quality. How many defects came in UAT and Prod ? What is Customer Satisfaction score ? These are some of the ways to check quality in an Agile project.

[@RanjanKumar-nz5sw]

Good to hear.

[@shikhaawasthi5333]

Awesome. Really helpful. I was asked a team size question in multiple interviews. Please help me out. Question is "How to determine team size (exact count ) during start of project when user stories are not provided by client yet?"

[@izenbridge]

Its usually based on rough order of estimate of effort and budget available, this is also usually case in non agile projects also, many time we estimate the team size well before listing the requirements.

[@anushika01]

Nowadays during interview people want to use agile with cost and schedule baseline of waterfall... PM is very subjective domain... The best fit answer for any question changes from domain to domain... I have been through an interview where interviewer asked situation based question and then countered my answer with long term stategy decisions unrelated to context of question... It is very difficult to gauge what is going on in an interviewer mind and what exactly he wants to listen...

[@krishtamupendra6624]

Thanks Sanket for you videos. I got question from one the interview like "Who is your priority - Client or Process? " My answer is process. if we follow the process then client will satisfy the deliverables. Is my answer is correct?

[@izenbridge]

I may start by saying, for me the goal of the process is to serve the client in a better and sustainable way. So if we find some processes are not adding value for a client we need to see what value they add? Something on same line we spoke in this video : kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGqpiWapfriJntU

[@sunnypandey1777]

thanks

[@izenbridge]

You're welcome!

[@parnashshukla2084]

I face one interview as a Scrum Master in middle level organization he asked me few questions like 1) What is the difference between Scrum and Waterfall model?? 2) Scrum model is always batter than Waterfall model?? 3) Who is responsible for creating the stories and why?? 4) Suppose new teams has given to you which has totally fresher members how you can implement scrum in that team??? I hope these questions are helpful to the candidate who can appear in scrum master interview.

[@izenbridge]

Thank you for sharing

[@leelabalu1380]

@@izenbridge Could you please answer these questions Scrum master one

[@izenbridge]

@@leelabalu1380 If you wish to disucss them we can organize the conversation like above , since it may be discussion rather than having clear one answer, in case you wish to schedule conversation, please drop email at [e-mail]

[@chaitrajayakumar3231]

In terms of end date etc, can outlining a Roadmap help the stakeholder to provide a end date / range?

[@izenbridge]

Yes I do see

[@sarazgenetic9549]

Useful

[@izenbridge]

Thanks

[@jayamaamangala4884]

HI Saket, Please help with below question: Suppose you got a SOW for 100days, but as PM you calculate it will take 120 days to complete the project. So as a PM what is your further step?

[@izenbridge]

Share it with respective people about the estimate and basis of estimate. In Project management, estimations needs to be done again and again so we know where are we and how much more time it will take, when we know this we can find some options.

[@viralshah2058]

00:02 Agile project manager discusses the switch from Waterfall to Agile 02:57 Estimation process mode creates strong knowledge and understanding about requirements 08:51 The video discusses the importance of understanding the features and terminology of agile project management. 11:32 Agile project manager's interview experience 17:14 The importance of stakeholder commitment 19:59 Understanding and managing crisis situations 24:39 Monitoring and exposing issues to take corrective action 27:06 The middle-end definition of done should be acceptable for the client 32:23 The video discusses the challenges and focus of an agile project manager. 34:58 Managing overworked team members in an upcoming sprint 40:14 Resolving conflict in agile project management 43:29 The importance of clearly defined plug points in the infrastructure Crafted by Merlin AI.

[@Nakshatra-2020]

Hi sir, shudnt release date be set by the release management team in consultation with the program level leads ?

[@izenbridge]

I am not sure if many frameworks define the term Release Management Team well, in SAFe we do have a meeting to explore possible Releases and their Management. In general, an organization need to define the group that understand the business needs and make a decision on the release of the features which are ready for release.

[@mariyageorge4616]

what certification course is best for a fresher to seek a job as a scrum master?

[@izenbridge]

Certified Scrum Master is good start, you can also check our schedule on same : www.izenbridge.com/certified-scrum-master/

[@navinverma2952]

Hi Saket, In my recent interview I had been asked by interviewer... The Q. What will you think or do when you find that there is a team member who is efficiently working in the team thats why most of the tasks reach to that particular member and even sometime he even ends up doing most of the sprint's work ...Do you think its right or what you will do in this scenario

[@izenbridge]

Its risky, because it is creating single point of failure, if this guy fails full team fails, so as leader i need to see how i resolve it, i may ensure others are trained well, i ensure rather than this guy doing the work he use his skills to teach and mentor others so they do work.

[@toastedmarshmallows3405]

Encourage that person to document his work. Encourage him to share his knowledge with others. Do job rotation to build redundancies in the team

[@pinakpaninath4321]

If there is a dispute or conflict with a team member, when as a PM we try to self motivate to self realization for a commitment for a dead line then wat should do?

[@izenbridge]

Depend on what works best, its difficult to have one recommendation on this.

[@sidharth3103]

Hi, What is Escape Velocity, I wanted to implement this concept in my teams, only I dont have Idea. Please explain

[@izenbridge]

Not sure, i only know the velocity needed to escape the gravity is called escape Velocity.

[@makeshkumara9167]

I got a question where how do you migrate Skype to Teams in Agile environment! Then, how will you identify risk in your project? How do i answer these questions?

[@vishalkundagol3536]

You can keep a conference call on skype, Risk are of mostly 2 types positive impact and negative, postive impact called as opportunities and negative impact as threats Opportunities like the risk which are already pre defined, and it has solution documented. And for threats you have to find the solution.

[@user-fm9ln7yx8b]

I have one question on a situation : Suppose I have a story of 5 story points in current sprint, due to some reason ( blocker) I am able to burn only 3 and 2 are pending, ideally story is a spil over to next sprint, but is whole story spilling over to next sprint ? 5 points is not correct, it should be 2, how to manage this situation ?

[@izenbridge]

It depends on the value of work done, if that part of work is testable and can meet DoD, it is good to spilt the story with splitting of story points as well. So its a negotiation between PO and Team.

[@user-fm9ln7yx8b]

@@izenbridge Thanks :)

[@shubham00sharma]

Hi Sir, If a person working in Pharma industry for Product development project-On Project management role, and, want shift to industry like IT or Healthcare those support pharma business or having some sort of linkage with Pharma industry. What should be the approaches to shift the industry even after doing PMP, Prince2? I found that, they take interview and end up with feedback that we are looking for IT/Healthcare person who has worked already in this domain PM. I'm working in Pharma R&D PM role since 10 years but surprised to know that why other industries are rigid in nature to hire pharma PMs to IT or other domain even though i saw people are welcomed from IT or other industry to Pharma for PM role on good salary. You please explain or give me a chance to connect with you over a call and upload on your channel so that so many of people like me can get a clear understanding of it and make their move very planned and safe without frustration.

[@izenbridge]

I am not expert in Pharma , but if you feel conversation on project management can help, i am good to have conversation like above , you can drop email at [e-mail]

[@gauravkohli7933]

Hi. Can you also take a session on project manager interview session for veterans

[@izenbridge]

Good Idea, we are open to look for professionals who may want to come forward

[@aditisplayworld5853]

I think for measuring quality, one of the key metric is escaped defects..How many defects escaped from test and review and identified after implementation by business

[@izenbridge]

You are right; escaped defects are also known as Defect leakage. There are other metrics are well to check the overall quality of the project as well which is Defect density as well.

[@aditisplayworld5853]

@@izenbridge Thank you

[@vlogmall1131]

Customer don't care about agile methodology customer needs only product,so best thing is to categorize what is most important, important and not important

[@izenbridge]

Thank you for sharing your view.

[@benarcher8060]

Can Scrum master, SAFe scrum master be called Agile project manager?

[@izenbridge]

Depends on organization labels

[@sn-je5yh]

Maybe you can present ur answers with scenarios

[@izenbridge]

Good Idea, thank you

[@Dhriti_official413]

hi

[@jit2500]

Sankey answer on estimation is not apt. These is vague.

[@izenbridge]

Thank you for sharing your opinion.

[@amitdubey9201]

Before next sprint planning a backlog grooming is done where a story is updated with more concrete information. Then a poker estimation can be done by team .