Project manager: resume, follow-up and interview guide.

Resume lines to adapt

Replace each bracket with something true. If you don’t have a number, leave it out rather than guess.

• Led a [number]-person team to deliver [project] [on time / ahead of date]
• Cut [time or cost] on [process] by [what you changed]
• Ran weekly updates for [stakeholders] that kept [project] on scope

Your day-five note

Hi [Name],

I applied for the Project Manager role on [date]. I recently delivered [real project and result], and I'd like to bring that steady planning to your team.

Thanks,
[Your name]

Questions to prepare for

1. Walk me through a project that went off track.
2. How do you handle a stakeholder who changes scope?
3. How do you prioritize competing deadlines?
4. Tell me about a hard conversation with a teammate.
5. What tools do you use to track work?

Practice these out loud in a mock interview.

Your first 30 days

• Meet every stakeholder and write down their goals
• Review open projects, risks and deadlines
• Share a short summary of what you found

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