Given below are list of interview questions faced by Planning Engineer , other t han their personal and Experience. if anyone like to add more u are welcome pls
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Common Interview questions for Planning Engineer:
1. What is total float?
2. What are the difference between free float and total float?
3. What is a constraint?
4. What are the difference between MS Project and Primavera?
5. How to load cost & resource in a program?
6. What is WBS?
7. What is a milestone? What are the types of milestone?
8. What are the difference between flag and milestone activity?
9. What is a critical activity?
10. What is resource allocation and leveling?
11. What is a Baseline Program?
12. What are BSWS, BSWP, and ACWP?
13. What are SV and CV?
14. What is a Budget and how do you compare budget against Actual cost?
15. What is an S – Curve?
16. What is the difference between P3.1, P3E, and P5 etc.
17. What is an open end activity?
18. How often you update your program?
During an interview, i’ve been asked these questions:
- What is the difference between Retained Logic & Override Logic?
- What is the difference between Continuous & Interruptible scheduling?
- What is the no. of activities that u monitor & how do u make the update?
- How do u measure & compare the progress?
- Earned Value Terms (very detailed).
Regards.
Dear All
It is really a very good interview tips at the senior/lead planner level. It is true as some of our friend explain that it is bit hard for a fresh graduate or e ven a planner with 4-5 year of experience, except a very genius.
Here the some answer that Mr Stephen did not reply in detail or may be I could n ot got the point.
4. What are the difference between MS Project and Primavera?
I will reply that the cost & resource management is much better in P3 rather the n MS project where as MS project can produced more makeup(good fonts/color/tabbi ng and etc) reports then P3 for presentation.
8. What are the difference