Applied through referral.

Had an initial interview with the hiring manager for 45 minutes. We dove deep into technical aspects.

I had no hopes of making it to the second round, but they set up a panel interview for me three weeks later.

The panel interview started with a presentation for about 30 minutes, followed by questions on the presentation. Then, I spoke with four of nine leads from Product Development, Operations, EE, and Concept Development stages.

They all left great reviews for me with the hiring manager, but ultimately decided to cancel the interview and not waste my time, because they needed someone who was more hands-on with engineering than what I do in my current role.

The hiring manager asked me to take six to nine months to a year to beef up my technical understanding to show on my resume and presentation.

Pretty disappointed.

Whomever I spoke to about this role said EPMs needed to have a technical background so they could communicate between technical and non-technical teams, but no one said I needed to be an engineer more than a manager.

What are the three key challenges that you think an EPM faces?

If there is a conflict in your team about a certain topic, how do you resolve it?

Describe a situation where you ran the risk of missing a deadline and how you handled it. What was the outcome?