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Interview Question for the Planning Engineer

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Nouman Zia
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Hi guys,

Given below are list of interview questions faced by Planning Engineer , other than their personal and Experience. if anyone like to add more u are welcome pls .............

I would appericiate if some has brief answer of the questions listed below.

 

Q-3: What are the three basic PROCESSES for preparing the baseline program?

Q-4: You have just received the baseline program form your contractor what are the few major things you will check immediately?

Q-5: What are the components of Baseline program?

Q-6: How you will load the resources & Cost in your baseline program using P3 & P6?

Q-7: What is an S-Curve? And how many types are there?

Q-8: Why we use Curves instead of bar charts?

Q-9: What is the difference between Bar chart & Schedule?

Q-10: What is the difference between schedule & baseline?

Q-11: You have approved the baseline program of a contractor now what will be the next step?

Q-12: what is the difference between Duration% Compo and Physical % Comp.?

Q-13: What is the difference between physical % and % weight age? And what is the difference between weighted % and Un-Weighted %?

Q-14: what are three parameters for % weighted in any project?

Q-15: Being a contractor what is the most important parameter for % weight age? And as a consultant which parameter of % weighted you will use for progress monitoring?

Q-16: How you will breakdown the % weighted of a building project from start to finish?

Q-17: The contract has submitted the claim for EDT how you will analyze this claim? Define the steps for claim analysis?

Q-18: Your program is showing a delay in progress for more than specified time what will you do in this case?

Q-19: What is the difference between TO COMPLETE & AT COMPLETION?

Q-20: What is the difference between Milestone and Flags?

Q-21: What is the difference between Estimate & Budget?

Q-22: What is the difference between recovery program & revised program?

Q-23 what is the difference between Target & Forecast?

Q-24: Draw an S-Curve Showing the Baseline program, Updated Progress, Recovery in progress?

Q-25: How you will present the planned % Complete along with the Actual % Complete in the summary bar of the updated program?

Q-26: How you will show the overall summary of % cornp. at each WBS level?

Q-27: Which planning Software you will be more comfortable with and why?

Q-28: What is the Long Lead Items? And how you will define then in your program?

Q-29: How you will recover the delay in your project?

Q-30: What do you mean by PS Items?

Q-31: What do you mean by PC rate items?

Q-32: what are Thresholds?

Q-33: What is Fragnet?

Q-34: How you will monitor the critical path?

Q-35: Up to which level you will breakdown your activities in your baseline program and in your updated program (for monitoring only)?

Q-36: What is Variance Analysis?

Q-37: What is the difference between controlled milestone & Key Milestone?

Q-38: What do you mean by Concurrent Delays & Critical delays?

Q-39: Have you ever worked with different formats for progress monitoring? And what are those?

Q-40: Your program is showing a delay and you were asked by your manager to print for him a report for the delayed items how you will make it in a quick time?

Q-41: What is the difference between EV & AC?

Q-42: How you will make the Two Weeks Look Ahead from your updated program?

Q-43: What is the typical WBS for a building project?

Q-44: What are the two major types of calendars you will use in your baseline program?
Q-4S: What is a Risk?

Q-46: How you will make the Risk Register?

Q-47: What is the difference between Mitigation & Acceleration?

Q-48: What is the major role of planning engineer in the Project management?
Q-49: What is the difference between Cost & Revenue?

Q-50: How you will define the learning curve? (Give example) 

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Nouman Zia
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Q-22: What is the difference between recovery program & revised program?

Recovery Program:  This program is to bring a late running project back to the schedule without zero cost to the client.

Revised Program:This the program as result of any variation or change proposed by the client.

Accelerated Program:  This is the program to bring the project finish date earlier at the cost to the client.

Viktor Pletnyov
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And now the contest for the best answers! Who will start?!
Mike Testro
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Hi Noumon

So you want someone to answer your interview questions for you.

I doubt that you will get any response - except maybe Q27 which should always be Asta Powerproject.

Best regards

Mike Testro

Nouman Zia
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Hi , 

I need breif awnsers to these questions.

Thanks

Mike Testro
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Hi Noumon

Where you setting them or answering them?

Best regards

Mike Testro