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Q- Please introduce yourself
I am
Manager Role at Onshore and I would be involved in team management by managing
premise and program management by project management (Scope, Resourcing, Scheduling, Milestones, Risk/Issues, Test
planning, Deployment, Closure), Delivery management (Task planning, allocation, review, testing, bug fix, documentation,
training) & Financial Management (Contract creation & sign-off, payment milestone approval & invoicing)
Q- For which Company you work for?
I work for
Q-Will you be working at the same location as f your supervisor?
No. My supervisor will be working at
client’s office at
Q-Why do you should be at onshore for this role
My client is willing to execute this program in agile mode and that too in complete onshore model. That means, I need to
manage complete team at onshore and I need to participate in “daily” project planning, progress, dependency/risk/issues and
deliverables meetings with Client & other vendors. In Agile project execution in-person, class room or workshop kind of
meetings are performed. Hence, I need to be present at onshore for people & program management.
Q- What does make you different to be selected for this role than your peers?
This program requires good Program management experience in <project domain, example banking, insurance, life
sciences> with agile methodology, experience of Client processes, experience of multi-vendor environment, experience of
long duration with big team size & high risk projects. As per my overall professional experience, I fit into this role.
Q- How long will you be there at onshore for this role?
Up to 3 years
Q- What will be your salary at onshore?
Q- What is your salary at offshore?
US L1A Visa - Interview Questions
Q- What is value of overall portfolio?
Q- Where will you stay at US?
Q- When did you join
I joined
Q- Primarily, what is your skill set & expertise?
From Management perspective, my skill set includes handling large & complex Life science projects, like 50+ team size,
multi-location & multi-vendor environment, in agile & spiral methodology, long duration projects, working with multiple data
sources and generating reports for multiple departments.
Q- What is your designation in
I am Manager at
Q- What is your qualification?
I am Bachelor in Technology and my specialization is in Information Technology
Q- Tell me about your program
This is a program consists of 3 projects. All are related to Manufacturing, facilities & clinical research sub-domains of Life
Sciences respectively. Data will be fetched from diverse sources, then create data warehouse will be and then report
creation on top of that. All projects first phases vary from 3 to 6 agile sprints and ranging from 3 to 6 months duration. Later,
there will be more phases in each project. Technology stack is Java, Oracle, XML, UNIX.
These projects are in initial phase. Team at onshore has been identified and is being on-boarded. Once I reach there, agile
execution will start.
Q- Tell me about your team?
Initially, I will be having 40 persons team based at onshore only. This team will grow up to 100 people primarily at onshore.
As of now, there will be 10 associate reporting to me directly.
I will be reporting to
Q- Where is your work location?
I will be working at my client location in US.
Q- Where is your client location?My client location is
Q- Have you entered US previously (when & where)
Yes, in Aug 2011 & Oct 2012 on Business Visa.
Q- How long have you been with
I have been with
Q- Do you have authority to hire & fire associates?
Yes, considering the project requirements I can hire associates with right profile and I can decide to fire an associate on the
basis of his/her performance.
Q- Tell me about your onshore & offshore team mix (Designations)?
For 3 projects, I will have having 10 main leads who will be reporting to me directly. There will be another 30 associates
reporting to my direct reportees.
Q- How old is
It is around 8 years old.
Q- What are different
Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, UK, USA
Q- What are different
NJ, PA, CT, TX, TN, MA, MN, IL, AR, LA, MD, NE, DE, CA
Q- What is the strength of your company’s associates working for
offshore)?
2000
Q- What is the strength of your company’s associates working for
1500
Q- How many your company’s associates are working in at
500
Q- How many your company’s associate who are working at
checking our compliance of US law)
Sorry, I do not have exact number. However it is as per compliance.
Q- What is the total revenue generated by your company from
100M
Q- What managerial high level roles you would be playing (Roles & Responsibilities)
1) People management in which I need to manage my team working at client’s premise. Their allocation, goal setting, is
aligning their aspirations to project goals, task planning, task tracking, deliverable review, query resolution & in-person
mentoring, half yearly & year-end performance review.
2) Program Management by finalizing task order & Participating in project sprint planning with client including other
vendors which includes scope management by freezing user story, schedule management by deciding duration of sprint,
effort estimation & resource allocation, finalizing commercials, highlighting dependencies/risk/issues on timely basis, sprint
test planning, daily/weekly status reporting, sprint release planning and warranty support planning.
3) Client Management by discussing face-to-face feedback, lessons learnt and areas of improvement in program
execution, and plan for improvement implementation.
4) Pipeline opportunity management by conducting Workshops for pipeline or future projects.