The Open University Project Manager interview questions
based on 5 ratings - Updated Dec 15, 2025
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Project Manager applicants have rated the interview process at The Open University with 3.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Project Manager roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at The Open University overall takes an average of 36 days.
Common stages of the interview process at The Open University as a Project Manager according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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Excellent — very thoughtful and welcoming. Competency based questions made answering the questions easier, and less stressful. Interviewers asked some follow up questions, which was professional but conversational too. Overall, a very well run interview with nice people.
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Question 1
Competency questions are pre submitted, which is confidence boosting.
I interviewed at The Open University (Milton Keynes, England)
Interview
One interview with mix of standard interview and competency based questions. Online in Covid times. Pre work provided presented at start of interview. Application process long winded and detailed and pre work but designed to establish right candidates so only one interview required.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at The Open University in Dec 2021
Interview
Cover letter to apply, during interview there were multiple questions "describe when" etc checking competencies for the job. Real life examples are a must. In general questions were quite tricky.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about the time when you had to deal with a difficult colleague