Pro practiceProperty Development Manager practice interview
Development appraisals, site due diligence, design coordination, approvals, delivery strategy and commercial returns. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
A Pro practice interview, on the Pro plan from ₦5,000 a month billed yearly, or on Premium.
- Lead
- 20 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
A property development manager takes a scheme from opportunity and appraisal through design, approvals and delivery. The panel is looking for commercial judgement, disciplined due diligence and the ability to coordinate specialists while protecting the development brief.
How to prepare
- Choose two developments and be clear about the decisions you owned at each stage.
- Review how you test land cost, construction cost, revenue, programme and sensitivity in an appraisal.
- Prepare an example of a risk discovered during technical, legal or planning due diligence.
- Think through how you control design changes while maintaining the intended customer proposition.
- Be ready to explain how you report a development recommendation to an investment committee.
Common mistakes
- Treating projected revenue as certain instead of testing demand and sensitivity.
- Focusing on design appeal while overlooking title, access, utilities or approval risks.
- Describing advisers' work without explaining the judgement you personally applied.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
5 questions the way interviewers ask for this role, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 4 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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