# How do you take a program from start to finish? Aced (formerly Exponent) publishes a public search API over its indexed pages; the guide is at https://www.aced.io/agents/agent-access. Source: https://www.aced.io/questions/6248/explain-taking-program-start-finish Source observed: 2026-11-05T00:39:19.624Z Last checked: 2026-11-05T00:39:19.624+00:00 Indexed: 2026-11-06T16:09:08.797+00:00 --- # How do you take a program from start to finish? We provide interview-preparation questions and practice tools through Aced, formerly Exponent. This Program Sense question concerns Technical Program Manager interviews. - **Interview count:** 2 interviews - **Reported last asked:** 7 months ago - **Role:** [Technical Program Manager](https://www.aced.io/questions?role=tpm) - **Companies:** [Apple](https://www.aced.io/questions?company=apple), [Anduril](https://www.aced.io/questions?company=anduril) - **Category:** Program Sense Detailed company statistics are available through [Upgrade](https://www.aced.io/upgrade?src=questions). ## Interview experiences ### Apple · 7 months ago > “I got into Apple through an internal referral and interviewed for two EPM roles, but I completed the full process only for Siri. The Siri process took about two months from late January to late March, started with just recruiter emails instead of a recruiter call, then a short hiring manager chat, then a six person loop of 30 minute interviews, and then two additional director conversations. The whole thing felt much more casual than other big tech interviews I have done, with a lot of behavioral and project walkthrough questions, a lot of time left for my questions, and almost no real technical grilling. The most unusual parts were how many senior people I met, including directors after the loop, and the fact that my hiring manager came back in the loop and asked me zero interview questions. I passed the interviews, but I am still negotiating because the level and compensation came in lower than I expected.” Role: Technical Program Manager [Read the Apple experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/apple-technical-program-manager-interview-09dba9) ### Anduril · a year ago > “A recruiter found me on LinkedIn, then I had a recruiter screen, a surprisingly early screen with a skip-level manager in the air defense org, and then a four-part panel. The panel was one domain-heavy system design plus three behavioral TPM-style interviews on execution, ownership, deliverables, decision-making, and alignment. The hardest part by far was the technical/system design round because it was built around designing radar coverage for a moving ship, and even though they said they knew I didn't come from that industry, the actual expectations still felt pretty domain specific. Everyone I talked to was very professional and genuinely into the work, and even the skip-level person was unusually involved in the details. I didn't get the role because they wanted someone a little more senior for that L6 spot.” Role: Technical Program Manager · Senior / L5 [Read the Anduril experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/anduril-senior-technical-program-manager-interview-8f2df5) ## Community answers No answers have been contributed by the community yet. 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