City of Philadelphia interview preparation.

Review the skills in City of Philadelphia's job postings and prepare examples from your own work. Candidate-reported questions and our suggested exercises are labeled separately below.

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[01] BY THE NUMBERS

Headline facts before you prep.

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[02] PRACTICE

Practice for these roles.

Use the requirements below to choose relevant examples from your work. For each example, explain the problem, your contribution and the result. Ask your recruiter which skills the interview will cover.

Project health analysis

Build a sample project scorecard covering schedule, scope, budget, and risk. Write a short leadership summary identifying two problems and recommended actions.

The Business Analyst assesses these performance metrics and develops dashboards, reports, and scorecards.

Source posting

Data quality validation

Design a small municipal dataset and write SQL checks for missing values, duplicates, invalid references, and business-rule violations. Document how failures should be reported.

The Data Architect / Quality Assurance Engineer establishes systematic quality checks and works with engineers to automate validation.

Source posting

Mainframe change planning

Walk through a small Natural/ADABAS enhancement, including the code change, regression checks, documentation, and security considerations.

The developer role maintains Natural/ADABAS applications and requires testing, documentation, and security procedures for changes.

Source posting

Law Department – Health and Adult Services Unit - Assistant City Solicitor or Deputy City Solicitor

The current posting asks for:

  • Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, agency rules and processes which govern our unit’s clients with a particular focus on the confidentiality of the documents produced by each client.
  • Must be able to clearly present and explain their case to arbitrators, mediators, opposing parties, judges, or juries and listen, answer questions, present to large groups and high-level officials
  • Assistant City Solicitor applicants must have at least one (1) year of relevant litigation experience.

Read the employer’s full posting · Posted 2026-10-15

Legal Assistant – Real Estate and Development Unit

The current posting asks for:

  • Experience exercising discretion and confidentiality with sensitive information
  • Preferred candidate will possess an Associate’s degree, paralegal certificate or equivalent and have experience preferably in a legal setting.

Read the employer’s full posting · Posted 2026-10-14

Chief Deputy City Solicitor - Civil Rights Unit

The current posting asks for:

  • Knowledge of applicable laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, and agency rules and process, or demonstrated ability to quickly learn;
  • Must be able to clearly present and explain their case to arbitrators, mediators, opposing parties, judges, or juries and listen, answer questions, present to large groups and high-level officials and employ diplomacy in challenging situations.
  • This is a senior/supervisory level position, with a minimum of (9) plus years of legal experience relevant to the subject matter and/or responsibilities the unit requires.

Read the employer’s full posting · Posted 2026-10-14

Sources reviewed 2026-10-12.

[03] APPLY LOGISTICS

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[04] FAQ

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