Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
No PM can succeed with only one sinle Skill, that doesn't exist. Maybe temporary but not permanently. Leadership is one skill that you need to succeed but it should be combined with other skills.
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1 reply by Kevin Drake
Mar 19, 2018 6:43 PM
Kevin Drake
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I answered in a similar way, but the interviewer did not like it.
No PM can succeed with only one sinle Skill, that doesn't exist. Maybe temporary but not permanently. Leadership is one skill that you need to succeed but it should be combined with other skills.
I answered in a similar way, but the interviewer did not like it.
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2 replies by Dr.Vijayakumar Ramasamy and Rami Kaibni
Mar 19, 2018 6:44 PM
Rami Kaibni
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Well, then you should have asked him to enlighten you. There is no right or wrong answer but if someone asks you for ONE and ONLY ONE skill that makes a PM sucessfull, this in my point of view is a wrong question to start with. It is my humble opinion !
Mar 19, 2018 11:02 PM
Dr.Vijayakumar Ramasamy
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Typically interviewers don't accept those open ended answers.
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Mar 19, 2018 6:43 PM
Replying to Kevin Drake
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I answered in a similar way, but the interviewer did not like it.
Well, then you should have asked him to enlighten you. There is no right or wrong answer but if someone asks you for ONE and ONLY ONE skill that makes a PM sucessfull, this in my point of view is a wrong question to start with. It is my humble opinion !
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2 replies by Eugene Onwuka and Kevin Drake
Mar 19, 2018 9:07 PM
Kevin Drake
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I agree with you
Mar 26, 2018 10:45 AM
Eugene Onwuka
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While Studying for my PMP it was a unanimous agreement by most of the materials I came across and even practice question answers that a PM spends about 90% of his time on project communication. I think ability effectively communicate with project stakeholder is a good try to answers the question.
Well, then you should have asked him to enlighten you. There is no right or wrong answer but if someone asks you for ONE and ONLY ONE skill that makes a PM sucessfull, this in my point of view is a wrong question to start with. It is my humble opinion !
I agree with you
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1 reply by Eric Simms
Mar 19, 2018 9:48 PM
Eric Simms
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I think the interviewer might have meant to say "What one skill does a Project Manager need, without which s/he cannot succeed?" The interviewer might have wanted you to name a key skill without which a PM cannot be successful.
If interpreted this way, my answer to this question would be 'communication'.
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Lenka PincotChief of Staff to the CEO| Project Management InstituteParis, France
That’s hard. It’s tricky question when you don’t know company culture. Some may like “ability to learn quickly”, “ability to adopt a change”, “know when to stop the project”, “motivate team members’. they were probably looking for confirmation that you solve their issue. So my only advice is that when you’re on interview ask a lot of questions by yourself to “read the company”. Anyway it’s always good if you are actually able to lead the interview even if it’s you who’s the candidate. And interview is led by the one who’s asking questions. Saving Changes...
Eric SimmsSenior Program ManagerBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Mar 19, 2018 9:07 PM
Replying to Kevin Drake
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I agree with you
I think the interviewer might have meant to say "What one skill does a Project Manager need, without which s/he cannot succeed?" The interviewer might have wanted you to name a key skill without which a PM cannot be successful.
If interpreted this way, my answer to this question would be 'communication'.
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1 reply by Rami Kaibni
Mar 19, 2018 10:41 PM
Rami Kaibni
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I would agree on this but this is a totally different question.
But if I had to pick one it would be stakeholder engagement, because you can be average on almost every skill, but in the end if the stakeholder is happy, signs off and sings your praises, that skill paid off well even though you may not be a terribly good project manager as a result. Saving Changes...
His feedback that I should have answered this question as a response to " What you feel is your greatest strength as a project manager? and how you plan to apply that skill to our projects"
I think it was very unfair and canny question just to say no to me. Saving Changes...
Lenka PincotChief of Staff to the CEO| Project Management InstituteParis, France
Bad and sad. But why to work for a bad company? Lucky that you escaped :) Saving Changes...
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