Job Interview Question : What One Skill Does a Project Manager Need to Succeed?

Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia

In Your Experience, name one skill only does a project manager need to succeed.
I was asked this question during an interview and I messed up.

There is technically no single right answer to this question. But the challenge here is how to answer it.

Posted: Mar 19, 2018 6:27 PM (Updated by author: Mar 19, 2018 6:29 PM)

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Eugene Onwuka Principal consultant| Eupal Develoment Consultants Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria

Mar 19, 2018 6:44 PM

Replying to 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 !

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.

Posted: Mar 26, 2018 10:45 AM

Anish Abraham Privacy Program Manager| University of Washington Auburn, Wa, United States

I think it's the communication skill, which a Project manager needs to master in order to succeed in a project.

Posted: Mar 26, 2018 1:01 PM

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Job Interview Question : What One Skill Does a Project Manager Need to Succeed?

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