At London Health Sciences Centre, we have a lot of project work going on. Tell me about a project you led that was not successful.

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Nobody is perfect and the interviewer must ask you for examples where the outcome wasn't so great in addition to your work with a positive outcome. Be honest about what caused your project to fail but talk about what you learned as well.

"In addition to many successful projects, I had a project that wasn't so successful last year. I was leading a project for our new software system roll-out and there was an action item I needed from all of the teams. There were two teams who never responded, so I moved along without their data. We kept our project plan rolling, but as we got closer to launch, we couldn't get the buy-in on the new process from the two units who never got us the data. One of the teams was a very high revenue area. The project was basically put on hold by our CEO. The lesson I learned was to build relationships with the key stakeholders so they will also get your their deliverables. If I would have had the other two teams' buy-in, the software would be completely up and running by now. Live and learn, I guess!"

"I wanted to start an intern program so we had better candidates to hire for entry level roles. I had some really great ideas that I brought to the executive of our business. She asked a lot of questions and then kept asking what my immediate leader thought. It was clear that I hadn't even talked with him about it. I didn't even continue my meeting. The next day, I set aside some time on my boss's calendar to go over my thoughts and ideas. He had some great input and suggestions. When I went back to the executive, I spoke on behalf of the two of us and was able to get everything approved."

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2. At London Health Sciences Centre, we have a lot of project work going on. Tell me about a project you led that was not successful.

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Nobody is perfect and the interviewer must ask you for examples where the outcome wasn't so great in addition to your work with a positive outcome. Be honest about what caused your project to fail but talk about what you learned as well.

Written by Michelle Krebs on September 24th, 2018

1st Answer Example

"In addition to many successful projects, I had a project that wasn't so successful last year. I was leading a project for our new software system roll-out and there was an action item I needed from all of the teams. There were two teams who never responded, so I moved along without their data. We kept our project plan rolling, but as we got closer to launch, we couldn't get the buy-in on the new process from the two units who never got us the data. One of the teams was a very high revenue area. The project was basically put on hold by our CEO. The lesson I learned was to build relationships with the key stakeholders so they will also get your their deliverables. If I would have had the other two teams' buy-in, the software would be completely up and running by now. Live and learn, I guess!"

Written by Michelle Krebs on September 24th, 2018

2nd Answer Example

"I wanted to start an intern program so we had better candidates to hire for entry level roles. I had some really great ideas that I brought to the executive of our business. She asked a lot of questions and then kept asking what my immediate leader thought. It was clear that I hadn't even talked with him about it. I didn't even continue my meeting. The next day, I set aside some time on my boss's calendar to go over my thoughts and ideas. He had some great input and suggestions. When I went back to the executive, I spoke on behalf of the two of us and was able to get everything approved."

Written by Michelle Krebs

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