How to Answer: What would you say is your top non-technical skill that will help you succeed in this role here at Red Hat?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Red Hat job interview.
10. What would you say is your top non-technical skill that will help you succeed in this role here at Red Hat?
How to Answer
As a software architect at Red Hat, you will be relied upon to be the bridge to between the business and technical side of the organization. Your work my be relied upon to work within many silos of the organization. Because of this need, your interviewer is asking you to dig deep inside of yourself and talk about what you feel is your greatest skill to help you do this that is outside of your technical ability. As you prepare for this question, there are many ways that you can answer. No matter how you answer, be sure that your answer relates to your ability to work with other people in some way, shape or form.
Written by Ryan Brunner on February 26th, 2020
1st Answer Example
"As I grew in the software development field over my career, I was best suited to be a architect because of my ability to be a great project manager. If hired for this role here at Red Hat, you'll quickly find that I have the ability to lead others, negotiate, budget and oversee a project from idea to final delivery."
Written by Ryan Brunner on February 26th, 2020
2nd Answer Example
"From a self introspection point of view, I think that my ability to be empathetic towards others that I work with has led to a huge amount of my success in the software architecture field. While I do have the technical skills to do great things here at Red Hat, my ability to learn from others, see their point of view and become a great teach to them when needed will really set me apart from others that you are interviewing for this position. If given the opportunity to work here, this skills will greatly improve the team atmosphere."