If hired as our next Educational Technology Specialist, how would you manage a very challenging project?
Educational Technology Specialists can often take on very complicated projects. Your interviewer is asking this question to ensure that you have the overall project management skills to handle the project you would be assigned with success. While you may not have ever put direct thought into the steps of handling a large project, it is important to talk about your ability to lead others, communicate with others, meet deadlines, and set milestones for the project. If you have an example of a time where you led a complicated project from start to finish with great success, now is a great time to talk about how you walked through that project.
"Successfully managing and implementing a large scale tech project requires me to first know the project inside and out. Before even starting any legwork, I would make sure to fully understand the goals of the project and the roadmap for getting there. From there, I would identify the key milestones for the project and set a timeline for completion. If needed for the project, I would assemble a team of individuals in areas on which each person was a subject matter expert. Once the project was underway, I would be a leader in how I communicated with others on the milestones and other relevant information. As the project neared its completion, I would work diligently to test the deliverables of the project to ensure it was hitting the marks desired from the start. Last, evaluation of the project would be an ongoing process to measure if its implementation achieved the desired outcomes."
