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Question 2 of 50 for our Project Manager Mock Interview

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Question 2 of 50

What is the most important skill you have developed while managing projects?

Your interviewer wants to know how your time spent working in project management roles has served you, your companies, and the teams you have led. Your answer will help your interviewer learn more about your value system and a potentially helpful skill you will bring to the role if hired.

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How to Answer: What is the most important skill you have developed while managing projects?

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  • 2. What is the most important skill you have developed while managing projects?

      Why the Interviewer Asks This Question

      Your interviewer wants to know how your time spent working in project management roles has served you, your companies, and the teams you have led. Your answer will help your interviewer learn more about your value system and a potentially helpful skill you will bring to the role if hired.

      Written by Karrie Day on May 3rd, 2023

      How to Answer

      Describe a skill that you feel you have been able to hone properly through your work as a project manager. Describe how what you learned served your teams, clients, and the company you worked for.

      Written by Karrie Day on May 3rd, 2023

      Answer Example

      The most important skill I have developed while working as a project manager is the ability to handle difficult conversations with greater levels of ease. I have had the opportunity to use my intuition, sense of empathy. communication, creative thinking, and leadership skills each time I am faced with one of these conversations. They have occurred with clients, management, partners, vendors, and within the teams I lead. I am now able to stay calm, think clearly, and work with whoever I am speaking with to find a way forward. I feel confident this skill will add value to my work here at XYZ company if selected for the project manager position.

      Written by Karrie Day on May 3rd, 2023

  • About the Author

    I began my professional career as an IT Business Systems Analyst. I enjoyed the role, but I knew early on that I wanted to explore project management after moving through the analyst ranks. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to partner with several talented project managers while I was working to grow my own skill set. I learned a lot from them about how to approach strategic planning, communication, conflict resolution, and how to motivate various personality types to perform their best under pressure. I learned even more from their failures.

    It was clear that project management was as much an art as a science, and I eventually got my shot at taking everything I had observed over the years and blending it into my own style for steering projects and programs successfully. While project management was not my ultimate career goal, I greatly value my time managing projects. I have utilized the skills I worked to refine in project management in every position I have held since. For example, I use the communication, strategic thinking, and tactical planning skills I regularly leaned on as a project manager each time I work with one of my coaching clients.

    Whether working as a project manager is a career goal of yours, or you fell into it through circumstance, you’re in good company. Over 16 million professionals claim the title of project manager, and project management isn’t going anywhere. In fact, the number of project managers is expected to grow by 7% over the next 8 years according to the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics. According to the Project Management Institute, the global outlook is even more impressive boasting up to 33% growth through 2027. Regardless of the specific location, there will likely b a strong demand for project management skill sets in the years to come.

    As a coach and writer for MockQuestions, I want to help you successfully navigate your upcoming interview for a project manager position. While some project manager skills are specific to the industry, location, and types of projects involved, many skills and behavioral traits are universally applicable to project management roles. This article will help any project manager prepare for a successful interview, and I encourage you to check out all of our sets dedicated to project management listed below.

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