| Everyone in the workplace is a project manager of | | | | How do you budget for a project? |
| sorts. You could be a project manager of yourself or | | | | This is one of the biggest hurdles for any project |
| a multi-region five hundred man team. In a job | | | | manager is how to be cost efficient. There will not |
| interview situation, you must demonstrate that you | | | | be infinite resource available to you and you will need |
| have been or are willing to be a project manager. | | | | to be shrewd as to how you budget for people, |
| The interviewer will need to be convinced that you | | | | equipment, software and other potential costs. You |
| know what it takes to be a strong project manager. | | | | prepare some answers to these type of questions |
| Here are some of the likely questions you will be | | | | before the job interview. |
| asked on the subject of project management: | | | | How do you mitigate project risk? |
| What is your approach to project management? | | | | There will always be some risk attached to |
| This seems like an open ended question but there | | | | everything you do. Risks can range from scope |
| are some ingredients that you need to feed back to | | | | changing to some of your staff being ill to a supplier |
| the interviewers. They will expect to hear your views | | | | being late with some vital parts. You will have to learn |
| on requirement gathering, team building, setting | | | | to expect the unexpected. The interviewer will not |
| milestones and building a project plan. Make sure you | | | | necessary the risk but more your reaction to it and |
| have some examples ready for the interviewer. | | | | how you plan ahead for such risks. |