Special: Scope of Success




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Summary: Play Now: Scope of Success Podcast with Brian K. Wagner, MBA, PMP and James Kittle, PMP Welcome to another "special" episode from The PM Podcast, in which we introduce you to new podcasts that are created and produced for/by project managers. Today we feature 'Scope of Success'. Launched in 2016, Scope of Success brings you Business Life Lessons to help you advance your career one interview at a time. Hosted by Brian K. Wagner, MBA, PMP and James Kittle, PMP, advocates for business issues at hand. Sponsored by Project Management Institute (PMI)® Long Island Chapter. So please enjoy Ep1- Mastering the Job Interview - Guest/Steve Potter. Here is what Brian and James write about it in their show notes: In this episode we speak with one of PMI® Long Island chapter's founders and current member of the board of directors. Steve Potter talks to us about interviewing questions and styles that lead to success. Episode Transcript Below are the first few pages of the transcript. The complete transcript is available to Premium subscribers only. Podcast Introduction Brian:   Welcome to the Special Edition of the Project Management Podcast. I’m Brian. James:   I’m James Brian:   We’re the hosts of Scope of Success, the podcast where we bring you business life lessons, one interview at a time. In this episode, we speak to the founder of PMI Long Island, it’s an amazing episode… James:   Totally tubular.DONE Brian:   Excellent. James:   Awesome. Brian:   We learned a lot from it. Thank you Cornelius for this tremendous opportunity. We hope you enjoy the episode and remember to follow us on Twitter and Facebook and subscribe to us on iTunes. Music Male Voice: This is Scope of Success, where we bring you business life lessons and throw a lifeline to your career. And now, Brian and James. Podcast Interview Brian:  Yeah, Welcome to Scope of Success where we’re helping you advance your career one interview at a time but of course we need you to help us so please email us with your show ideas, questions, comments, feedback. You can email us at scopeofsuccess@PMILIC.org and follow us on Twitter @scopeofsuccess, we’ll try to read as many responses on air as we can. I’m your host Brian, along with my co-host James. We’ll be your advocates for issues at hand. Hey James! James:   Hello, Brian. We have a fantastic show today. We’ll be speaking with Steve Potter, he is one of the founders and on the Board of Directors of PMI Long Island, which is Project Management Institute, Long Island Chapter and they’re also our sponsor. James:   Yeah. I think he’s probably the first genuine celebrity that we’ve had on the podcast. Brian:   He is a celebrity. Absolutely. James:   Not quite at the Clooney level but probably somewhere just below that. Brian:   Yeah. I would say. Absolutely. A well-respected guy. Fantastic to have him on the show. We’re going to be talking about interviews, we’re going to get interview tips from him, ideas, have to answer certain questions. I have a joke—an interview joke. James:   A joke that you tell when you’re interviewing people that you’re hiring or…a joke that you tell when you’re on an interview? Brian:   No, a joke when I tell when I just stand up. James: Oh ok. Brian:  [laughs]   A couple of weeks ago, I had a job interview. James:   Is this the joke? Brian:   This is the joke. It’s starting now. James:  Ok [laughs] Just so we’re all ready. Brian:   So, a couple of weeks ago I had a job interview. I spoke with the HR Manager. James:   Right. Brian:   And she asked me if I had any weaknesses. James:   Ok. Brian:   So I said—I’m too honest. James: