From the course: Construction Management: Project Delivery Methods
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The interview process
From the course: Construction Management: Project Delivery Methods
The interview process
- If being solely based on qualifications is not foreign enough to a construction company, having to submit to a formal detailed interview process which will be the final basis for who gets selected is really foreign. I have colleagues, marketing and business development specialists that teach entire courses on how to handle this interview process because once a contractor's been shortlisted based on their qualifications, this is often the final deciding factor. You don't want to blow it and come across unqualified or unprepared during the interview. Remember that you're asking a project owner to hire your company to build their project before there are even any design documents. It's pretty important to instill some confidence at this point. You also have to be ready. Typically a contractor's going to receive a notification that they've been shortlisted and a request to schedule an interview usually within about a week. The notification might also contain information on who the owner…
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