7. A B O U T M E
● Product Manager
● Director of Product Management
● Senior Product Manager
● MS, Management Science and Engineering
8. A G E N D A
2.
1.
Product Design
Interviewing – People and Process
4.
3.
Behaviour
Product Execution
5. Summary
9. Interviewing – People and Process
Be in the Top 10% of PM Interviewees
1. Evaluation
1. 5-7 interview scores consolidated.
2. Hire or No-Hire with confidence Interval.
2. Your Goal
1. Hire with High Confidence >= 80%
How can you standout?
1. Don’t screw up the basics – Frameworks
and Flow.
2. Consistency and Stamina - Mock
Interviews.
3. Treat interviewers as what they are – your
teammate, partner and a resource.
4. Allow yourself emotional resilience and
time for mistakes and modifications.
10. Product Design
How can you standout?
Leave the interview wanting to build what you
just discussed.
11. Product Execution
How can you standout?
Assume you are going to email your answer to
a new team to start execution.
13. 1. Don’t screw up the basics – Frameworks and Flow.
2. Consistency and Stamina - Mock Interviews.
3. Treat interviewers as what they are – your teammate,
partner and a resource.
4. Allow yourself emotional resilience and time for mistakes
and modifications.
Foundations Specifics
Summary – How to be in the top 10% of Interviewees?
1. Product Design - Leave the interview wanting to build
what you just discussed.
2. Product Execution - Assume you are going to email your
answer to a new team to start execution.
3. Behavior - Imagine discussing with your best friend.