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As a product manager, what are the make-or-break things for you when interviewing a potential next product manager for your team?

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Mckenzie Lock

Netflix Director of Product • August 3

The candidate must “spike” (“8/10” or higher) in all of these areas, in order of importance: 1. Critical Thinking Given how many decisions and complex problems are thrown at PMs, this the #1 most important attribute I screen for. They don’t need to be a rocket scientist (top 0.5% of populati......Read More

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How do you measure your own success in your role? How much have those performance indicators evolved as you grew within your role?

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Guy Levit

Meta Sr. Director of Product Management • April 26

Generally, I am thinking of success in 3 dimensions: Vision, People and Execution. All three need to work well for a team to succeed over time. Early in your career Execution takes a bit of a higher focus. You can get your first 2-3 promotions by launching bigger and more complex projects. Howeve......Read More

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What is your first step in developing a 0-1 product?

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Laura Oppenheimer

Bubble Group Product Manager • July 28

Part of the fun of building something 0-1 is that you have a green field in front of you — you can build anything! (Or that's what we wish as PMS....) As much fun as it would be to the world is your product oyster, constraints help provide focus and a direction. I see the first step is making ......Read More

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What are differences between PM and Sr. PM? What are clear indicators that someone is ready to take on Sr. PM role and responsibilities that come with it? And, when in the Sr. PM role, what are key stages that distinguish different levels of Sr. PMs?

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Era Johal

TikTok Product Leader, Search @TikTok • August 25

As you progress from PM to senior PM, competencies in these 3 areas should grow: Autonomy💪🏽, Scope 🌫️ and Leadership 🙋 . There are a few clear indications that someone is ready for the senior level, like increased scope, being a reliable partner and being results driven. Here are some less obvious ......Read More

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What is the best way to get feedback to validate problems?

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Puja Hait

Google Group Product Manager • September 13

I would say there is no substitute to real user data. User research is table-stakes. But in my experience, not always representative of "actual" usage, so don't overindex on specifics. Rather validate if the problem statement is indeed important for the user segments. Because if it is, then ......Read More

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Hard to notice that Product Management interviews require a ton of practice! Any resources for budding/ aspiring Product Managers ? Alternatively, any platforms that you are aware of, where folks can get Prod Mgmt experience by enrolling in projects?

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Suhas Manangi

Airbnb Group Product Manager • June 6

Product School, Try Exponent, and Product Allinace are good resources for PM interviews prep. Later is a good question. Interesting idea. I don't know of any, but it so interesting that someone should be offering it. Perhaps they might have rolled into certification or cohort courses with liv......Read More

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How do you project revenue for a product that hasn’t been shipped yet? Our leadership team wants to understand how fast it will grow.

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Deepti Srivastava

Head of Product, VP • December 12

When setting up any new line of business, revenue projection is an important step to understand the expected outcomes and viability of the business. For new a new product, you should have: * The basic market analysis including market sizing and TAM (total addressable market) * Competitor gr......Read More

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Do you have any advice for a junior PM who is a first product management hire?

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Avantika Gomes

Figma Group Product Manager, Production Experience • December 21

Congratulations! Being the first PM at a company can be a really exciting and formative experience, in shaping the product vision and the product organization. Here's a few things I'd suggest: * It's all about the user - user needs, user problems, user stories! Spend a lot of time learning a......Read More

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Where do ideas for new features come from? How do you decide which ones to build?

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Richard Shum

Splunk Director of Product Management • January 10

Ideas can come from many places. They include customer feedback calls, customer troubleshooting sessions, customer submitted ideas (at Splunk, we have an idea submission portal called ideas.splunk.com), conferences (at Splunk, we host .conf where we have the opportunity to meet many customers in ......Read More

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What are the top 3 most technical skills a Product Manager needs to have? How do you hone these skills and talk about them during interviews?

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Boris Logvinsky

Vanta VP Product • December 12

Perhaps a contrarian take, but technical skills aren't the most critical for the majority of PM roles out there, except for deeply technical products or platform positions. For the general PM role, it's much more important to demonstrate your ability to delve into customer problems, set strategy,......Read More