AMA: Google Product Lead - Google Cloud, Nikita Jagadeesh on Product Management Skills

January 22 @ 10:00AM PST

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We will email you Nikita's answers to these questions after the event in case you can't make it.

Do you have any recommended online courses for those interested in breaking into product management (e.g. LinkedIn Learning PM learning path, Udemy, etc.)

What advice do you have for recent graduates that want to go straight into product management?

How do you overcome domain hiring bias while looking for product roles?

How can I distinguish myself as a great candidate in the interview from the rest of the candidates? What makes a hiring manager bet on a candidate?

How do you incorporate user research into your outbound product management process?

What skills do you look for in a good Outbound Product Manager?

How do product management skills change as you get more senior in the role?

I'm a technical product manager now and I find that the execution piece of my previous roles is not as desired in my current role and I am trying to balance what I deem as PM fundamentals with what my new role expectations should be.

Switching back to product management

For someone who used to work in product management but switched to product marketing for the last 8 years, why is it so difficult to get back into product management at Cisco?

How can someone from a different field like engineering transition to product management?

How can I navigate a situation where I am frequently assigned project management tasks rather than product management responsibilities, and where there seems to be a lack of emphasis on product vision and impact-based product building?

I get a lot of critical feedback from my boss and I don't always know what to do with it or how to improve. Sometimes I don't even agree with the feedback. What should I do when I don't think the feedback is correct?

How are you / your team using AI in your product development workflow today?

When joining a new team as a product manager, is it better to have the right soft skills and have to learn the hard skills of the job? Or vice versa?

Should product management decisions be data-driven or more so data-informed? Should Product Managers lead with intuition and use data to back up their assumptions?

There is often a huge emphasis on analytical skills, instead of UX skills, when it comes to product management job descriptions. What role does UX play in product management?