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

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GitLab Group Manager, Product Management • March 8

Domain experience is not at the top of the list of things I look for in a candidate. I have changed domains a couple of times in my career and it has helped me get a richer perspective. For this reason, I prefer to see some variety in product management candidates. Domain experience can be a ......Read More

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How do you get into a saas based company if you have no experience working in one and what are some of the core competencies you need when you are starting out?

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Natalia Baryshnikova

Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Agility • November 10

Check out my other answer in this AMA to a question asked by someone from a construction industry. You can repurpose the steps I outlined in that answer to your situation. The key parts to figure out will be the WHY behind your interest in SaaS, a list of skills you have today that are transferra......Read More

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As a non-it professional how does one start in PM career? What are transferable skill sets required for a middle management PM role?

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Saloni Patil

MikMak Director of Product • June 10

The best part of Product Management is that many of the skills are transferable and while domain knowledge can be important, even that can be learned on the job. Key skills can differ based on which level you are at in your PM career, so am focusing on some that I think are most relevant for a mi......Read More

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How do you manage the 1000 questions and tasks that are shot at you when you are a PM in an early stage startup?

I'm the first PM in a startup that used to be sales led. I'm trying to set up the proper discovery processes, prioritization tactics and strategy, but I find that extremely hard to do as I'm getting carried away in the day-to-day tasks around requests, issues reported and project management.

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Natalia Baryshnikova

Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Agility • February 17

Startups are all about speed. To move fast, you need to know where you are going (aka what to be ruthlessly focused on) and allocate the most of your time/energy to that. Easier said than done, right? One thing that helped a lot in my early startup days was my framework of "One thing I am going t......Read More

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What is your favorite product management interview question and the best answer you've heard?

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Anton Kravchenko

Carta Sr. Director of Product Management • February 4

My favorite interview question was asked by a hiring manager ~8 years ago when I interviewed for an Associate PM position at MuleSoft. I was asked the following: "Imagine humans decided to take the moon and put it through a giant chopper/grinder. The mass that comes out of the chopper is being d......Read More

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What metrics do you use to justify a pay raise?

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Anton Kravchenko

Carta Sr. Director of Product Management • February 4

It's less about metrics and more about the outcomes you are creating for the business. For example, you might bring 10,000 new users or improve a UX for a specific feature -- but what matters at the end of the day is how you impacted the business. Has any of that made the business grow faster or ......Read More

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I’ve heard that the jump from Sr. PM to the “next level” (e.g Principal or Group PM) often comes with a steep learning curve. Is that true, and how would one prepare to solidify the right foundation to ease the transition preemptively?

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Natalia Baryshnikova

Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Agility • February 17

The biggest struggle I have observed is related to transition from an individual level product craft growth to growing that of a group. Andy Grove in High Output Management said "Managers are responsible for increasing the output of their organizations and neighboring organizations they influence......Read More

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As a product manager, how to get better at framing and articulation? Any framework?

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Catherine Bassett

Gorillas VP Product • March 9

The best way to get better is framing and articulation is to understand what works best for your organization based on lifecycle stage, market type and product type. You may want to try framing using a few different types of strategies to see what fits best. The most popular frameworks are: 1. ......Read More

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There are different frameworks to prioritize the product backlog. How practical is the use of such frameworks? How to manage top management expectations?

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Natalia Baryshnikova

Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Agility • February 17

Ultimately, prioritization comes down to a chain of decisions. Regardless of the framework that you use, the question I see folks overlooking a lot is "who is the right person to make this decision". Is that you, the PM? Is that your manager? Or maybe, if the work relates to security vulnerabilit......Read More

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What are some of examples of ways you have been able to get promoted or support your colleagues to get promoted at the same company?

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Melissa Ushakov

GitLab Group Manager, Product Management • March 8

It's important to be transparent with your manager about your career aspirations and then align on the criteria for a promotion. Create an actionable plan to close any gaps and track progress against it. I have had these conversations with my manager several times over the years to prepare for my......Read More

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