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

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 thro...

There's a lot written about basic PM competencies (https://a16z.com/2012/06/15/good-product-managerbad-product-manager/), and for any PM on my team, they should be able t...

I'm lucky in that Google has a really rigorous interview process that I benefit from. Google is also known for taking a long time during that process but I promise you th...

The product manager's job is to identify the most impactful problems to solve, enable their team to build and ship solutions that delight users, learn, and iterate. Produ...

Here are the top things I would look for in a product manager on my team:Customer-Centric: understanding and serving the needs of the customers/users possibly via user in...

Make or break things when I'm interviewing a PM candidate: Clear and concise answers to my questions. If I need to ask the same question again because the candidate didn'...

The one attribute that is hardest to coach and most likely to be make-or-break is customer centricity. It's essential that PMs always start with the customer and their ne...

In the quest to find the right addition to our product management team, I focus on a set of non-negotiable traits that I believe are crucial for success in this role. The...

When interviewing potential product managers, my goal is to assess their skills and abilities to determine their potential for success on the team. I also consider the kn...

There are 3 categories that I look at:- Skills & Experience- Competencies- ValuesCompetencies and Values are much harder to coach (if possible) so if the candidate do...

Every big problem I've had on a product team traces back to a hiring mistake. The lift from hiring great people is enormous, but so is the drag from a bad hire. Here are ...