Do you generally recommend that candidates go 'above and beyond' in preparing for interviews by? In which situations do you recommend this approach or not?

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Product Management Interviews

Karishma Irani

Scribe VP of Product | Formerly LaunchDarkly, New Relic • 1y

USE 👏 THE 👏 PRODUCT 👏 AND 👏 FORM 👏 OPINIONS 👏 While I would personally consider that to be table stakes for interviewing at any job, I still interview candidates who don't always do this, and frankly, it baffles me. PMs have the word "Product" in their job titles and are responsible for the product outcomes (even more than engineers are). If you're interviewing for a PM role at a company to build product, be sure to spend at least half a day familiarizing yourself with it. (For SaaS products) I ...Read More

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Brandon Green

Buffer Staff Product Manager | Formerly Wayfair, Abstract, CustomMade, Sonicbids • 3y

I think going "above and beyond" is a totally subjective thing; it is up to each individual what is above their baseline of preparation for an interview. But - here are a list of things I think are table stakes, that every PM candidate should do at a minimum to prepare: Know the company you're interviewing with: their main products/features, how they make money, how they differentiate from competition. If you're interviewing in a division of a very large company (eg. Amazon Logistics or AWS, bot ...Read More

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Rodrigo Davies

Figma Product, AI • 1y

Depends a lot on what you mean by going 'above and beyond'! I think if you're super excited about a company and spend extra time researching the company and its product, that could help you a lot in interviews. Most companies won't expect you to know the product very well (esp in b2b) and will gear interview questions to be more general, but if you can bring in your knowledge of the product and company, it'll likely be a differentiator.

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Sailaja Kalle

Gainsight Director, Product Management • 2y

One should prepare for an interview, especially if its a job that one is very interested in. While preparation is something one should give 100%, one should not over do too. I would rather prepare for questions like what are situations where one went above and beyond in their careers.

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