How can I improve my interviewing skills for a product management role?

• PM interviewing tools like tryexponent, Igotanoffer, product alliance, etc have a good breadth of various PM interviews, especially for popular companies like Meta who have focus rounds for Product Design, Product Sense, etc.

• Mock Interviews: Similar to above, there are various services that offer both paid and unpaid mock interviews, usually done in a real-life interview setting with time dedicated towards the end for feedback. You can also rope in friends and your PM network to help with conducting these mocks

• Building a story bank: Usually a number of PM interviews start with a specific question that leans on an example from your career. I recommend creating a story bank from your experience that addresses some of the most common cases.

  • What was a product/feature you are most proud of?

  • Tell me about a time when you worked on a project with a cross-functional partner (engineer or designer are the most common ones). What were some of the challenges in collaboration? How did you overcome them?

  • What is a hardware/non-tech product that you like? Why? How will you improve it? How will you monetize it?

  • Tell me a time when you relied on your intuition vs data? Why?

1 Read the book "Cracking the PM interview" by Jackie Bavaro for a primer!

2 Spend time thinking through, rehearsing, and practicing your scenarios for common questions

3 Practice doing product and design thinking exercises with unfamiliar scenarios – get a friend or try pairing with ChatGPT/Claude. Ask the LLM to generate PM interview scenarios for you, and ask you follow up questions.