How do you overcome domain hiring bias while looking for product roles?
Boxford Capital Managing Partner | Formerly Barracuda, SilverSky, Digital Guardian, OpenPages, Cybertrust • 1y
I don't think you'll like this answer, but I'm just going to tell it like I see it. I'm not sure it's a good use of time trying to overcome domain hiring preference in ge...
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This isn't easy and many companies, including Hex, are looking for domain expertise to maintain a super high velocity in driving value for users. Learning a domain takes ...
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Barracuda Networks Sr. Director, Product Management • 2y
To overcome domain hiring bias in product roles, emphasize the transferability of your PM skills and your aptitude for learning in your resume. Highlight experiences that...
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Care Solace Chief Product Officer | Formerly Headspace, Ginger, LinkedIn • 2y
Innovation is best achieved by diversity of ideas. Diversity can be achieved by many ways - one of which is including views from multiple industries and domains. While hi...
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Carta Sr. Director of Product Management | Formerly Salesforce, MuleSoft, Apple • 3y
I like to challenge those I hire with questions that don't fit the usual narrative. Below is an example of my Friday fun question: Imagine humans decided to take the moo...
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JetBrains Head of Product | Formerly GitLab, Jit.io, Cellebrite, Anima • 2y
In the past year, while searching to recruit for product management roles at Jit.io, a DevSecOps platform focused on simplifying continuous security for cloud applicatio...
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GitLab Group Manager, Product Management • 3y
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 rich...
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