What are the most common mistakes you see candidates make during an interview for a product management position?
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Shopify Senior Product Lead | Formerly Salesforce, Google, Nest, Cisco Systems • 3y
There are 2 main types of interviews for Product Management roles: Product case interviews Behavioral interviews (by cross functional partners like UX or Engineering, or...
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Scribe VP of Product | Formerly LaunchDarkly, New Relic • 1y
Approaching every question with the goal of "getting the answer right". When in reality, there is no "right" answer and it's impossible for most of us to even come close ...
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Buffer Staff Product Manager | Formerly Wayfair, Abstract, CustomMade, Sonicbids • 3y
I have a few simple ones: Not being able to clearly denote what they (the candidate) did to achieve something of impact, as opposed to the team/partners/etc. they worked...
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Figma Product, AI • 1y
Only talking about things that went well, and either glossing over or not having concrete examples of things that didn't work outTalking about their theoretical approach ...
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Lemon.io Head of Growth Product Marketing | Formerly LottieFiles, WeLoveNoCode (made $3.6M ARR), Abstract, Flawless App (sold) • 3y
Some typical mistakes to avoid on the PM & PMM interviews: Not having your story tailored to the job requirements. Not having your homework done: the less you know ...
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