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How do you measure your own success in your role and how much have those performance indicators evolved as you grew within your role?

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What are differences between PM and Sr. PM? What are clear indicators that someone is ready to take on Sr. PM role and responsibilities that come with it? And, when in the Sr. PM role, what are key stages that distinguish different levels of Sr. PMs?

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There are different frameworks to prioritize the product backlog. How practical is the use of such frameworks? How to manage top management expectations?

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How do you suggest transitioning into a different PM field? (E.g. if you're an internal PM, and you want to be a B2C PM, or growth PM, or B2B PM, how do you go about gaining the needed skills/making yourself more marketable?)

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While there's a lot of PM roles available now, there's also a lot of candidates applying. How would you suggest optimizing your resume or application process to stand out and get an interview?

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As you look at upcoming trends, what key areas or focuses do you think PMs should focus on to help them stay marketable?

I'm on a career break and am looking to expand my skill set! Would love to know areas you think I should study before I return back to the field

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How do I shape my job title for a pivot into product?

I'm on the partnerships team at a big tech company and am hoping to move towards product roles. I have some flexibility in shaping my job title (early career). While of course a job title isn't the core thing that will help my pivot to product, what partnerships job titles would be most helpful in making that pivot?

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What is your process of setting a vision when you join a new company?

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As a hiring manager, what do the best product management candidates have in common?

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What is the most important thing you've learned about interviewing?

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What do you screen for in product interviews that other product leaders don't screen for?

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What are some behavioral questions you would ask candidates in a PM interview for a Director level role?

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What technical questions can we expect for product management interviews?

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What do you look for in a product management resume for a mid-senior role? How does someone standout in a resume pool?

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What are tips you would give to someone looking to break into product or uplevel their PM career?

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How do you decide if you should follow the IC PM path or the people leader PM path?

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What are the strengths that a product manager candidate with entrepreneurial experience brings over a product manager candidate from a FAANG company?

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What are some ways you've seen product teams increase their velocity?

Other than more experience how can I help my team have more impact faster?

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What is the most effective way to scale a Product Management team beyond the first Product Manager?

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What do you look for when you're hiring a PM or Senior PM?

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Would you mentor an aspiring (vs a current) product manager? And how would you want to be approached and asked to mentor them?

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How to justify resume points where you have not created any impact as a PM? You had no choice but to just build these features

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Can I move from Customer Success/Experience role to Product Manager? If yes, how should I prepare myself for it? What certifications should I get? Are fully remote opportunities available for the product manager role?

I am a Customer Success/Experience team manager with over 3 years of experience and I am currently pursuing Project Management certification. I am also interested in Product Management role and would love to understand how I can work towards it.

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As someone thinking of transitioning from marketing to product management, what are some hard skills you'd recommend learning ahead of applying/interviewing? (Bachelor's degree was in business/communication)

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How do I break into an entry-level strategy role?

My previous roles have been as a product designer for early-stage startups, but I am itching to break into the strategy realm. I have the business intuition and creative thinking to bring to a team willing to see my potential!

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How can a PM crack into new domain area (say for example, AR/VR) when they work for a non-AR/VR company ?

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How do you break into industry from consulting?

I'm a Product Management consultant at Accenture and want to begin working in industry on products that I can feel more ownership of -- when is the right time to make that transition and is there a good way to do it? e.g. start client side, startup, MBA

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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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What are the most common mistakes you see candidates make during an interview for a product management position?

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What's the best way to position my b2b product management experience when applying for b2c product roles?

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Looking back on the best PM hires you've observed, what were useful signals during the interview process? Do the highest impact PM hires demonstrate deep domain expertise, strength in one or more skillsets, or something else?

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

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How do you retain good talent, especially when PM roles are in such high demand across the industry?

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How can someone from a different field like engineering transition to product management?

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Is an aspiring PM who struggles with decision making absolutely doomed as they consider pursuing PM?

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When joining a new team, is it better to have the right soft skills and have to learn the hard skills of the job? Or vice versa?

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What are some of the most common red flags you've come across either on a candidate's resume or initial interview that you'd advise future product managers to avoid?

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What skills and abilities are required to be head of product? How do candidates set themselves apart during an interview?

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What are the top 3 most technical skills a Product Manager needs to have? How do you hone these skills and talk about them during interviews?

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Do you think it makes sense to grow PM competence within the organization or hire people from the broader market to succeed faster?

i.e. how much should we focus on and invest in the teammates who could switch/transfer in their roles vs pay for the new PMs coming from other organizations as new hires?

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How can I navigate a situation where I am frequently assigned project management tasks rather than product management responsibilities, and where there seems to be a lack of emphasis on product vision and impact-based product building?

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How do you overcome domain hiring bias while looking for product roles?

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What do you think is top 3 skills a PM should have acquired to move to director level?

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As a non-it professional how does one start in PM career? What are transferable skill sets required for a middle management PM role?

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If I don't want to be a CPO or GM, what future executive role should I be shooting for as a PM?

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What are the most important soft and hard skills PMs can build to become successful in their field going forward?