Kevin Garcia

AMA: Retool Head of Product Marketing, Kevin Garcia on PMM Interviews

May 4 @ 9:00AM PT
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Kevin Garcia
Anthropic Product Marketing Leader4y
Congrats on the MBA! There are two types of internships: the internship you apply for and the internship you create. For well-known PMM internships, you apply for an exi...
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Kevin Garcia
Anthropic Product Marketing Leader4y
One way that I like to prepare for an interview is to go in with the mindset that you are an investor (which you are, with your time!). As an investor, you want to learn ...
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Kevin Garcia
Anthropic Product Marketing Leader4y
In my mind, the best performing product marketers exhibit three must-have skills: Research Storytelling Project management To expand on each: The instinct and ability ...
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How can I improve my interviewing skills for a product marketing role?
I had my first interview in a long time recently and fumbled my way through it. How can I get better for next time?
Kevin Garcia
Anthropic Product Marketing Leader4y
First of all, you're not alone! I've definitely fumbled my way through several interviews. Rather than offering really general advice, I'd like to get specific. When I th...
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Kevin Garcia
Anthropic Product Marketing Leader4y
I love asking behavioral questions! As a hiring manager, I gain a lot of perspective about the candidate. As a candidate, you get the chance to stand out by storytelling—...
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What technical questions can we expect for product marketing interviews?
e.g. do we need to do a case study, draw insights from looking at data, etc.
Kevin Garcia
Anthropic Product Marketing Leader4y
This will depend heavily on the kind of product you are interviewing to market. The more technical the product, the more "technical" questions you might get. Even so, yo...
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Kevin Garcia
Anthropic Product Marketing Leader4y
I've mentioned this framework in other answers, but I believe that great product marketers are great researchers, storytellers, and project managers. A standout product ...
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Kevin Garcia
Anthropic Product Marketing Leader4y
There are a lot of ways to measure sales enablement: lead-to-conversion rates, win-rates, sales rep NPS, etc. HubSpot does a great overview of popular options in this pos...
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