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How does a strong candidate differentiate themselves in an interview?

Are there common traits or behaviours between candidates that get you extremely excited?

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  1. Ashley Faus
    Ashley Faus

    Atlassian Head of Lifecycle Marketing, Portfolio • 1y

    The biggest trait for me is genuinely caring about the audience and being curious about their needs. I can teach someone how to do competitive analysis or script a product demo, but I can't teach you to care about the people behind the screen. I also get very excited when I see people who can connect the dots across multiple teams and skill sets. PMMs act as the bridge between the audience and the organization, so they need to be able to translate pain-points into product improvements in their c ...Read More

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  2. Rinita Datta
    Rinita Datta

    Splunk Director, Product Marketing | Formerly Morgan Stanley • 10mo

    A strong candidate appears well prepared, confident and open. Truly differentiated candidates do enough research and networking beforehand and talk about what they can do in the role in their first 30-60-90 days. They don't get derailed or ramble if curveballs and deep follow up questions are asked. They keep their stories strategy first, details later; speaking in business results not tactics; never hurry through answers and ask thoughtful questions. At the end of the interview they make me wan ...Read More

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