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What are the key questions you like to ask and why? How would the proper answers to your questions look like?

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  1. Jon Rooney
    Jon Rooney

    Box Vice President Product Marketing | Formerly Splunk, New Relic, Microsoft, Unity, Oracle • 1y

    If someone has at least some work experience, the most important questions I ask are along the lines of "tell me about your previous/current company - what do they do? What problems do they solve and for whom? When they win against competitors, why do they win? When they lose, why do they lose?." Almost everything I'm looking for, especially in an early conversation, can be derived from how a candidate answers that line of questioning. Candidates who go off track either dive deep into the techno ...Read More

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  2. Rekha Srivatsan
    Rekha Srivatsan

    Salesforce SVP & CMO, Tableau • 4y

    For more senior roles, I'd ask more about their decision-making skills around the team and PMM. For example: Tell me about a time when your product launch budget was cut by half. What did you prioritize and why? You have 2 great team members both looking to grow their careers and you can promote only one. What factors do you consider in this decision?  Tell me about one of the products that you worked on that was not successful. What did you learn from that experience?  For more junior roles, I' ...Read More

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