What is the most common mistake you see from product marketers during their job interview?
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Freshworks Vice President - Global Product Marketing | Formerly Klaviyo, Qualtrics, Microsoft, MckInsey • 3y
Not being able to strongly respond to the question “Can you pitch your product to me ?” Not being ready with good writing samples Not coming with strong examples of your...
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Actively AI VP of Marketing | Formerly Mezmo, Sauce Labs • 1y
Getting too lost in the details. I am always evaluating a PMM's craft knowledge and attention to detail, but I don't need to know all of the details to know if you're a g...
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Box Vice President Product Marketing | Formerly Splunk, New Relic, Microsoft, Unity, Oracle • 1y
The most common mistake I've seen from product marketers during job interviews is mistaking information for messaging. Especially for more senior roles, your main job as ...
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Former Director, Product Marketing & Demand Generation at You.com | Formerly LinkedIn • 1y
The most common mistake I see is candidates not doing sufficient research about the company and the space. It’s quite common for hiring managers to throw out problems on...
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Sirona Marketing CEO of Sirona Marketing: GTM for healthcare and life sciences • 5y
A lot of product marketers will simply rehash their functional activities during their interview. They’ll talk about how they conducted messaging, built personas, created...
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