Product Interview Tips
I’m super excited to share these tips with you! I’ve given and received about 20+ product design/sense mock interviews and possibly about 10+ product execution ones in the past month alone (crazy, right!) Currently in the job hunt process and I know I’ve been getting better or at least more confident (but of course there’s always room for improvement). In general, I saw a pattern of 4 types of questions: Of course, behavioral and/or technical can be added to the mix. The following tips mostly surround the 4 above. Know the company. Always ask questions upfront. When stuck, circle back to the goal. Have a strong framework. Talk out loud. Challenge your thinking. Think biiiig. Go beyond. That’s it (for now!) Hope that was helpful. I shall likely be updating this as I encounter more tips & go through more mocks. Dooo message me if you have something to add! Best, Mika! [originally written for members from the Women in PM group, but decided to write it out as a blog post to share to the br
← Blog Hello PM lady, I’m super excited to share these tips with you! I’ve given and received about 20+ product design/sense mock interviews and possibly about 10+ product execution ones in the past month alone (crazy, right!) Currently in the job hunt process and I know I’ve been getting better or at least more confident (but of course there’s always room for improvement). In general, I saw a pattern of 4 types of questions: Product sense/design: How would you improve product x? What is your fave/least fave product? Product execution (metrics): X product went down in Y metric / X metric went
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