Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career. Don’t miss The Best of Lenny’s Newsletter book (all proceeds going to charity), Lennybot (an AI chatbot trained on my newsletter posts, podcast interviews, and more), my recruiting service (focusing on Sr.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 25, 2020

One of the most common questions aspiring Product Managers have before they take the leap is “ do I need to know how to code ?” If you’re looking to land a Technical Product Manager role, check out our guide on The 3 Sets of Technical Product Manager Interviews Do Product Managers Go Through Coding Interviews?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Within two weeks, I started working on features to solve a major business crisis, and became a PM. Along the way, I’ve shipped hundreds of products, and managed other PMs. Recently, a Facebook recruiter reached out to me about senior PM openings. Curious, I went through the interview process to put my learnings to the test.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 13, 2020

Here, we’ll go through the meaning of Product Ops, the role of Product Manager vs Product Operations Manager, the benefits of having a Product Ops team, and some typical interview questions. POMs have a passion for problem solving , and they work out many chinks in your development’s armor. What Does ‘Product Ops’ Mean?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 28, 2021

We’ve decided to go against the grain and compile a list of tips on how to break into the product management career by experienced PMs + feature the story of John Fontenot – a sales-guy-turned-Project Manager – who is now working on building the first Bootcamp for aspiring PMs – Path2Product.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Steps to Become an AI Product Manager Here are the steps you must follow to become an AI product manager: Step 1: Get Certified in Technical PM One of the first steps to becoming an AI product manager is to ground yourself in the fundamentals of technical product management. Want to become an AI product manager?

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Mixpanel

JANUARY 21, 2020

If you, too, are responsible for your company’s product managers, the start of the new year might represent a chance to renew and strengthen your team. Since everything starts with the customer, the most valuable experience a PM can have is experience solving problems for customers (or users). Experience.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 4, 2019

In this Path to PM blog post, Hamsa and Stephen discuss how to ace the undergraduate associate product management interview. Tell us about your current PM career. I had a very diverse set of internships before I got my full-time offer to be a PM out of college. Any tips for preparing for PM interviews?

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Userpilot

MARCH 11, 2022

To help you in your first 90 days on the job, we’ve compiled a collection of some of the best product management resources. The collection includes our favorite conferences, podcasts, blogs, books, newsletters, courses, and Slack groups for product managers. o get the sponge mode on and dive in!

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 21, 2019

Lately, many people have reached out on LinkedIn asking me about ways to transition. Skills Gap Assessment Make a list of your competencies based on current and past roles in a simple list format. Compare this with a PM skills list, and highlight the gaps in the core competencies needed to become a Product Manager.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 3, 2022

However, a PM career looks different than other roles in tech. PMs lead the way on what to build and why. But being a PM comes with a lot of pressure to perform and drive results. This means that as a new PM, you may not have much say in the strategy of the company. Building impactful products is exciting!

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 26, 2020

I’ve been approached by many young, aspiring PMs asking me how to get noticed by recruiters, land interviews, and close on job offers. Much like writing a PRD or prioritization, interviewing for PM jobs is a skill worth mastering. Moving internally if possible is a great way to land a PM position.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 26, 2021

In this ultimate guide to SaaS product management, we'll walk you through the benefits of SaaS over on-premise software and how you can build a successful product as a SaaS PM. To improve your understanding of customer behavior , don't just focus on demographics but also pay attention to psychographics. Nightmare, right?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

In this post, we interview Stephen on how to ace your product management behavioral interview questions. Stephen Cognetta is the co-founder and CEO of Exponent, a tech interview prep company. In an interview, how should you answer the question , “Tell me about yourself”?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We’re here to teach you important skills and methodologies for Product Management, and having good mental health is as important an asset to any PM as data skills and tech knowhow. If you can’t take care of yourself, you can’t take care of your teams. It’s also very common when you’re in the job-hunting phase of your product career.

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Antwak Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

The interview can be especially hard, particularly when you’re switching into a product from a different domain altogether. With perfect preparation, you can answer all the interview questions and will also uplift your confidence level before and during the interview. 1: Prepare well. This is the main rule.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 9, 2022

With so many social media posts, blogs, videos, ebooks, and podcasts, it’s hard to keep up. To help you get over your FOMO on any amazing content from your friends at ProductPlan, we’ve pulled together the most-viewed articles, blogs, and glossary entries this past year. The Product Manager Career Path.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 7, 2017

This is the introductory piece to a series of interviews with product managers. First the Blog, Then the Book? After the talk was over, Simrun, a PM working in fintech, said he would love to read a book on daily life of different PMs, and compare it to his role and experience. Why am I doing this?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Daniel Elizade teaches Internet of Things product management at Stanford University, and works as an Internet-of-Things PM Coach full-time. In this Path to PM blog post, Daniel and I discuss IoT product management and how to succeed in PM recruiting by imagining yourself as a product. That's hard enough as it is.

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

Looking to become a SaaS product manager? Then you’ve made the right choice. The need for SaaS product managers is skyrocketing with each passing year. More and more businesses develop Software as a Service (SaaS) products to remain relevant in their respective markets and grow their income streams. How to Become SaaS Product Manager?

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 20, 2019

When your release cycles are long or you have dynamic customers you need a way to stay at the pulse of your market. When your release cycles are long or you have dynamic customers you need a way to stay at the pulse of your market. And you’ll want to use your time and energy in the most impactful way.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 19, 2018

A question we hear far too often from toddlers and far too little in meetings and decision making process. We as humans are hard wired to ask for causalities. In customer interviews our curiosity automatically pushes you to ask the right questions. PM: What is your biggest need? Go through the steps.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 5, 2020

So, what’s the difference between a Product Manager (PM) and a Product Marketing Manager (PMM)? Robin is a current Google PM and former Google PMM. PMs are ultimately accountable for the product's success or failure. In this article, we’ll highlight some of these similarities and differences.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2019

Rather than realizing that you need to learn a particular skill, process or tool after the interviewer or worse, on your first day of the job, here are 5 of the most common Product Management questions (and answers) that you might not have thought to ask. What is a product roadmap? How technical do you need to be?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 29, 2023

These are the main questions we cover in this article. Your new feature validation framework should consist of at least 3 techniques. It helps you assess if the planned features will have the necessary impact on the user to drive your goals. What techniques and methods can you use to validate feature ideas effectively?

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2023

Use surveys , interviews, and focus groups to gather qualitative data about their needs, pain points , and preferences. You can make your product more accessible by localizing the content and tweaking the product UI for users with special needs. A/B tests allow you to identify the best versions of your UI and in-app content.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Have you thought what skills do you need to succeed at your career though? Shobhit Chugh – Ex-Google Product Manager helping PMs fast-track their career – says it’s time to treat your career like a product! What was/were the biggest challenge(s) for you in building your first product team? It was long.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

You’ve been trying for a while to shift your career into Product Management but seeing yourself going nowhere? You may be highly familiar with various frameworks and PM techniques. Some people want to get into a PM role in the thought that they can make more money. But this story may not quench your thirst.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 7, 2020

But the best Product Managers are data-driven, and there’s no doubt that the more you understand data, the easier your job in PM will be. If you’re just starting on your data journey, there are a few key things that you absolutely have to understand. Data adds weight to your opinions. Edwards Deming tells us.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Find a role you are excited for Long before any company is interviewing you for a job, you as a candidate should have already screened a ton of other companies to help decide that this one is worthy of your time and effort. I’m also constantly up-to-date on the newest and hottest tech companies via tech blogs and influencers.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 16, 2019

When I first joined Google as a young PM and flew to Mountain View for my brainwashing orientation, the legendary engineer Joseph Smarr welcomed me with: “Hi, new cat herder!” Being a PM in a tech company really is like herding cats, or trying to lead a bunch of animals genetically indisposed to being led. You will be needed then.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Suzanne Abate is the co-founder of The Development Factory and online PM community, 100 Product Managers. In this Path to PM blog post, Suzanne and I discuss the "why" of PM interviewing, and how to break into product management. How did you break into product management as your first career?

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NextBigWhat

JUNE 28, 2021

There’s a lot of confusion on evaluating a candidate’s Product Sense in interviews. So let’s analyze bad, good, great answers to an interview question: “Why do threads on Twitter typically get more engagement than a tweet that links to a blog post with the same content?” What might explain that?

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 26, 2019

Photo by Hans Vivek on Unsplash The Mom Test by is one of the best books I have read about customer interviews. Here are my main learnings from the book Go into customer interviews with the right mindset Talk about their life instead of your idea Ask terrifying questions Don’t assume that the problem space matters to them Get commitment.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Path to PM is a series of interviews with product leaders about breaking into product management. In this session, we interview Raphael Korach, founder of The PM Interview , a site with online virtual product manager interviews. Tell us about your current PM career. That’s important.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Path to PM is a series of interviews with product leaders about breaking into product management. In this session, we interview Ryan Hill, founder of APMList. Tell us about your current PM career. This mix helped me transition into my first PM internship. What was your most successful interview question?

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BrainStation Product Management

APRIL 8, 2019

Here are some tips on how to hire the Product Manager (PM) who will be the perfect fit for your team. Here are some tips on how to hire the Product Manager (PM) who will be the perfect fit for your team. Before posting the job, talk to your fellow stakeholders about what your dream Product Manager’s role will look like.

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