PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Software Engineering jobs are among the most in-demand and highest-paying jobs on the labor market today. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that software engineering jobs will grow by 22% in this next decade. Here is our list of the top 30 software engineering interview questions you will likely experience.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Relative to other standard roles defined in an organization such as Ops, Marketing, Tech etc., the Product Manager role is a rather recent phenomenon. As a result, there are various different approximations that are made about the role in an organization depending upon their experience with building products. Product Strategy.

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Department of Product

MARCH 28, 2022

How to Keep on top of Trends that Matter to Product Managers Decide when to care about trends and when to sit back and watch what happens next Trends and the product lifecycle Imagine your product strategy stayed exactly the same for the next 10 years. What would happen? Because everything’s always changing.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 14, 2023

trillion healthcare industry , or even those already working there, it’s key to understand what makes product management in healthcare a little different from consumer tech or small business solutions. Who’s the customer for healthcare product managers? For those contemplating moving into the $4.3 It begins with what’s at stake.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

MARCH 4, 2024

Focusing on generative AI applications in a select few corporate functions can contribute to a significant portion of the technology's overall impact. In the sphere of software engineering , AI is pivotal for corporate IT by automating coding, optimizing algorithms, and enhancing security to boost efficiency and minimize downtime.

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Product Management Unpacked

MAY 27, 2021

After nine years working as a systems engineer, applications engineer, software engineer and finally, a lead data engineer, Debashish Sasmal was ready for his next strategic move. I realized that I wanted to expand my focus into product management.”. I was making a strategic shift. I was ready.”.

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Amplitude

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Now, we’re putting all our product management software on the table to give you an inside look at our tech stack within three categories: analytics, product development, and communication. Some of these tools are for managing everyday tasks, while others are critical for making strategic product decisions.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Guest post by Angus McDonald, Senior Product Manager at Terem Technologies, and Kayla Li, Delivery Manager at Terem Technologies Word from Scott: Over the years we’ve helped many different teams uplift in different ways. 5 Key Elements to Check A single product issue may reflect multiple underlying causes.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

  They are coming off customer calls, strategy sessions, renewal discussions, marketing automation planning sessions, compliance reviews, and industry analyst briefings that highlight improvements that must be made.    It’s hard for product managers to throw themselves in the way of potential 6-figure revenue.

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

 Usually the discussion is highly technical: APIs, data transformation, feature ladders.  But   Supporting decades of back revs consumes more engineering effort than building the future. I’ve sat through planning for scores of major B2B migrations, and implemented a half-dozen of my own.  Usually

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

How did Amazon’s product strategy fare during the pandemic? Short answer: Amazon’s product strategy example lead the way). Amazon’s product strategy example has rewritten the book on convenience, easy access, and speed, and in doing so, embedded itself in the daily lives and routines of consumers.

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Mixpanel

MAY 5, 2021

Neil Rahilly VP of Product and Design, Mixpanel Neil Rahilly is the VP of Product and Design at Mixpanel. Prior to this position, Neil was VP of Engineering, after working as a Software Engineer and leading Infrastructure Engineering. We’ll cover why in the next section, after reviewing examples.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

At its most basic level, sound management of product bugs will help avoid fire-fighting and restore sanity to your team-a baseline for developing and delivering tech products. Taken to the extreme, management of product bugs can become you and your firm’s competitive advantage. Are systems in place for automation (e.g.

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People-First Product Leadership

JULY 17, 2023

Identify opportunities (innovations, products, processes, etc.) Similar to tech debt, there will be undesired consequences later on. For existing employees, when conducting performance reviews, consider if they listen with patience and go into situations seeking to understand or is their style to belittle, intimidate or control.

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Mironov Consulting

JULY 28, 2022

Apologizing in advance: I’m intentionally exaggerating the differences between two broad corporate groups: wildly oversimplified roles and attitudes and reward systems.  Each  These are mostly seen as reasonable and technically sound.  Sales  Each group does something irreplaceable.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dustin Levy, lead a conversation around “Product Strategies for Non-Strategists”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Jonathan Berg Director of Product Management, Schoology.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

They own ultimate responsibility for the market success of those products. The product manager will be responsible for the product strategy and development of the company’s kitchen appliances. But in the case of an eCommerce company, the product manager’s role is less clear. Fluency in eCommerce tech.

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The topic for this article came about recently, since one of the applications I worked on 13 years ago (technically speaking, I started working on it 13 years ago, and that particular engagement continued for 2 years), is still actively being used in a facility that I go to almost on a daily basis.

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Userpilot

JULY 13, 2022

Ken Norton offers lots of valuable insights based on years of experience in his Bring the Donuts product manager blog. Startup product managers will learn a lot from the Review – blog from the First Round. Hacker Noon blog articles deliver a wealth of technical insights. First Round’s The Review.

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Userpilot

APRIL 7, 2024

So, whether you’re a new SaaS product manager, an experienced PM for traditional software, or just interested in gaining more knowledge, this article is for you. TL;DR SaaS product managers oversee the entire product lifecycle from product strategy to development and decline. Technical expertise.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2021

A step-by-step approach to developing a SaaS product Take the following steps to build a SaaS platform: 1. Decide on the SaaS model, product strategy, and the pricing strategy Formulate your strategy before undertaking software development. This pattern helps to create scalable and extensible software systems.

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Modus Create

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

From financial to healthcare , energy to automotive , organizations are modernizing legacy systems and embracing next-gen technologies. Contrary to popular belief, some of the biggest challenges stifling their progress aren’t tools, engineering, or technology. In addition, without unified practices for tools like Aha!

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Continuous Discovery Habits by Teresa Torres teaches you how to set up a continuous discovery system within your organization with actionable exercises. Product-Led Onboarding by Ramli John and Wes Bush is a new book about how to implement user onboarding for the ultimate customer retention. Recruiting users for discovery interviews.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Throughout the year, we’ve talked to business leaders, experts, and pioneers about all kinds of topics: from creating world-class customer experiences to the challenges of running a business during the pandemic, from being an ally and addressing gaps in diversity to building technical leadership careers.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

It shouldn’t be a prerequisite for product management jobs either. He is a few years out of school and interested in getting into product. He doesn’t have a technical background and currently works in a different domain. But, if one is systemic and patient in their search, making a successful switch is very achievable.

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Userpilot

JUNE 25, 2021

Finally, it decelerates toward the end of the product’s lifecycle where the late majority and laggards are. The five stages of the Product Adoption Curve. The five stages of the Product Adoption Curve are: The Innovators. The Product Adoption Curve with the chasm. He loves trying new technology for the sake of it.

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Modus Create

MAY 12, 2022

Which tech stack do you choose and when? So, the team kickstarted the project to develop a mobile application from scratch — from product strategy and CX to end-to-end development and release, all in six weeks. Product Strategy and Design. Even when you have a tight deadline, you can’t ignore creating a strategy.

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Mironov Consulting

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

I’ve written a lot about the huge organizational and technical gulf between services companies and product companies.  (See Services companies (aka custom development, agencies, outsourcing/nearshoring, contract engineering, consultancies, any work-for-hire) primarily market/sell the time and expertise of their people.

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Mironov Consulting

MARCH 26, 2022

Things I frequently hear from B2B field/sales organizations: "Product doesn't understand how important this is.  They  Engineering/Product lack urgency."  We'll need weeks of deep discovery from over-committed product/design/engineering staff to figure out WTF they really need.  And

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Mind the Product

JULY 11, 2019

In each scenario, you and your team are asked to set up a tracking system to better understand how customers sign up on your website and ultimately to improve customer acquisition. You set up a sign-up tracking system in a previous job so you have a lot of experience with this. Let’s walk through three hypothetical scenarios.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 9, 2024

.’ ” Another example—when Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, was asked four years ago how OpenAI would make money, here was his answer: “We have made a soft promise to investors that once we’ve built this generally intelligent system, we will ask it to figure out a way to generate an investment return.”

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Usersnap

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In order to understand customer needs, get more customer feedback , and use it actionably, the rise and importance of SaaS product management within digital companies are “mooning” ??. SaaS product management is undoubtedly the engine that helps digital enterprises grow. What is SaaS Product Management?

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Therefore, they are vital for effective product strategies and ensure resource allocation aligns with customer needs. Online reviews to understand attributes that customers value most, such as specific features, ease of use, customer support, pricing, and so on. How to monitor online reviews?

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ProductPlan

APRIL 4, 2019

How did this relatively unknown product manager in his early 40s rocket through the ranks to take control of one of the largest and most powerful tech companies of all time? That bet obviously paid off and established his reputation as someone able to see beyond the product he was managing and worry about the business holistically. .

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Photo by Iain Kennedy on Unsplash When I was a product lead at Imperva, there was a feature that engineering kept telling me required a rewrite. But you know how it is  — temporary things tend to remain permanently , and engineering kept raising a flag that this feature needs more work. Some even need to be left untouched.

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Usersnap

APRIL 29, 2023

Breaking-edge technology usually feels like something that requires advanced technical knowledge. How is ChatGPT different from a search engine? The difference between ChatGPT and a search engine is based on how they function and the data they provide. ChatGPT on the other hand is easy to access, use and train for anyone.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 8, 2020

Alternatives could be non-smart phones (think Nokia), or some new wearable technology that is built into watches, clothing, or something else. As we haven't found a way to make any computer system 100% foolproof, this means that it may never actually be possible to reach Level 4 or 5 fully-self-driving vehicles.

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