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The Product Interview?—?A Technical Exercise

The Product Coalition

A Technical Exercise In this post, I’ll offer my idea of the sort of technical abilities expected from a product manager. Okay, those were way too many words to explain that knowledge is usually not a bad thing for a PM… Exercise 1: know your data structure Take the following data structure of a note-taking app.

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My favorite UX design workbooks: develop your skills by solving exercises

UX Planet

DESIGN WORKBOOKS How to put design theory into practice in an efficient way My favorite UX design workbooks: develop your skills by solving exercises Learning design theory is a good step towards becoming a better designer, but it is also important to put the things you’ve learned into practice. I couldn’t have summarized it better!

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Google Coding Interview Rubric—An Inside Look

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

The software engineers at Google work on some of the most influential products in the world. As a result, being a software engineer at Google can be an incredibly fulfilling career. This means that the coding interview rounds are crucial for aspiring software engineers. Lucky for you, we have the inside scoop.

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Ask the Community: How Do You Shift From Functional Teams to Value-Driven Teams?

Product Talk

They received a lot of pushback from the engineers initially because it created complexities around code reviews, tech debt management, release processes, etc. Sam created a diagram to help demonstrate the benefits of organizing teams by value stream as opposed to code base. Click the image to see a larger version.

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People leave managers, not companies – 4 ways to better support your team

Intercom, Inc.

As a software engineer, no matter how senior you are, you always seek code reviews before deploying new code to production. . You should always be asking for peer review on a people management problem before you take action, whether that’s from your own manager or your HR team. Always ask for advice.

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Agile HR: An Agile Approach to Performance Reviews

Agile Velocity

For example, Agile HR departments can adopt the core Agile principle of reflecting regularly, challenging one of the more nerve-racking traditions… the annual performance review. . In this post, we explore an alternative to the typical annual performance review: peer round tables. . How to hold a peer round table review.

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How To Keep Your Product Enhancement List to 12-ish Items

Product Management University

Review applications & resumes. Those become important during the product design phase, but that level of detail is not necessary for this exercise. You’ve cracked the code! For example: Find sources for applicants. Write job descriptions. Evaluate applicants. Schedule interviews. Conduct interviews. Make offers.