PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

MBAs from technical and engineering backgrounds will have an edge, so if that’s not you, you should focus on evidencing your abilities to be technical in those interviews. You also mention paths to product management from being an entrepreneur or being an industry expert, how does this usually work? What’s your take?

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The Product Coalition

MAY 25, 2021

Test kitchens have been used effectively in almost every physical product and process industry because these product creators know the value of testing and iterating on a product and process in a real-world environment to remove inefficiencies and points of friction before more releasing more broadly. Yep, creative naming.

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Alchemer Mobile

APRIL 14, 2020

How do you manage executive expectations, customer expectations, and technical resources? I’ve been kind of actively running away from management roles, and mostly that’s just a factor of the things that I really wanna learn or I just really wanna learn how to be a really, like, kick-ass technical PM. So that’s me.

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Department of Product

MARCH 28, 2022

It is extremely difficult (and probably not advisable) to attempt to stay on top of all trends. It’s impossible for one person to do. And not all trends matter. For product people, we’re mostly interested in trends which impact the 3 core skill areas of product management: Technology Business Design So let’s tackle each of these separately.

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Andrew Chen

MARCH 27, 2019

Dear readers, Many of you may have read the recent New York Times article “ Uber and Airbnb Alumni Fuel Tech’s Next Wave ” which is about how alumni of successful startups often split off and start new companies, and how ecosystems of investors/advisors form around these new companies to support them. I might know a guy.”

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Bain Public

AUGUST 22, 2022

Interviewing at Bain Public Phone Screen Interview Communication & Listening skills Interview Business Case Writing Test & Technical & UX exercise Top-grading Interview. We help middle market companies and scrappy startups create new value with design- and technology-based products and strategies. Company Description.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 21, 2018

Whether you’re at an early-stage startup that’s just made its first sales hires, or part of a fast-moving sales team in a large organization, the key to success often comes down to efficiency. But I couldn’t raise the money for the startup; this was 2009, right after the recession. Starting sales from scratch.

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Usersnap

JUNE 15, 2023

Stay informed about industry trends. For example, the release of ChatGPT (OpenAI’s artificial intelligence chatbot) caused quite a stir across different industries. So, I’d advise you to With Usersnap, you can smartly manage feedback from both internal and external stakeholders in one place. Work with marketing and sales.

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Bain Public

JANUARY 24, 2022

Interviewing at Bain Public Phone Screen Interview Communication & Listening skills Interview Business Case Writing Test & Technical & UX exercise Top-grading Interview. We help middle market companies and scrappy startups create new value with design- and technology-based products and strategies. Company Description.

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Bain Public

JANUARY 24, 2022

Interviewing at Bain Public Phone Screen Interview Communication & Listening skills Interview Business Case Writing Test & Technical & UX exercise Top-grading Interview. We help middle market companies and scrappy startups create new value with design- and technology-based products and strategies. Company Description.

Research Software 52

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Bain Public

JANUARY 24, 2022

Interviewing at Bain Public Phone Screen Interview Communication & Listening skills Interview Business Case Writing Test & Technical & UX exercise Top-grading Interview. We help middle market companies and scrappy startups create new value with design- and technology-based products and strategies. Company Description.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As a project manager at an IT company working with many non-technical startup founders, our clients, I often get to resolve a variety of interesting issues that relate to technology and communication. They had spent a lot of time choosing the technological stack and discussing technical solutions with outside consultants.

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Amplitude

JUNE 8, 2017

Hailing from a tenured career in product management, she was just super passionate about working with startups. “I I had become pretty active as a mentor and advisor to various startups and really enjoyed it! So I was exploring some ideas of my own and also meeting a lot of startups, typically in an advisory capacity.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 26, 2020

Consultant Consultants are in the business of advising people in a specific field. They may find themselves working with privately owned businesses like startups. These consultants typically already have industry experience. There exist many non-technical PMs. implement an internal system to save time and effort).

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 14, 2021

As a design thinking consulting firm , we advise on product strategy, lead workshops, and offer customized training to equip your business with the best UX practices. Fantasy has expertise in the healthcare industry, hospitality and leisure, entertainment and media, finance, and technology, to name a few.

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Roadmunk

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Most recently, Ellen left Lola to launch her own startup that will make it possible to build a complete scalable app in an afternoon. While her startup is still in very early stages, Ellen is completely in founder mode. While her startup is still in very early stages, Ellen is completely in founder mode.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

MBAs from technical and engineering backgrounds will have an edge, so if that’s not you, you should focus on evidencing your abilities to be technical in those interviews. You also mention paths to product management from being an entrepreneur or being an industry expert, how does this usually work? What’s your take?

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UX Studio: Product Management

MARCH 28, 2022

Is it technical details, customer insights or revenue and money? Bill Campbell was a legendary coach who worked with some of the biggest product leaders in the tech industry. As a young startup product we usually have only short roadmaps fixed for the upcoming few weeks and it is reviewed every week. Who speaks at the meeting?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 1, 2020

I studied mathematics at UCLA, worked 2 summers as a software engineering intern at a Series E AdTech startup, and advised Metta World Peace (Ron Artest) as the product manager for his social basketball app, Gradelo. Technical experience is not required. I'm excited to shed some light on product management at IBM.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Do early PCB architecture, thermal assessments and volume sizing before industrial design begins. By defining these early in the development process, a product designer can advise you on how to hit your targets, as well as point out things to avoid. Many companies forget that it is advisable to keep product specifications restrained.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

The teams she coaches are from both early-stage startups and multinational enterprises in different industries. She has 7+ years of experience in startups and startup-like teams and most recently led an innovation lab as a product manager in 2019. Challenges of transitioning from a non-technical background.

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BrainStation Product Management

APRIL 8, 2019

LinkedIn even recently ranked it as one of the most promising jobs – in all industries. Speak to a Learning Advisor. Product Management is fundamentally a white space role, so the skills you need will depend on what skills you already have and what your company does,” advised Jackie Bavaro, Head of Product Management at Asana.

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BrainStation Product Management

APRIL 8, 2019

LinkedIn even recently ranked it as one of the most promising jobs – in all industries. Product Management is fundamentally a white space role, so the skills you need will depend on what skills you already have and what your company does,” advised Jackie Bavaro, Head of Product Management at Asana. People can’t help it,” he said.

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Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 27, 2013

What I most often advise is to err on the side of fewer features for the benefit of getting the product out sooner to optimize for learning. Or it could be ensuring open product, design, and technical decisions get resolved in an efficient manner.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

” But I work in startups. 30 days is a long time at a startup, so I would dispute that you should wait and do nothing for 30 days. In a startup environment, the clock’s is ticking. They may talk your ear off about Kubernetes or some Erlang or a niche technical project. So, I would say listen for about a week.

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Andrew Chen

OCTOBER 31, 2016

I gave some my 2 cents based on my experience helping startups and growth folks. It’s not an immediately technical or product-based experience, and yet it’s an interesting question that might actually become more and more relevant. They asked a great question – how do you interview for growth folks? Growth Interview Questions.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

I wholeheartedly believe that you need to be adaptable to survive today but the further I travel on my own journey the more I wonder if we as an industry are moving past agile. Later whilst being an adviser at Stanford university Neil H. don’t get me wrong it’s great, we’re still friends?—?I obviously most people skipped that part!

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Aptrinsic

JANUARY 2, 2018

How to Build and Manage Successful Product Team During Aptrinsic ’s recent Mastering Product Adoption and Growth event, industry-renowned product leaders shared their insights into driving product growth. Jeetu advises that product managers embrace the following 10 lessons as a rubric for leading their companies to success. #1.

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