PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 12, 2022

Have you been intrigued by the position of Technical Program Manager? But this doesn't mean you can't prepare for and ace your upcoming technical program manager interview. The best way to get ready is by reviewing some real TPM interview questions from some of the top tech companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon, and more.

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freshtrax

JUNE 11, 2019

According to an article by Tech :: Note , the Japanese tech industry has grown as a whole with continual increases in the total revenue of the industry, from 14,380 billion yen (approx. Top 10 Japanese tech companies by capital value (November 2018). Top 10 Japanese tech companies by sales (2015-2016). Net One Systems Co.,

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 30, 2024

A prediction for the future: Johnny said, “If I had to guess, technical PMs or engineers with product taste will become the most valuable people at a company over time.” I assume much of your success has been due to hiring well, and keeping a very high bar. How do your product/design review meetings work?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 9, 2018

I love building enterprise systems, because you get to work with your customers/users every day and literally see their lives change as you release new features. In my case, at Zalando , these are systems for fashion buying, supply chain management, inventory management and procure-to-pay processes (e.g.

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 4, 2021

Or PMs at larger established tech firms might see great PMs at work within their company, but they struggled to reverse engineer just how to recreate their success for themselves. This is due to the very process by which the roadmap is developed. I went on to discuss this skill gap with Brian Balfour, CEO of Reforge.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 4, 2020

If you're interested in the field of technical program management, then the answer is, without a doubt, yes. As the name of the position suggests, program sense is an integral part of a technical program manager's day-to-day. They are responsible for ensuring technical processes can be completed according to their deadlines.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Wikipedia defines Production Artists as: “…a technical and creative position in a creative profession. The degree of technical knowledge required for some production art work may be comparable to higher skilled engineering, especially with computers.” That’s one of the reasons Design Systems are built.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

The vision is simple: log in to the app, authenticate yourself, and pose questions naturally. It’s like chatting with a friend, but you’re communicating with a program or system that understands and responds to what you’re saying in a human-like way. Examples include: When is my next credit card payment due?

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People-First Product Leadership

JULY 17, 2023

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. In product companies, we live for these disruptive technologies.

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

That said, this position demands proficiency in both technical and social areas within the role. By enrolling in a product manager course, you have the opportunity to learn fundamental technical skills. By enrolling in a product manager course, you have the opportunity to learn fundamental technical skills.

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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. These should be the basis of your product development technical practice.

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Agile Velocity

MAY 3, 2024

Siloed transformation efforts at the team level can result in suboptimal outcomes and fail to address systemic issues that hinder agility at the organizational level. Create a Vision : Develop a compelling vision for the future state of the organization post-transformation.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JUNE 7, 2019

Technology today has started to unfold around us to change our lives for good, and it’s vital for UX Designers to keep up-to-date with the latest digital trends in the industry. Fintech, Healthtech, Edtech – what sort of tech is used within them? Fintech, Healthtech, Edtech – what sort of tech is used within them?

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Andrew Chen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

99% of startups are not differentiated on their underlying technology, and there is very little engineering risk involved. (I’m I’m ignoring deep tech and foundational AI research companies, for the sake of this conversation). Hmm… If you find yourself at this moment, then you are already in a bad place.

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NextBigWhat

AUGUST 4, 2020

Question the need for it, discuss the possible impact, conduct research (wherever possible), go through contextual data, competitors, and talk to the stakeholders – Product, Tech, Ops, Support. Engage with tech, product, etc., Engage with tech, product, etc., Solve in n number of ways. develop a prototype if necessary.

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Pranav Khare

JANUARY 7, 2024

Once upon a time, in the bustling world of tech, there was a great divide. The Tale of the Overzealous PM: Bob’s Blunder Meet Bob, a PM with a vision so grand it overshadows the sun. Despite the team’s reservations about the technical complexity and tight deadlines, Bob pushes ahead without seeking their input.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

This brings us to an important question that every product manager and the associated tech teams ask themselves every time they dip their feet in the river of building digital products. Although machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) are buzzwords in today’s tech industry and some very solid products have been built using ML.

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freshtrax

APRIL 25, 2024

What’s the appeal of this service and the evolution of self-driving technology? Let’s take a closer look at this new technology and its user experience. trillion yen) from investors such as SoftBank, Honda, and Microsoft to test and develop self-driving car technology. This new cab service will be completely driverless!

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Building effective teams with people from different disciplines can be challenging due to various circumstances. This exposure to different cultures, generations, and belief systems has shaped my understanding of what true cross-functional collaboration looks like. Let’s explore strategies for how we can tackle these challenges.

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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., Often, this is due to resource constraints rather than a lack of understanding of a PM role. This includes Tech estimates (at least T-shirt sizing) and resources identified for the projects. Data vs Intuition.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2021

E.g., you need to look for experience in the industry you target and the technology stack. Non-functional requirements (NFRs): These describe how well the system should perform and not what it does. He/she needs to document the architectural decisions, and this needs a structured review. Determine what you would exclude.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Moreover, this area has become extremely lucrative due to lockdowns and restrictions of the pandemic. It attracted more people to the online live streaming and now it’s projected that, due to streaming, by the year 2025 users will spend more than $17 billion in social apps annually. What is live streaming?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 6, 2022

Security engineering interviews are some of the toughest in the tech industry. As a security engineer, your job is all about reducing risk for technical products by thwarting malicious behavior. Here's a list of questions we've seen most frequently asked at tech companies. Watch our answer here.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2022

If you're interviewing for solutions architect roles, don't miss our Complete System Design Interview Course. Solutions architect roles are rapidly becoming more important and popular in the technology ecosystem. Typically you’ll interview for 3-5 hours total with a lunch break midway through.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Customers are no longer “trapped” with vendors they don’t want to stick with because moving data between systems is easier. Cloud computing and technological advances make it cheaper and faster to bring a viable product to the market. There’s still plenty of debate regarding just how technical a product manager must be.

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freshtrax

OCTOBER 19, 2021

First, here’s the technicalities on how to localize the game: 1) Creating a Localization Kit. Developers who are familiar with coding know you need to pull strings to translate your code, then you need to import those strings into a management system. Watch out for trends, do your research, and extend your brand’s vision to Japan.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2023

Together with 3 senior consultants, we have transformed a monolithic team into three autonomous squads, established dedicated product design functions, implemented a comprehensive & actionable design system, fostered a strong product culture throughout the entire organisation, and empowered the product team to become true agents of change.

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Usersnap

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

How is SaaS Product Management the Central Nervous System to Product-Led Growth? Part of this requires having a solid product vision. Keeping this product vision in the back of your mind while iterating on product strategy keeps you closer to being on the right track. What you can expect here ?????? What does this mean?

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 9, 2024

Instead, I believe that AI will have the most profound impact on the high-level (and historically most valued) skills of product management: developing a strategy, crafting a vision, identifying new opportunities, and setting goals. It is our job to create computing technology such that nobody has to program. Please tell me!

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ProductPlan

JUNE 1, 2023

This can incrementally add new capabilities to the product and potentially quell a few customer complaints, but without a a unified vision, it can also lead to a lot of partial fixes that don’t attack and solve major pain points in a holistic manner. But the problem facing a particular customer may or may not represent a true systemic need.

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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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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

And so, in 2014, he founded Productboard , a product management system that incorporates customer feedback and insights to help product teams build better products. Looking at how the best companies operate, Hubert and his team boiled down product excellence to three key areas of action: vision, strategy, and execution.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 3, 2021

The Concept Map Target Audience: Product Teams and Leadership Intent: Sharing Vision and presenting the concept for acceptance The concept map helps you illustrate and present, well, a concept. But before you deliver your great idea, you need people to be primed and prepared to receive and review it with their mental frameworks.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Much of the literature that defines the role as the intersection of business, technology, and user experience isn't particularly helpful for practitioners who are left wondering what skills they need to learn versus the fine people they work closely with in actual business, technology, and user experience roles.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 11, 2023

The emergence of blockchain technology has paved the way for a decentralized financial landscape, transforming the way we interact with money and assets. From traditional banking to decentralized revolution For decades, traditional banks have held the reins of our financial systems.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 21, 2021

we also face the question of how we will make digital technology truly accessible for everyone, regardless of their physical or cognitive abilities. The distinction between the two terms tends to get blurred, and it’s because the definition of each term is fluid and changes as different technologies become more or less relavant over time.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

One of the challenges we've long acknowledged in the tech industry is how difficult the transition can be from a software engineer to an engineering manager due to the vast distinction in the skill set to be great at the new role. Shift your individual focus from design and execution to vision and strategy. a product leader.

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