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Calling out APMs

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I've been working as an APM at a startup for about 6 months. I kinda fell into the role. Was a developer previously for about a year. So in total about 2 years of industry experience. As an APM, I've not gotten a lot of opportunities to work on hands on PM stuff. My line manager isn't a great mentor and despite having conversations with him to give me more product related tasks, my situation has not improved. 

What should I do? Will I be able to land another APM or a PM job elsewhere?

Need advice for APM.

Assistant Manager

Anyone hiring for an APM role

I have been working as an APM in a B2B startup for 12 months now; 5 months internship and 7 months as FTE after graduation.

My work revolves around gathering requirements for features by talking to experts and conducting research, conducting impact analysis; getting initial themes and liaising with Designers to get the final UX, leading the implementation phase with Developers and QA and then getting the release and feature documentation.

Other tasks involve liaising with people from Marketing, Client Partner and Sales to acquaint them with the new features, conducting internal demos, and also looking after client requests/ bugs and getting them fixed.

One issue that I feel however is that my PRDs need revision by my senior. I don't think they are bad, given I include all the things that I feel (based on my experience with the Development pod) come in necessary usually. It might be the case as well that my senior likes to put the requirements documented in a way he likes.

Want suggestions, is this the correct amount and type of work, or something else that I must be picking up too at this stage of career, and how the career shapes ahead in general, in this domain?

Work as an APM

Hey folks, 

I am currently interviewing for my second APM role and I have no idea where to get started on the interview preparation. 

I have worked for a year as an APM in a FinTech B2B SaaS company but have not had any senior mentorship so have no idea what is expected of an APM during interviews.

Would appreciate some guidance on how to proceed. 

Thanks

APM Interviews

Looking for referrals for an APM role. I have a strong background in Product and I come from Tier-1 college. 

Would appreciate community's help!

Looking for referrals

APM hiring

Can you guys help if there are apm or pm role openings in your company?

APM or PM Hiring

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Hi All,

I am currently working as a Consultant at Infosys and have been with the company for the past year. I hold a B.Tech in Computer Science and an MBA in Marketing. I am looking to transition to a role in a product-based company. Recently, I solved a case study and secured 7th place out of 33 participants.

If there are any opportunities or referrals, please reach out to me. I can share my resume and case study for your review. While I may not have extensive experience, I have the potential and just need one chance.

Regards

Transition into APM role

Consultant

I'm a certified product management  actively looking for a job. Can anyone please help?

Hi all, APM roles

What skills should an APM possess?

SDE Intern

Anyone hiring APM's at the moment? I applied to urban company & even though I meet most of the requirements I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna get shortlisted because of my college brand.

I applied to Phonepe, spinny, MPL as well but i think the result will be the same due to above reason.

Any other firms hiring APM's that you know of? Any help would be appreciated🙂

Thanks

APM Opportunities

Hey Folks 

I have been trying to break in product via APM roles but finding it hard to make it happen.

I have a marketing background so that adds to the complexity 

I am wondering if I should keep trying via APM or learn to code so Frontend or design for 1-2 years and break in via internal switch.

Is APM still the best way to break in?

-How did you land your 1st PM Job (referral, placement, LinkedIn, carrers, connections/network.......or any other crazy story)
-What were you doing before becoming PM (If fresher please let us know)
-Skillset that helped you break into this field
-Current salary/Joining salary (If it's CTC, then what is the breakdown)
-YOE Now, YOE before joining as PM
-Education qualification while joining as PM
-Your definition of a PM
-Anything that you would like to add

1st PM Job

Hi everyone, I'll cut right to the chase
I have had 6 months of experience as a product intern and I'm trying to get into an APM role for the past 3 months.
I have not been able to get any interviews or calls for an APM role. The only calls I get are for product intern roles.
Is 6 months of experience not enough to move into a full time role??? I've done my engineering, completed my MBA from a tier 1 institute yet I'm not being considered as a qualified candidate.
The past 3 months have really taken a toll on my mental health and everyday feels like a burden. 

I would really appreciate if you all could guide me on what to do because I have no clue where I'm going.

Why is it so hard to get into an APM role? (read below)

Associate Product Manager

Hey folks

So im looking out for a switch. I have overall 2.5yrs of experience with 1.3 yrs in product.

Im looking for APM roles preferably in Delhi/Gurgaon location, but open to pune, bangalore as well.

Im facing a lot of micromanagement at my current firm from the founder(since he heads product & tech) & i dont have ownership in my role. Even the director of PM shares the same frustration.

I feel like after a year of working here i wont have much to show in my cv in core product work. 

Just to give an example: i started an initiative to call customers for general feedback(satisfaction, whether they actually want what we are doing) & i was told to shut it down & work on things which doesnt have any customer validation.

If there are any opportunities available, kindly reach out. Any help would be appreciated.

TIA🙂

Anyone hiring APMs?

Hi,

I'm a Marketing Analyst at a tech startup currently. I have a previous experience of working as a Demand Analyst (gauging demand of products through data analysis and market research), 4 years of experience in starting my own business (non-tech) which didn't work, and over a year of experience in my current job (learnt PM skills like wireframing, and user research). Current organization has no Product team.

I've been trying to get an APM role for a while now but to no success as most want Product experience or an Engineering degree. Would it be advisable to keep at it for an APM role or get a business analyst job and look to become a PM later? Do companies hire for PMs without a solid Product background and an engineering degree?

Break into APM or PM

Hi, so I graduated two years back with a bachelor's in management studies (bba basically) but I was hell-bent on entering the development (social) sector for work which I eventually did a few months after graduating but unfortunately things didn't work out for me and so I chose to finally leave the sector due to the meagre salaries being provided. I've been working as a copywriter for the past 5 months since I was not able to get any calls from other industries as they deemed my social sector exp irrelevant. Turns out that even the ad industry is a low-paying one, so I have decided to try for Product Management roles since the responsibilities align with my interest and the pay is great. But as I do not have a tech degree or exp, is it even possible to enter the industry? Is there any way to leverage my social sector experience since a prerequisite for the social sector is to be able to empathise with the beneficiaries which is akin to understanding the pain point of users in corporate?

Career Switch from Social Sector

Is it possible for someone to start their career as APM?

I am interviewing for APM Roles. Do you guys have any idea of salary range of APM's in Blinkit and similar tech startups?

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