Despite hiring being really shitty in general, I've found PM interviews to be quite random, particularly SMB segment, which is kind of expected as well but sometimes the lack of self-awareness and about the candidate is surprising. Some of them want to keep questions deliberately ambiguous and if you ask for clarity they'll judge you as someone who can't handle ambiguity. And the others will judge you if you don't ask the right questions. As someone with experience in PM I can't believe how bookish the hiring managers are sometimes. Everything is a "pain point " , "problem statement " or a " persona " . So pigeonholed in frameworks and data that they've lost the ability to think without those.
