ZestyDonut
ZestyDonut

Interview help.

If i have to be interview ready for senior Product role in a week. What would you suggest me start with?

I have read the decode and conquer and how to crack the PM interview.

I come from technical background. Any practical insights would great.

18mo ago
FluffyCupcake
FluffyCupcake
Amazon18mo

Disclaimer - As the company name is not disclosed, the suggestions below might not be very helpful. Some companies have defined style of evaluating (like meta focus on product sense, amazon on behavioural aspects).

Interview anchors - Senior product role + Tech background

Suggestions -

  1. Be crystal clear with your past work contributions. If possible use STAR to explain the stuff in a closed loop manner.

  2. Try exhibiting aspects of functional understanding or strategical direction in the roles you played before. Explain why product took that direction and any hypothesis associated with it.

  3. Communication & stakeholders management are two important areas where engineers(not all) take sometime in a new role. Try adding some flavour on these 2 qualities.

  4. Provide some examples where you contributed in NFRs, roadmaps and UATs. This will add to your existing role.

  5. Be yourself, accept that you need to learn new things in a new role.

Feel free to post any queries if you have.

ZestyDonut
ZestyDonut

Thanks bhai! The interviews are not set yet. But i was wondering if i am ready or going in a right direction or not. There are so many things on internet to read. Its like flooded with information. SDE roles has a defined direction like code, design etc. In the PM’s role, i found the roapmap to be bit vague.

Thanks for your inputs. Its helpful :)

TwirlyPenguin
TwirlyPenguin

Give lots of mock interviews. Find partners from Lewis lin's mock practise slack channel

ZestyDonut
ZestyDonut

Thanks bhai. Let me check the link 😊

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