Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 2

PM Interview Tips on Execution

By Deepika Yerragunta, Senior PM at Amazon

Every company is different in testing for product execution questions. Google and Facebook interviews typically test for product execution. Here are some useful tips in preparing for product execution interviews. Read more

Top Resources

Becoming a PM from a software engineer background

Anjana Anthrayasa, Product Manager from Cisco and AWIP’s Director of Membership, shares her career journey from a software engineer to a product manager with key takeaways in becoming a successful women leader. Read more …

Women helping women

Great article from the VP at Boeing about women helping other women succeed. That’s what we strive to do at AWIP for our members who are in Product Management and who are aspiring PMs. Read more …

AWIP Updates

Executive Leadership Series

AWIP is proud to present our upcoming Leadership Series, kicking off with an all-star panel of “How to Lead with Influence.” We will be hosting female and male C-level executives from renowned enterprise software companies, including Amazon (AWS), Tradeshift, Rubrik — with a special appearance from an angel investor & co-owner of the SF Giants. These esteemed leaders will share with us their personal journeys into leadership, and how they were able to climb the ladder of success by wielding influence beyond the board room. We hope you can join us for this event on November 7th, hosted at Bain Capital Ventures’s beautiful office in downtown San Francisco. Register! (Receive a special member discount when you sign up here: http://eepurl.com/c4NaOH)

Women PM Survey

You are invited to participate in a web-based online survey on the state of women in PM and to discover the common challenges facing women in this new and exciting profession. This is a research being conducted by AWIP, to help more women advance in product management. It should take approximately 5–7 minutes to complete. Participate in the Survey!

Resume Review Program

Want to get your resume reviewed by senior PMs from Google, Amazon, Rubrik, Augmedix, Cisco and other leaders? AWIP is proud to present a Resume Critique program, where a member of our executive board and community (all senior and lead PMs) will provide personalized 1:1 two rounds of feedback. We also request a donation of $50 for each resume, 100% of which will go towards AWIP future events, services, resources that we will bring to you. As a result of the strong need demonstrated from the Advancing Women in Product (AWIP) community, we will review limited number of resumes per week and it will be on a first-come first-serve basis. Sign up!

Job Highlights

Email us to receive referral and interview tips

  1. Head of Product Manager at DotLab, San Francisco CA
  2. Product Manager at Dataminr, New York NY
  3. High Profile Leadership PM Position at The Company (Financed by top tier institutions including Kleiner-Perkins, Benchmark, Softbank, and others)
  4. Product Manager at Imbellus
  5. GoDaddy, Locations: SF, Sunnyvale, Kirkland WA, or Phoenix — Senior Product Manager; Senior Product Manager, Presence & Commerce; Senior Product Manager — Conversion and Monetization

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