PM Job Kit

Metrics / Execution

Analytical skills are core to a PM’s role and PMs need to be fluent in numbers. Good product managers develop hero and secondary metrics to make decisions, identify issues and grow their products. As the saying goes: “What you don’t measure, you can’t improve.”

Questions To Ask

In most interviews, you’ll be given some time for questions. Take this opportunity to get insight into the role, and importantly demonstrate you’re curiosity and thoughtfulness.

Here are some example questions to ask:

• What is the interview process…

Product Vision

One of the commonalities the most admired tech companies share is a strong product vision. With an ever-changing world, distractions, roadmap changes, a vision provides a shared purpose and motivation when hard decisions need to be made.

Strategy

The best PMs have a clear product strategy that solves a large customer problem in a growing market. Your product strategy will detail a broad range of product details, including vision, business goals, user needs and much more. Product strategy is your most important plan. A good plan achieves the following:

Metrics / Execution

Analytical skills are core to a PM’s role and PMs need to be fluent in numbers. Good product managers develop hero and secondary metrics to make decisions, identify issues and grow their products. As the saying goes: “What you don’t measure, you can’t improve.”

Leadership

If you’re pursuing a Sr. PM and higher role (Product Lead, Director, Head / VP) you will be tested for your leadership skills typically by behavioral-style interviews. This can be the most difficult stage, as a leader has an impact on their team, company processes, products and will be working with other…