1. What distinguishes the Top 1% of Product Managers from the Top 10%?

Read through the Quora answer from Ian McAllister. He precisely characterized peculiarities of the Product manager position.

Questions for self-check:

1) Valuate yourself for each of those characteristics on a 10 point scale.

2) Give example of demonstration for some of those values by yourself, someone you know or someone you know about.

2. How to hire a product manager

Ken Norton is a partner at Google Venture and ex-PM at Goggle. In this article he discusses the role of PM, values of a good PM and ways to identify those values.

Questions for self-check:

1) Try to answer Ken’s questions. Pick Gmail, Google Calendar or any other Google product if you need a specific product for the answer.

3. Be A Great Product Leader

Adam Nash — Be a Great Product Leader

Questions for self-check:

1) How would you evaluate PM on the basis of her work results from iteration of several month?

2) What is the major function of PM?

4. Several articles on the day-to-day activities of PM

Andrew Bryk — A Day in the Life of a Product Manager

What is a day in the life of a Product Manager at Google, Facebook or Yahoo like? from Quora

A day in the life of Marissa Mayer — Marissa Mayer: The Talent Scout

Questions for self-check:

1) Try to agreate a list of the day-to-day activities a PM can take part during a workweek.

Some additional resources are available here:

50 Articles and Books that will Make you a Great Product Manager