--- tags: MOC --- > [!quote] “Rest in the end, not in the middle.” - Kobe Bryant > [!info] “Don’t wait for your next job to do your best work.” - Satya Nadella ### My Info - Career review - [[Career Review 2025]] - [[Career History]] - [[Principal PM, Dell eCommerce]] - [[Senior PM, Dell Precision PG]] - [[PM, Porter]] - [[Resume]] - [[Behavioral]] stories - [[Storytelling styles]] ### Recruiting [[Resume]] [[Behavioral]] [[Product Management - Old|Product Sense]] [[Analytical Thinking]] ##### Core concepts and principles - [[Product Management - Old]] - [[Product Strategy]] - [[Product Discovery]] - [[Tech - Old|Technology]] - [[Analytical Thinking]] - Estimation ### Interview Questions - [[Questions to interviewer]] ##### Open ended questions 1. What makes a product well designed? Important to understand from candidate what elements they think as crucial. Is there a focus on solving real problems for real people? What is important about the way these solutions are experienced by the users? 2. Give me a few examples of products you think are well designed  Interviewer wants to know if the examples provided actually align to the answers given to the first question. ##### Product and behavioral questions 1. Behavioral - General: • What was your last set of performance feedback improvement areas? • This role will entail a good amount of stress and tight deadlines. Can you handle those? 2. Behavioral - PM Specific: • Can you describe how you built your last product strategy? • How do you handle disagreements with your design or engineering counterparts? 3. Product Sense: • What’s your favorite product and why? • How would you improve it (your favorite product from above)? 4. Product Design: • How do you ensure a product's design meets both user needs and business goals? • What's the most challenging design problem you've faced, and how did you overcome it? 5. Product Execution: • How do you manage the trade-offs between speed of execution and quality? • Tell me about a product launch that didn't go as planned. What happened? ![[Pasted image 20231206162930.jpg]] ![[Pasted image 20240907230817.png]] ##### Tricky PM behaviorals Here are the 10 of the trickier interview questions - and how to respond well: 1. How would you handle a situation where you strongly disagree with the higher-ups' decision? • Here’s an example of that • I tried to understand their POV • Then I weighed everything on first principles • I spoke up once more • But ultimately disagreed & committed 2. How would you react if a project you championed was suddenly shelved? • One example was when • I took time to think it over myself • Then I consoled affected team members • Then I brought it back up when it was strategically important again 6 months later 3. Describe a time when you had to persuade a team member who disagreed to adopt your approach. How did you handle it? • This happened recently • I made sure they felt heard • I also addressed their concerns • Then I re-emphasized the data • This helped them come along 4. Have you used our product? • Yes, just yesterday in my prep • I noticed you build for this segment • One feature I felt was particularly well crafted was • I like the direction you all are going in • This job to be done seems very important 5. What’s a popular belief you feel is misguided? • One of the most popular beliefs about • The reason I believe that is • The data the speaks to me is • Some people argue • However I feel they are wrong because 6. Tell me about a time when you had to handle a crisis. How did you navigate it? • I have navigated many crises • Here is one example • I didn’t run away from the problem • I took the role of a leader • I contributed to the effort to control it • This is how we succeeded 7. What’s your current compensation? • I would like to know your range • I am open to a wide range of packages • I care about fit and other factors as well • What is the range for this position? 8. How do you deal with overwhelming amounts of work? • That’s always the case in the roles I’m in • I prioritize based on urgency and impact • It has helped me to think in terms of high leverage work • I just recently got good feedback on my prioritization skills 9. How would you react to many people around you getting laid off? • I understand these things happen • First I would take time to process my own feelings • Then I would look out for my colleagues still here • And get to work on figuring out how to fill the departed’s gaps 10. What was the last negative feedback you have received? • My last feedback was • I acknowledged it as a gift • I got to work improving it • Then I checked in on progress • Here’s how it’s now solved Rubric ![[Pasted image 20250706004149.png]] ### Recruiting guides - How to: [[Manager 1-1s - Questions to Ask]] - How to: [[Keyword-based job search]] - [[Changing jobs after i140]] - [[2021_Salary_Guide_Technology_NA.pdf]] - [[Job satisfaction]] - [[Employee Motivation.pdf]] ### Company info [[Amazon]] - e-commerce and cloud infrastructure [[Apple]] - consumer hardware and software [[Google]] - search, ads, consumer software and cloud infrastructure [[HP Inc]] [[Meta]] Microsoft - business software and cloud infrastructure [[PayPal]] [[Samsara]] [[Stripe]] ### Favorite quotes and articles - [[How To Be Successful - Sam Altman.pdf]] - https://hbr.org/2023/07/why-kindness-at-work-pays-off