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Typical Product Manager interviews will consist of questions in the following areas:
Some companies will explicitly judge your performance in areas like creativity, leadership, and cultural fit, but even then, the types of questions they ask to assess this will fall into one of the above categories. I will share the types of questions in each group and how to prepare for them.
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I recently got the following question from a college student on Facebook’s HH Product Management group:
“What kind of path would I have to take (for university and beyond) to be prepared for a Product Manager role?”
Here are the concrete steps I would highly recommend anyone who is still in college...
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Here’s a situation I’ve seen dozens of times: a friend interviews at a company. When I ask them how it went, they say: “I answered all of the questions, so I think I will get the offer.” A few days later, reality kicks in – they didn’t get the offer. In some instances, I’ve had friends tell me they screwed up in an interview (or two), and they still got the offer.
What’s happening here is that some people believe that an interview is simply about getting the “right” answers. In reality, the company conducting the interview is looking at many additional factors. I’ll go over them below.
Most of these observations come from my background in Product Management/Technology, but I believe they apply in a broader environment as well.
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