For so many fields, this style of question is pretty straight-forward. Want to be a software engineer? Study computer science at a four-year institution, get decent grades, do an internship or two, and do decent at full-time interviews. Want to be an accountant? Study accounting, get decent grades, do an internship or two, and do…
See an example answer be developed to this question: imagine you were a PM at Google. If you were to build the next killer feature for them, what would it be?
Tl;dr: Project managers (PM or PjM) tend to own shorter-term projects, deliver a single deliverable, and coordinate a team to execute under budget, by the deadline and with the right quality Program managers (PM or PgM) tend to work on longer-term projects, coordinate with a set of project managers, prioritize projects and are more responsible…
Does a product manager need to be technical or have an engineering background? Get the answer in this post by Meka!
Listen to Google Product Manager and Founder of PM While Black, Kayiita Johnson, share his story on December26er. He discusses setting his sights on an engineering career at a very young age, broadening his professional interests and obtaining his MBA from Stanford, and creating a platform to help make product management careers more accessible to…
Congratulations, Emmanuel! He recently became a product manager at TransferWise, Europe’s leading FinTech unicorn. He is leading the global expansion of their product for the Middle East and Africa! He was previously a PM at mPharma, a leading Health Tech startup in Africa which manages prescription drug inventory for pharmacies and their suppliers. He is…
Innovators often declare you can never create a bold, disruptive idea and company by conducting user research – I couldn’t disagree more. The key is in how you conduct, and how you use, said user research. I have conducted this workshop on for kick-starting your user research for product managers several times and gotten positive…
Congratulations, Gozi! She joined the Box through their Rotational Leadership Program post business school, did 2 of her 3 rotations as a PM, and then was formally hired as a product manager. She is now based in San Francisco, California. Connect with her on LinkedIn here.
So you have been diligent on your path to product management and you have landed a product management interview at a large tech company! Congratulations! Now, how do we make sure you ace this thing? Product management interviews are unique in that it is really about how you think than anything else. After a certain…
The Coronavirus pandemic is disproportionately affecting our community’s health and economic outlook, and has once again made stark just how systemically racist America is. These are the issues we should be discussing and acting upon, and I hope you are finding ways to support your community. Though it is a much less grave and dire…
Competition for seats at business school grows more competitive year-on-year, and average GMAT scores have continued to rise as a result. Of course, your GMAT score is but one part of your application admissions considers. In addition, there is no explicit GMAT score you need to achieve in order to gain admission to a particular…
Frankly, there are so many articles on this that do a way better job of describing this elusive role than I can. I will share a short list of resources that do a great job defining it, but in short, here is my view: Product Management is the set of behaviors, actions and impact required…
Product management is like SoHo House. Even if you know about it, good luck getting in. — Unknown All PMs I know come from privileged backgrounds. They all have had middle class or better backgrounds, had someone in their family who was in STEM (likely their parents), and are generally from the coasts. They are…