In this 60 minutes, exclusive AMA with Fernando Delgado, Product Management Coach, Founder & CEO at La Tienda Venezolana we discussed the tricks and growth hacks to crack a product management interview. Fernando has 13+ years of experience in Product Management. He had worked with Google and Yahoo and a few of his specialties are product management, interviewing, coaching, mobile development, user experience, product design, consumer products, hiring/talent development, data/analytics. What will be the discussion around? - How to prepare for PM interviews? - What are the areas to expect questions in, by the interviewer? - Tips for onsite interviews - Open-ended Q&A Learn more about us at www.pragmaticleaders.io

1. HOWTOPREPAREFORPMINTERVIEWS
FernandoDelgado
August24,2018

2. AGENDA
• Mybackground
• NBAAnalogy
• 15-20 hours
• Commonpitfalls
• Resources
• Q&A

3. MYBACKGROUND

4. Caracas,
Venezuela

5. 2003-2007 2007-2012 2012-2015 2016-2018

6. INTERVIEWED
400+Product Managers

7. HIRINGCOMMITTEE
2+years

8. COACHED
50+aspiring PMs

9. NBAANALOGY

10. Est.1984

11. 5Judges

12. 33SlamDunkChampions

14. NBA
SLAMDUNK
PRODUCTCAREER
INTERVIEWSKILLS

15. 15-20 HOURS

16. AREAS
• Frameworks
• Behavioral stories
• Product analysis
• Technical skills
• Analytical/estimation questions
• Practice

17. 5-6 hours

18. 2 hours

19. 3-5 hours

20. 1.5 hours

21. 1.5 hours

22. 2-4 hours

23. COMMON PITFALLS

24. “Iansweredall thequestions,soIdid verywell.”

25. WHATCOULDGOWRONG?
• It’sallrelative
• Experience/background
• Cultural fit
• Communication
• Subjective criteria

26. “Ibombed one of theinterviews,soI’mnot getting anoffer.”

27. HYPOTHETICALSCENARIOS
Candidate 1 Candidate 2 Candidate 3
4.0 3.0 4.0
4.0 3.0 4.0
3.5 3.0 4.0
3.0 3.0 2.0
1.0 3.0 2.0
Guidelines
4.0- TopI’ve seen
3.5- Strong yes
3.0- Weak yes
2.0- Weak no
1.5- Strong no
1.0- Iwouldquit ifwehire them

28. • ProductManagerHQ:5900+ members
• productinterview.xyz
• thepminterview.com
• bit.ly/pmquestionbank
• carlcheo.com/compsci
RESOURCES

29. Q&A