Product-Management-and-Leadership
by ElizaLo
Product Management and Leadership Guide
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Interview prep
A guide to preparing for product management interviews
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Best interview preparation books
- "Cracking the PM Interview: How to Land a Product Manager Job in Technology"
by Gayle Laakmann McDowell
Best interview preparation books / Other great books
Best interview preparation books / Free stuff
- 90 Product Manager Interview Questions
Go to Lewis C. Lin’s website:
- ‘The Art of Product Management’
Jackie Bavaro’s Quora page:
- sample questions and answers
Go to Stellar Peers: a community platform that helps you prepare for interviews. They have on their site
- thepminterview.com
Go to to practice some of the above questions and answers with a timer
Online Resources
CV
- “My Personal Formula for a Winning Resume”
by Laszlo Bock
Best way to write a cover letter
- “standout” examples
The Muse has some that I would not use but you can start to see what grabs attention
Best advice on how to prepare for questions
- 3C, 4P, Porter’s 5 forces, Market Entry, etc at the back of your mind
It also helps to know a few frameworks —
Interview / Estimation
- To make your life easier, here is a short (and shabby) fact sheet I created while preparing
I know I said you don’t need to know the answers to the questions, but let me rephrase that. While you don’t need to memorize the answers, it’s crucial to know certain ubiquitous numbers. Let’s say you’re interviewing for Google. What is the market share of Google Search? How much of the pie does Google Cloud Platform have? What was Google’s revenue and profit in 2017? Knowing these numbers, and more, helps more than you’d think.
Interview / Behavioral
- multiple sites that give you example behavioral questions
There are , but at the least, cover the basics:
Interview / Also
- MBA Mondays
If you’re in the US, working for a startup, you need to know about how companies are funded and how stock options work. That’s tricky territory not easy to explain in a summary other than to say “get clued up about finance because it’s your money and future we’re talking about.” Regardless of gender, ignorance is not cool. If you’re curious about the employer perspective on stock options for employees, I recommend Fred Wilson’s posts from back in 2010, particularly the ones on , , and
- Josh Doody
I found that had some helpful advice for how to think about negotiations. His newsletters are informative but you can
- she negotiated for an additional $15,000 at Yammer
, Anna Marie Clifton wrote a long post about how . can be a great ally in negotiations, and it’s useful to learn how to wield it
Read
- blog post
This that describes the job hunting process of landing an SF-based Product Manager role
- article
This written by a Product Manager that had experience interviewing with some of the biggest tech companies in Silicon Valley, including Salesforce, Google, Dropbox, and Facebook
- HackerNoon
A post on how to prepare for a Product Manager interview
- blog post
This highlights a recommended four-step approach
- product strategy mock interview
Watch another with a LinkedIn PM, including a follow up discussion of best practices
- productboard article
This that discusses various product prioritization frameworks used in industry
- article
This lays out a three-pronged approach to prioritize product features and improvements
- article
View this that highlights a recommended three-step approach for questions that involve client-server relationships and back-end structure of algorithms
- technical mock interview
Watch another with a Google PM, including a follow up discussion of best practices
Project Management / Project Management Lifecycle / 📃 Articles
Project Management / Project Initiation / 📃 Articles
Technical Manager
Technical Manager / 📊 Building diagrams, flows and charts
- Fapp.diagrams.net
Flowchart Maker & Online Diagram Software
Technical Manager / Project Management
Great Management Books
- Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
by Liz Wiseman
Great Management Books / Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
Great Management Books
- No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
by Reed Hasting and Erin Meyer
- Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
by Patty McCord
Great Management Books / Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
Great Management Books / Other good books
Soft-skills for the Manager / OKRs (Objectives and Key Results)
- transparent company cultures
OKRs foster by informing everyone of the impact and priorities of teams and individuals across the organization, top-down from the CEO to the intern
Soft-skills for the Manager / OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) / 📰 Articles
Soft-skills for the Manager / Ideas to improve on Feedback
use a template
For meetings to structure
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For retrospective meetings to structure
use a template
For meetings to structure
use a template
For retrospective meetings to structure
Soft-skills for the Manager / Ideas to improve on Feedback / Web Sources
Soft-skills for the Manager / Strategic Thinking / Improve on Strategic Thinking
The LifeLabs one-page template
is a good starting point
The LifeLabs one-page template
is a good starting point
Soft-skills for the Manager / Coaching skills / Articles
Soft-skills for the Manager / Support / 🎓 Courses
Tools
- Confluence Best Practices
A great product with thoughtful documentation enables your users to do what they love. Learn how your team can work together to create thoughtful documentation in Confluence
- Confluence Best Practices
A great product with thoughtful documentation enables your users to do what they love. Learn how your team can work together to create thoughtful documentation in Confluence
Web Sites
GitHub Repositories
Articles
Podcasts 🗣️ 🎧
- Guy Raz
is the founder and CEO of Built-It Productions, and an award-winning podcast host. He has interviewed over 200 highly successful entrepreneurs, innovators, and idealists to uncover their most impactful business stories
- Cal Newport
Computer science professor and New York Times bestselling author, answers his podcast listener’s questions about work, technology, and his top-rated book,
- Ashley Milne-Tyte
This podcast features short, 25-minute episodes that spark candid conversations about professional careers and success in the workplace. Hosted by journalist , “The Broad Experience” tackles some of the biggest issues facing women in business, work, and leadership
- Richard Rierson
This podcast is the ultimate leadership resource of inspiring, educational, and motivating interviews with real-world leaders by
- Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Hosted by award-winning documentary and feature film director, , “Teamistry” unveils the incredible behind-the-scenes stories of teams who joined together to achieve amazing human triumphs
Communities / Slack Communities For Product Managers
- GV
Blog and newsletter (specifically in the portfolio)
Communities / Women’s communities
- Women in Product
Facebook group
Communities / Mailings
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