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Communication Tips For Excelling In Your Product Management Interview

The perfect product manager candidate will have several core attributes. For an entry-level candidate, it’s almost impossible to tick all of the boxes. This is why you need exceptional communication skills to stand out from the crowd in the interview process.

Product Management

Traps To Avoid In Your Product Management Interview

A product management interview can be both exciting and nerve-wracking. There is often a great deal of variance in how tech companies conduct these interviews. This can present candidates with many challenges and pitfalls to avoid.

Software Engineering

Three Night-Before Tips For Crushing Your Software Engineer Interview

Having a momentous event to confront in the morning can be a nerve-wracking prospect for many. An interview for a software engineer position at a leading tech company has the potential to be a life-changing and career-defining event.

Exponent Alumni

Life of a European Product Manager

Interested in being a PM in Europe? Learn from Katja Muradyan, an Exponent alumnus, about her journey breaking into product from a consulting background, and her experiences building diverse products in Europe.

Software Engineering

How To Deal With Anxiety In Your Software Engineer Interview

Job interviews can be enough to make anyone nervous. However, the intensity and challenge presented in software engineer interviews can be a different beast entirely.

Exponent Alumni

The Accidental Product Manager: From Cars To Games To Google

Want to product manage cars? Maybe become a pm for the hot new game? How about being a pm at Amazon at Google? Learn it all from Sai Boddupalli, an Exponent alum who has product managed across industries spanning automotive, e-commerce, gaming, and payments.

Exponent Alumni

Landing College Internships: Engineering, Growth, and Product Management

Want to learn how to land and make the most out of prestigious internships? Read and learn from Sid Panjwani, an Exponent graduate, about what he learned from his various internships experiences spanning Engineering, Growth, and Product Management.

Exponent Alumni

Product Managing the Cloud with Hemanth Kempanna

Want to learn how to build cloud-based products? Read and learn from Hemanth Kempanna, an Exponent graduate, about topics ranging from his journey breaking into product to what one should be aware of when building products in the cloud.

Exponent Alumni

Breaking into Product Management from a Non-Technical Background

Want to learn how to break into product from a non-traditional, non-technical background? Read and learn all about how Azi Hussain, an Exponent graduate, did in this feature interview.

Guides

Differences between PM (Product Manager) vs TPM (Technical Program Manager)

So, what’s the difference between a Product Manager (PM) and a Technical Program Manager (TPM)? In this article, we’ll illuminate some of these similarities and differences.

Case Studies

Product Design Case Study: Design a Smart Fridge

Read this post to read our case study on the PM interview product design question, design a smart fridge.

Guides

How to Prepare for Product Management (PM) Behavioral Interviews

Want to know all about answering behavioral interview questions for product management (PM) interviews? Learn from our very own Stephen Cognetta on how to prepare for PM behavioral interviews.

Case Studies

PM Interview Product Design Case Study - Pet Pain Points

Read this post to read our case study on the PM interview product design question, Design a product that solves user pain points around owning a pet.

How Levels.fyi Brought Salary Transparency to the Tech Industry

Jacob interviews Zuhayeer, co-founder of Levels.fyi, to discuss careers in tech, launching MVPs, and negotiating salaries.

Case Studies

PM Interview Product Design Case Study⁠—Tokyo Olympics

Read this post to read our case study on the PM interview product design question, How would you design an emergency system for the 2020 Olympics?

Announcements

Exponent Teaming Up With Top-Tier Business Schools

We're collaborating with Stanford Graduate School of Business, Yale School of Management, London Business School, and University of Washington Foster School of Business to provide open access to Exponent's online product management course.

Case Studies

PM Interview Estimation Case Study - Laundry Detergent

Read this post to read our case study on the PM interview estimation question, Estimate how much laundry detergent is used every year, across the world?

Launching Exponent's PM Interview On-Site Simulation

Trying to prepare for an on-site PM interview? Ever wonder how your interviewers make their decisions and evaluate your performance? Want to get tangible, useful practice and feedback for your critical interview day?

Early Access: Exponent's Software Engineering Course

Starting today, you can sign up for the SWE Course waitlist to get early access to our latest course.

Announcements

Introducing Exponent: Advance Your Tech Career

Exponent is a learning platform that offers career prep and interview help for popular careers like product management, software engineering, and more.

Guides

How to Manage Product Managers: Herding The Cat Herders

Managing a team of product managers is challenging–it’s like herding a bunch of cat herders. There is an art to managing PMs and the secret lies in getting the following right.

path to pm

Product Innovation with Rick Robinson, VP Product AARP Innovation Labs

In this Path to PM post, Rick and I discuss breaking into product management and how Rick ended up working in an innovation lab at AARP.

Guides

Consumer vs. Enterprise Product Management: The Complete Guide

Although product managers at consumer and enterprise companies have a title in common, the jobs themselves can vary drastically. So, how is product management in enterprise different from consumer tech?

Guides

Should You Be a Product Manager or a Software Engineer?

Here's a breakdown of how to consider a career in product management versus software engineering.

path to pm

How To 10X Product Growth—SC Moatti, Founder of Products That Count

In this Path to PM post, SC and I discuss strategies for common PM interview questions, including how you would 10x growth at a company.