How to make a great Product Manager Resume

This is a lesson series about how to get a Product Manager Interview by making a great Product Manager resume. Liam is a Product Manager at Google, previously a PM at Microsoft.
Table of Contents:
0:27 - Structure and Basics
2:11 - Education
3:18 - Experience
7:35 - Skills
8:56 - Misc
9:39 - Liam's PM Resume
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[@liambolling]

Send over feedback if you found this useful 😊 Thank you so much for watching!

[@EkeTheGreat3]

Great great video. Love the beginning, middle & end example

[@achaleshlakhotiya2670]

slack community link?

[@prankitjain8661]

You have misspelled *corporate in your resume. You might want to correct that! :P Great insights though, thanks!

[@thosearentpillows5638]

@@prankitjain8661 I was about to say. I looked it up to see if there was a second spelling.

[@segejung]

I revised my resume multiple times already and after seeing this, I have even more to revise! Thanks for the video.

[@ambujpriyadarshi211]

Thanks Liam. I found you randomly on KZbin and your videos are on point . Crisp and clear.

[@OmarHusseinGhayatt]

Thanks Liam for sharing this, I restructured all my CV according to your video and it seemed much more organized specially after separating the entrepreneurial and MISC activities from the full time jobs

[@Edefrem]

Great video! I loved how you simplified each section in such a concise manner. The beginning, middle, end part was great as the experience section is the one I struggle most with.

[@devansh_jain]

Loved the part about telling a story in your bullets - haven't heard that before and it makes so much sense!

[@liambolling]

It really helps make the bullet points connect and feel more related. Without it I find myself just stating facts which is rather boring

[@salonee2683]

Hi Liam, What an insightful video. Thank you for creating this video. Your resume tips and tricks are so relevant and helpful not just for PMs but any job position. More power to you!

[@saloniaburt8950]

Great video Liam! I really appreciate the cards on the side of the video that detailed varying levels of content in the experience section - the examples are very helpful in outlining how we can improve our bullet points.

[@liambolling]

Thank you so much for checking out the video 😊 It means so much!! Was thinking about doing full screen slides, what’re your thoughts on that?

[@SunRayDuo]

Awesome stuff! Content is king, video is the proof. The part about telling a story in the experience section is never heard of and that should give exact idea as to what kind of experience it was. Too smart.

[@jimmykang9500]

Really great video Liam. You are spot on with the fact that product is a small world and its always better to tell the truth on your resume. Love the structure for these videos, keep up the great work!

[@liambolling]

Thank you so much!

[@itsmejohnson5931]

Excellent! We want more Liams in this world.

[@bboyspyky]

Hi Liam. Wonderful video. Thanks a lot for the tips. I've been trying to crack a job in the Netherlands or Germany with visa sponsorship, but mostly my resume gets rejected. This video was very insightful and I'll incorporate the tips and apply to places again. Thanks a lot buddy, you're doing a great job ❤️🙏

[@nhiluu1613]

Thank you for this super helpful video. I just have my first steps into the Product area, and your channel gave me a lot of insights. The information is clean, straight to the point, and well organized. I'm looking forward to your next video!

[@liambolling]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting me 😊

[@queuebit]

Thanks for this video, Liam. I am looking to make a pivot from Software Engineer and CTO to a more Product-focused role. Thanks for this knowledge and experience you are sharing.

[@faizansari2119]

The content provided is truly remarkable, concise, and exceptionally beneficial. Your efforts are commendable!

[@EbonyRivers1]

This video was absolutely brilliant. Thanks for the tips!

[@e.w.6470]

Thank you so much for these honest and insightful tips!

[@salemschannel]

Incredibly helpful video Liam, is it possible you could make a video on applying to PM roles without product managing experience or advice on what side projects to do to get noticed?

[@thedotashow]

OMG, this is GOLD ⭐️

[@joeyxu4913]

Like your slides, neat and well rounded. Super like the bonus part. Thanks, Liam

[@liambolling]

Thank you for watching and checking out the slides!

[@urban-pixel]

Something about the aura and energy of this guy is amazing!

[@liambolling]

thank you!!

[@sabri7573]

Really appreciate your work Liam, thanks a lot!

[@liambolling]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@DanielDiazded316]

Thank you so much, your advice is invaluable to me.

[@torytrom]

Thank you Liam! This was very helpful

[@DivyaUpadhyay42]

Great advice for PM aspirants. Totally recommended! 👍

[@liambolling]

Thank you 😊😊

[@allthehui]

This was an extremely informative and concise video, Liam! I'm going to send this to all my aspiring PM friends in industry and students whenever they ask for resume advice 😊

[@liambolling]

Ah you’re the best!! Thank you so much 😇😇

[@HappyMomentswithJojo]

Got some new insights like to present experience as a story, Well articulated. Thank you 😊

[@prashantarya5915]

Thanks Liam! Really appreciate this! You have actually given practical advice on how to write a resume with examples. Unlike other people take $3000 for this! Thanks so much

[@liambolling]

Please share it with people so they don’t get tricked into $3,000 courses 😊

[@asmitagupta9875]

Thankyou for this Liam

[@yudhistiraadinugrahahutaba6797]

Thank you, this is so meaningful

[@itssdaphnee]

This is really helpful Liam! Thank you for sharing!

[@liambolling]

Thank you!!

[@bhyuvmathur]

Thank you Thank you Liam!

[@anoutinabil]

You're a great communicator and this video was so clear and well structured. Thanks! Would be cool if you added YT chapters btw.

[@daryllman]

Love the use of the small slides of text at the top right corner as you speak!

[@liambolling]

Would you rather they be full screen or is the corner ok?

[@daryllman]

@@liambolling the current implementation is just nice in my opinion! Might be too boring if its full screen (with a small popup of the live feed of your face).

[@pm_of_this_gym]

Liam, thank you much for your work, experience, and help. I hope, you will start streaming and annalise common tasks of product manager in future!

[@liambolling]

Coming soon 😊 All PM material should be free and open!

[@pm_of_this_gym]

@@liambolling thank you! I do not think that all information should be free, but the lack of examples is the main problem of the PM studying. Thanks again for your channel and the Reddit post about it!

[@liambolling]

Feel free to share if you find it valuable 😇

[@MarianaAlfafar]

Thank you for this :) I was wondering your thoughts about a PM portfolio. Does one need a portfolio, or are we better of with an accurate and good storytelling CV and good recommendations? Super excited for more of your videos! Cheers

[@hirawat]

Great Video. The google docs in the description isn't available

[@mancillat]

Great video!

[@bhavyapandey]

Thank you for the video

[@markthompson1439]

Hey Liam, Thanks very much for the video. It is very helpful! I noticed however that the slides aren't available anymore. Could you upload them again, please?

[@NeerajGupta-iy4ez]

Thank you sir this video so helpful for me

[@user-mw2ev5it7n]

thanks man...good content

[@ashishkatariya9090]

Thanks Liam for this. One question should we customize our resume as per job description if yes how ? Also if you are working in insurance/ banking domain how do you use this to apply for Google/Microsoft ?

[@a989857]

Very helpful video even in 2023!! Hi Liam, it is often said that resume should keep in 1 page, but in the end of video, the resume you showed seems 2 page. Any suggestion would be helpful. Thanks!

[@shefaliibahalii]

This is so helpful! Thank you for making this, could you also do a video on how to become a Product Manager without a Comp Sci/ Tech Background?

[@liambolling]

Next few videos will cover that!

[@nayabnadeem2121]

Great video, thanks for sharing these tips. I have a question though- how should freelancers add experience to a resume?

[@bukola_O]

Hi Liam. Thanks for sharing. My question is how do you display impact for a product which is yet to be shipped? In my case, I discovered the market opportunity at an early startup, detailed this in documents and created wireframes. At the moment, I am working with designers and engineers to build. Since there are no signups yet, how do I display impact? Your response is highly appreciated 🙏🏾

[@MirandaZulu]

Thanks for this Liam. I’m trying to get an associate product manager position and currently working on my resume.

[@liambolling]

Hope it helps! Thank you so much for watching

[@MirandaZulu]

@@liambolling it certainly did thank you

[@maraprod]

Great video, just one thing: I would change corperate experience to corporate experience on your resume ;)

[@secretsofproductmanagement]

Nice explanation of a great resume, Liam! I'd add that if you are out of school for 5+ years you can put the Education section at the bottom. What do you think of having an "Objective" section, something like "I am a... I have done ... I have a reputation for ..."?

[@tanishgupta5760]

My takeaway: build a story and content is key

[@bansinidoshi6308]

Thanks for the video! Just wanted to let you know the link to the slides is currently broken. Also, where can one find the slack community? Thanks again!

[@lorenzosp93]

This is great Liam, thank you and keep up the good work! Could you elaborate on why you suggest listing education first, rather than skills and/or experience? Or did I misunderstand and that only applied to students?

[@liambolling]

Sure thing! I’d say if you’re early in career or a student then education first, but later in career it’s probably find to move it down. Depends on what you see as more impressive. If your education is more impressive than your current job, then move that above experience.

[@atharv468]

Hi Liam Thanks for sharing this, but for some reasons I'm unable to retrieve your slides that you attached in the description, can u pls link that below

[@tom-lk]

Thanks for sharing such a detailed insights Liam, do you mind sharing some tips on how a non-product professional (project management/Engineering background) should develop their resume to be able to secure a product management job.

[@liambolling]

My most recent video should help out with that!

[@sherrychandu1940]

Hi Liam, I loved your video however have some questions. Currently most of the IT companies are using an ATS system that automatically scans each applicant's resume and based on JD match % the candidate is cleared or rejected. In such scenarios how can the impacts example work? That will not match the JD at all and hence lead to ATS tracker rejecting applicant's resume. Kindly help

[@niaprinters]

Hey Liam! Thanks for the amazing video. Should college students include high school as well in the Education section, or just the undergrad details are sufficient? Thanks again.

[@leomcmanus9012]

In my experience high school should be left off especially once you get to junior year. If you had some really big high school experience like a start-up or a national org that is applicable to the position (translator -> spanish club, business -> DECA/BPA, engineering -> robotics) you could tack that on but usually as you gain collegiate experiences those take precedent and you can take the high school things and push them into smaller and less important bullet points down in miscellaneous until you replace them completely.

[@syth9]

What's the Slack channel? I didn't see it listed anywhere.

[@yashpipal4891]

hey Liam, GREAT WORK but the google slides is not available please check and share your resume template

[@mtrillteria]

Hi Liam, is it still possible to get the resources you mentioned in the video. I noticed the link to the google docs is no longer active. Thanks in advance.

[@utkarshmaya2960]

Hi, great content, the link to your slides isn't working for me, really interested in the material, apologies in advance if I missed something.

[@rajeshnunia9642]

Dude , the way you speak damn🥵 Fan of your communication skills sir ✌️

[@rubinarahman9158]

Great video Liam loving your content!!! QQ- What's your experience of Big 4 Consultants becoming Product Managers? Which PM roles do you think they would be most suited to, if any?

[@liambolling]

I have just the video for you coming up in a week

[@Aditya-in9hm]

Hi Liam, amazing content! Could you please share the link to join the Slack community?

[@themynamesb]

Is product portfolio also required to apply for the job? Means along with your resume we need to send a PDF which will have our product portfolio ??

[@wheresmytech9294]

Hello, your resume template is not available on the link provided.

[@annieojuro-anuonye7203]

Precise and helpful. I

[@liambolling]

Glad I could help out!

[@yashashreeshende]

Link for google presentation is not working. Couldn't find slack link either in the description.

[@user-ls4kr2ez1g]

Hi Liam! Thank you so much for a great walk through of a good product manager resume - it was super helpful. Could you link to the Slack channel you mentioned at the end? Would love to join a like-minded community :) Thanks!

[@ifeoluwaa3118]

Hello Liam and thanks for this video! I'd love to join the slack community. Is that option still available?

[@thedotashow]

@liam, if one is not a PM, and looking for transition to be a PM from a Software Engineer role, what should experience section be like ? Suppose, PM role doesn’t require to hear about nitty gritty details of architecture or data structure implementation that we did as part of being a traditional software engineer, any thoughts?

[@liambolling]

Will have a video for this soon!

[@chan90s]

Thanks a lot for this !! Any advice on how can an engineer who has informally led teams and been instrumental in product shipping but don't have the PM title can shape his resume for PM? #SWE_to_PM

[@rajpai9047]

Hello Sir, the link in description is not working. Can you please check?

[@marcelokunze7711]

Hi Liam, thanks for doing this! What if I'm a product designer focused on UI/UX? Is it ok if I have a more "creative" resume with colors, etc? Of course always focusing on the content.

[@liambolling]

Might depend! If you’re closer to UX, I’d say it’s probably fine to do a little (not too much). Maybe also attach a portfolio

[@Sobieski526]

Hi Liam, thanks for the video! I noticed your resume is about 1.5 pages long? Is it appropriate to have mine be that length for 5y of experience? Or should I aim for 1 pager?

[@liambolling]

Rule of thumb; 10 years of experience per page on your resume

[@cupratham]

For the slides it says -> Sorry, the file you have requested has been deleted?

[@MashiroRedo]

If my responsibilites were PM (per manager), but my title was not, what should I put as my job title? I am asking this because internally my title was Product Analyst but job responsibilities when hired didn't require any SQL etc, just working side by side with a Principal PM to manage our initiatives. My manager tried to promote me but leadership rejected it.

[@Judaimen]

Hi Liam! Thanks for the insights! Is the Slack group still active? :)

[@UjwalChaudhari]

Where do I find the slack community link?

[@brwler1]

thank you

[@solaonibokun]

Thank you for this video Liam ! Super insightful. Please where’s the link to join the slack community. It’s not in the description box

[@liambolling]

Slack was getting a bit too annoying for me so I removed it for now to focus on videos

[@aggarwalankit5]

@@liambolling Hi Liam - thanks for the video , it is very helpful - I would like to share my resume with you and get your feedback. Whats the best way?

[@shreyasgavit6013]

Hi Liam, Great video and thank you so much. I've been working to get the content and format in a good shape on my resume. I'd love to join the slack community but for some reason, I can't get through with the link. Can you please help?

[@liambolling]

Ah looks like the link expired! Will fix that up in 30 😊

[@deepakjain5169]

Awesome video. Looking for slack channel link

[@tamalbiswas6812]

Hi Liam, Appreciate your efforts for explaining the bigger picture. It's a prolific session which clarifies & answers all PM resume queries. Can I please request you to share the format/template for the demo PM resume shown in your video ? It would be a great assistance for all passionate Product Managers. Thank you! Regards Tamal

[@liambolling]

Yes! I'll try to attach a Google Doc with the template below

[@tamalbiswas6812]

@@liambolling thanks and waiting for it. Appreciate your valuable time.

[@saibellekhaibah333]

Do you provide one on one services?

[@gambaweb]

Thank you for the video, could you share the slack invite again? Thanks

[@liambolling]

Updated!

[@mezuemary5615]

Hey Liam, Slack community link please?

[@MomoCui]

Hi Liam, I wonder if the slack community still exists and how can we join please ?

[@akshaypawar9087]

Hi Liam, would you mind sharing your resume template ? or the font you are using.

[@liambolling]

i’ll add it to the video description

[@PrithviRey]

Hey the link in the description is broken..

[@carolinasalome]

Yep

[@mohd.asaads.279]

Can a template be provided

[@HaHa_enjoyer]

slides link broken :(

[@maldine12345]

Link not working

[@PenguenReyiz]

Hey Liam, thanks for sharing an amazing content. I just disagree only one thing in the content. Recruiters typically spend only around 20-30 seconds initially reviewing a CV. If your CV template is not catchy in terms of colors and design, you run the risk of your CV being overlooked. This is because, being human, recruiters tend to review CVs when they are contemplative.

[@Techysophie]

As a hiring manager I can tell that's not true. Colors and design don't do nothing unless ofcourse you're in Design field, in that case use a bit of color. I can't stress this enough, how I've picked people who were well qualified but with ugly resumes. The content was what blew me away. And if you're going to use color or design, best be sure to use with caution. But the sincere truth is it has nothing to do with you landing interviews. Know this and know peace.

[@Nabz1635]

Long shot but can i send you my completed CV to get some feedback specifically to me? Im a graduate and really interested in getting into product management but dont have any eperience in the field.

[@liambolling]

Shoot me a message on LinkedIn

[@Nabz1635]

@@liambolling you took so long to reply i ended up finding a job my guy. thanks anyway

[@adambauer6872]

Go Hoosiers!

[@liambolling]

Hoosier nation 👍

[@gvk]

Hi, Just a typo I guess: "Corperate" in your resume should probably be spelled as "corporate"

[@liambolling]

Oof good find. I’ll add a correction post edit :)

[@virajvrooms]

I am wondering 🤔. 09:45 What does CORPERATE mean?

[@liambolling]

I'm bad at spelling haha

[@devild2269]

@liam how can I join this slack channel :)

[@hridyanshgupta8163]

How do I really get into PM?

[@liambolling]

Depends. Are you a student or industry?

[@hridyanshgupta8163]

@@liambolling student