Product Management: How to Answer the Top 5 Interview Questions

Prepping for a job interview for a product manager position? Be ready to show your expertise with our PM video series featuring Priyanka Upadhyay, a PM professional with over 16 years of experience and one of the coaches in our Accelerated Program.
Priyanka gives some tips on some common questions your interviewer may ask you. Be prepared, stay confident, and express your abilities, experience, and interests.
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[@MohammadAli-fq6bx]

Absolutely Love the insights, ma'am. More power to you.

[@1919Nada]

This is very very helpful, I would like to know if you have a course or if you teach product managements, as almost always PM courses share the same knowledge but in this 5 min video I was able to gain knowledge that I literally didn't gain in 2 hours course. THANK YOU

[@stanfordonline]

Thanks for your comment and feedback! You can browse our product management program and courses here: online.stanford.edu/programs/product-management-program

[@rfajri92]

I would rather ask PM about their past project, what’s their approach, and how they measure success rather than those type of questions.

[@stanfordonline]

Hi there, thanks for you comment! We appreciate your feedback, and we'll certainly take your suggestions into consideration for future videos and content.

[@taeghsokhey5310]

This is oversimplified. Asking clarifying questions is good, but there should be a minimal amount of time spent asking clarifying questions. Instead you should provide assumptions and ask if they can be validated by the interviewer. Why make the interviewer do extra work? Instead show initiative and experience, especially in higher level product role interviews.

[@jamescaffrey7869]

good point

[@ProductwithPri]

Hi @taeghsokhey5310 thank you! Yes you are right, in more videos I am creating for my own KZbin channel, I am making this distinction of making logical assumptions instead of just asking the interviewer. When I am coaching clients too, I encourage them to take the lead in an interview instead of letting the interview just lead it. This helps with landing Sr PM and Group PM roles, since you demonstrate you can work through a problem independently. These videos were created with the target audience of aspiring and new PMs in mind initially, hence the somewhat oversimplified approach, but I totally agree with you :)