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Product Management Career Path

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If you're new to PM, what's a good way to think about, contextualize, and approach a 30/60/90 plan if you've never done one before? Also, are there any templates/resources you'd recommend as a jumping-off point?

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What questions should you ask during your one-on-ones with the engineers, design, support, marketing and sales team during your first month at the company?

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You're the new Product Manager for a B2B SaaS company that has 40 people and is starting to scale. What should you aim to do in your first month and your first quarter?

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How do you effectively split your attention between contributing individually and coaching your PM's? Do these two priorities ever conflict with each other?

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What are the different types of product managers, and how do you figure out which type you're the best fit for?

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What type of skill sets and experiences do I need to build in order to strengthen my career and move from being a Sr. Product Manager to Director level and above? What type of leadership career tracks do you see people continue their careers?

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What are mistakes product managers make when trying to get buy in for their roadmap that end up damaging stakeholder relationships?

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What is the qualities of a Product Manager that impresses their Engineering counterparts and thereby allows the PM to build influence with the Eng team?

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How have you dealt with possible overlaps between Product Managers, Business Owners and Marketing?

I was just reading an article by Marty Cagan about the scenario of Business Owners "versus" Product Managers, especially for companies using a matrix organization. Now, I'm living in a similar situation, and not only in the case of Business Owners, but it seems that depending on the side of the organization, the scope of Product Managers is divided more than expected, causing various types of issues. So, I'm curious if other companies, big or small, have also had to deal with this. Here's the link to the article: https://www.svpg.com/product-managers-vs-business-owners/

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What real world experience and skillset do your product org look for in potential candidates?

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I get a lot of critical feedback from my boss and I don't always know what to do with it or how to improve. Sometimes I don't even agree with the feedback. What should I do when I don't think the feedback is correct?

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What are the most important soft and hard skills Product Managers can build to become successful in their field going forward?

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What are your thoughts on fully remote product teams? Can they work long-term?

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How to make a career change to PM?

Any tips, strategy, success stories?

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What made you decide to choose Product Management over Product Marketing?

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Do you have any recommended online courses for those interested in breaking into product management (e.g. LinkedIn Learning PM learning path, Udemy, etc.)

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When joining a new team, is it better to have the right soft skills and have to learn the hard skills of the job? Or vice versa?

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If starting as more of a generalist product manager - what resources do you rely on to broaden your technical "toolkit"?

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What's the best way to find a product mentor (like yourself)?

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What do you screen for in product interviews that other product leaders don't screen for?

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Are there any productivity hacks or tools that help you stay organized and on top of everything going on as a product manager?

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What is the most effective way to scale a Product Management team beyond the first Product Manager?

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How do you measure your own success in your role and how much have those performance indicators evolved as you grew within your role?

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What are differences between PM and Sr. PM? What are clear indicators that someone is ready to take on Sr. PM role and responsibilities that come with it? And, when in the Sr. PM role, what are key stages that distinguish different levels of Sr. PMs?

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Transitioning from construction project management to product management.... industry to tech. Any advice on getting my foot in the door and landing an interview?

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What are some ways you've seen product teams increase their velocity?

Other than more experience how can I help my team have more impact faster?

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What are the most common mistakes you see candidates make during an interview for a product management position?

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For PM interviews, what are helpful resources you'd recommend and types of questions to prepare for from both hiring managers and cross-functional partners?

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What were your biggest challenges on transitioning from Product Manager to Group Product Manager?

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What products do you really admire, either overall or particular elements?

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How has being a parent changed your understanding of the world, you as a person?

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If I don't want to be a CPO or GM, what future executive role should I be shooting for as a PM?

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What is your 30-60-90 day plan when you go into an org with the intention of setting up PM function for the first time?

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What questions should you ask during your one-on-ones with your cross-functional teams during your first month at the company?

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What's your best product management 30-60-90 day plan to make a big impact at a new company?

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What do you think is the most common misconception about b2b products and why?

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How can someone from a different field like engineering transition to product management?

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How can a enterprise architect transition into PM role? What mindset change is required?

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What are the required hard skills for a product manager?

Also is it a plus for a product manager to know how to read code?

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What hard skills are must haves to be a Product leader? What are nice to haves?

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Is an aspiring PM who struggles with decision making absolutely doomed as they consider pursuing PM?

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