Randy Edgar, Uber's Group Product Manager talks at Product School, San Francisco

1. Facebook PM Talks:
How To Crack The PM Interview
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2. www.productschool.com
Randy Edgar
- Enterprise Product Manager at
Facebook
- 17+ years of Senior level Product
Management and Product Marketing
experience
- Background in Enterprise Software
Consulting & Web Production

3. WHAT ARE PM HIRING MANGERS
LOOKING FOR?

4. Goals and Metrics
Focus

5. Data Driven
Decisioning

6. Innovation

7. Technical Acumen

8. Overall Knowledge of
Relevant Market

9. Leadership/Vision
(Inspiration)

10. Execution

11. Communication

12. Design/UX

13. TYPICAL QUESTIONS

14. • Tell me about your background…
• How do you measure success of product x?
• Product x usage is down, what to do next?

15. • Pick a product we have and tell me a feature we should
build next, why?
• What’s more important, number of users or engagement
of the users you have?
• You build a new feature which is getting adoption but
cannibalizing the core product, now what?

16. • What would be your process for prioritizing
features on your roadmap
• Tell me about a product that is well designed
• Members on a product team have different
priorities, how do you balance those often
conflicting priorities

17. • You have a few ideas about a single product
feature, what do you do?
• Tell me about a time when you….

18. OVERALL TIPS

19. • Be personable
• Speak slowly
• Ensure you have the customer needs in mind
• Prepare really thoughtful questions for them
• Don’t talk disparagingly of a former company or manager
• Research who you are meeting with
• Sell yourself
• Practice! Take those interviews periodically to hone your skills
• Smile

20. www.productschool.com
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Nov 16: 10X Problem Solving with
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Senior Product Manager

21. Upcoming Courses
Silicon Valley
November Cohort
Weeknights: November 29
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