Product Manager BEHAVIORAL Interviews: Leadership & Drive
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Published 2021-06-09
For product manager interviews at Google, Facebook, Amazon or any tech or FAANG company, you'll get behavioral questions like "tell me about a time..." Here are common mistakes and best practices to ace this interview.
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I can’t thank you enough for all of your tips and for you taking the time to teach and prepare me for the FB interviews! I’m so excited to say that I got a FB offer and I certainly credit it to you. Thank you for your personal sessions with me and creating relevant and real content that can’t be copied. I love your authenticity and your passion to help others excel.
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This is extremely helpful content Dianna. Thanks a million for this! The 5 things you've asked us to do after watching this video is exactly what I needed, as I was clueless how to prepare for a managerial interview round.
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Very helpful content, especially the action items in the end of the video! Thank you.
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I liked the Action part explanation. And the time split for the answer. Thank you :)
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Few question that I face a lot is " Tell me about a time you made a mistake " , " Tell me about a time when you had to influence someone with / without data " , " Tell me about your most challenging project "
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Great video! To internalize it i have to be critical. :) I think 5 mins to answer a behavioral question is too long. Some PMs recommend 2-4 mins, some say around 2mins is the best. I think unless it's really an engaging story, if it takes 5 mins the listener will easily lose track. And you have to memorize a lot! Being able to concisely communicate is one of the qualities PM needs to have. Give the interviewer the chance to ask follow up questions.
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What I hate about these questions is how unremarkable these examples are in the totality of our career. I don't keep and store "conflict resolution" scenarios in my head. So I just make them up in interviews. Ultimately not serving anyone any real purpose.
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This video was very helpful. Thanks a lot!
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How to dramatize what happened? First skeleton and then add the following flesh items. Add emotional details across all details of the story ( makes people care what happens ) ( use words like dread, hope, upset, disappointed, ecstatic ) Include details of what people say or do or felt or underwent ( more specific you can make the story -> more people can visualise -> makes people care even more )
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Great Video..Nice workđź‘Ź
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The biggest struggle for junior level roles is that we don't have that much experience/stories to respond to all of these questions.
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Hey Dianna, outstanding content as always, thank you very much! Can you please help with these behavioral questions - "Can you tell about a time when you failed as a product manager" and "Can you tell about a time when you made a mistake"? Thanks in advance.
