Interview: Product manager

Eight questions for a product manager interview.

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Interview: Product manager (Candidate)

**Candidate:** Candidate
**Date:** today

1. How do you decide what not to build?
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2. Tell me about a product decision you made with incomplete data.
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3. How do you work with engineering on estimates?
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4. Describe a launch that went badly. What did you learn?
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5. How do you measure whether a feature succeeded?
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6. How do you say no to a senior stakeholder?
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7. Walk me through how you would improve our product.
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8. How do you talk to customers?
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**Overall:** Strong yes

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Eight questions for a product manager interview.

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Interview: Product manager ({{Candidate}})

**Candidate:** {{Candidate}}
**Date:** {{date}}

1. How do you decide what not to build?
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2. Tell me about a product decision you made with incomplete data.
   - 
3. How do you work with engineering on estimates?
   - 
4. Describe a launch that went badly. What did you learn?
   - 
5. How do you measure whether a feature succeeded?
   - 
6. How do you say no to a senior stakeholder?
   - 
7. Walk me through how you would improve our product.
   - 
8. How do you talk to customers?
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**Overall:** {{choice:Verdict|Strong yes|Yes|No|Strong no}}

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