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PK asked on Nov 20, 2018
Director of Product at PayPal. Based in SF. Worked at Twitter, Yelp, Salesforce, Houzz in the past.

Hi,

I am a product manager at a tech company in san francisco and I want to prepare for some PM interviews at places like Google. A lot of the PM interview is overlaps with MBB like case interviews. Specifically they ask questions around new product design, new market entry, new market validation etc.

I want to find advanced or pro candidates here who would be interested in practiciing for tech focussed PM interviews. Any suggestions on how to go about it or is anyone interested?

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Anonymous A replied on Nov 20, 2018

go on the meeting board?

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Vlad
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McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi,

Pls be careful, since PM cases and approaches are very different from the consulting ones. There are some amazing books on how to handle PM interview on Amazon

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PK on Nov 22, 2018

That isn't completely true. FB and Google basically copy McKinsey style PM interview process.

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