The PM Interview - Practice PM Interview Questions (w/ timer).

Thanks @ellenchisa ! I made this for my own needs as I felt I didn't have enough preparation interviews, and found out it helped a lot. Some other applicants have started using it and it's a great feeling to hear that it helps other. I'd love to improve it over time so please chime in with your suggestions of feature or content :)

When I interviewed PM candidates in the past I would break up the interview into; introduction, recent work project, sample problem and conclude with any remaining questions. When discussing a recent project, the candidate should be able to explain their work clearly. I look for signs of leadership and initiative. What was a difficult situation they ran into and how did they handle it? Did they give up or come up with a creative way to get out of the bind? Most importantly I probe for getting things done. Strong candidates are smart and get things done :-)

A good way to prep for PM interviews - gives you lots of the standard questions (tell me about yourself, estimation, product design) - and a timer to let you know how long you're taking. I find the "surprise" element much more helpful than prepping for a long list.

Made by @RaphKomjat, who might be willing to weigh in/answer questions :)

Great tool @RaphKomjat ! Could be great to get anonymous (but validated) proposals for answers (from candidates) and questions (from recruiters). We often feel uncomfortable asking for help, review, advices when it comes to preparing interviews because we don't know if it's the right person, if it's very appropriate, .... Especially in PM as it is such a large field! Record your interview preparation (do you remember talking to your wall preparing your first interview ;), then filter the voice so you feel *free* and get frank feedback. Just an idea!

Thanks for your contribution @SoleneMa :) I first thought about proposing my answers to the questions - you do need to work on them -, so I definitely feel you here. However because answers have to be really personal and relate to your experience, I started to feel like anonymity would be hard to keep. Plus I don't pretend to have the perfect answers. It would be a good idea though to start with the Design and Estimation categories, for which good answers can be a bit more generic What I thought about adding shortly for each category of question would be a "hint", showing an adequate framework for answering. I found it very useful to structure your thoughts during an interview. The opportunity to have your answers evaluated by some professional recruiters is an interesting idea, if you know any recruiter that may enjoy the concept, please put me in touch!

Good prep tool however, I know people are getting away from questions that you can google search like how much does a school bus weigh or basketballs sold in the US, etc. Even google is getting away from these types of questions. When I interview people I want to know what people are like so I ask - "What is the latest book you have read?" Who is your favorite author and why? (some people don't have time to read a lot of books and they may read things related to what they like via flipboard, etc) so a simpler question is "What do you like to read?" What are your news sources? What shows do you like to watch? What kind of music do you like to listen to? In addition to the normal job specific questions.

This is a great mechanism, would love to see it applied to other positions! Design, Development, Social Media etc.

@GehaniNeil Agreed. @RaphKomjat I dig the site and am saving it for later, but the questions like "How long would it take to drain a bathtub with a straw?" are meh.

@gergmuure I was dying for someone to tell me that. Would love to talk with people in these positions to come up with relevant questions and build sibling sites. @GehaniNeil I really wanted to show the concept, with relevant enough questions (though not everyone agrees - which is fine). I want to work on the content now and make it better, so thanks for the input. Even for my own interviews I haven't found so many of the questions in the site, however the type was similar, and working on those was definitely great training > which leads me back to my idea of presenting useful frameworks for answering w/ every question. As for the personality/culture fit questions, that could definitely be a category to add. I need to figure out where we could add even more value to this. @ffumarola Thanks for the cheers :) As for the questions, is it the overall type of question, or just these examples? I'm looking at how to have estimation questions closer to industry examples ("How much data does company X uses to store Y?", "How much money does company X spends/makes in Y per year?",...) I have actually been asked these questions.

@Nale love the structure. Starting with the introduction also helps the candidate feel more at ease. What do you think of a section in the site to explain clearly to the applicant what is expected from him / what companies look for?

@RaphKomjat yes!!! very useful. As a candidate I would want this badly and push to get it out of them in the interview if they don't disclose it up front.

@Nale Thanks!

@RaphKomjat I just read the Cracking the PM Interview book and this site is on point!

@shawnvenkat this book is a must read. I'd put it in the hand of anyone trying to get into Product Management. Great inspiration for the site too indeed. Now will try to get even more sources for content!

@RaphKomjat great little site. I opened it, started a question and came back later only to realize I didn't know how to advance to the next question. Might be helpful to keep the advance to next question prompt there or provide some minimal navigation. Thanks :)

Thanks @alwaysunday , I'll consider having the navigation available at all time. I can guess how frustrating that was!

This is slick. And a long way out, it's a good thought starter for some kind of automation for both interviewees doing preparation but also interviewers needing some loose script prompting while running an interview (especially in large orgs that want more formal scripts).