.. you’re more than just an SDE at Amazon .. you’re a human! — “.. you’re more than just an SDE at Amazon .. you’re a human!” Layoffs are brutal, let's address that first. There is no way layoffs can be easy. My personal story — Brief Why do layoffs happen? Why layoffs are tough? How to mitigate the effects? What happens a year…

Real-life example — Framework Used: Goal of TikTok Competitor evaluation Current market Market gap As a TikTok PM…Hypothesis for TikTok Realtime solution How does it work Launch Market competitor Conclusion Goal of TikTok: Creators capture the moment and present the world with short-form mobile videos. TikTok’s competition is Youtube, Tiktok, Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. Let’s evaluate each of…

Real life story — “Disputes like these become emotional sometimes and they can’t be resolved right away !” This can be an interview question for a lot of job roles, especially in PM interviews. Or this can also be asked as - how do you resolve the conflict between stakeholders? This is how I…

5 soft powers + 13 takeaway tips to effectively lead teams — As a Product manager or in many other roles you will be required to lead the team without authority. How do you exert your soft power on the team to lead the team towards the goal or success? Lead with authority When you have direct reports, then you’re a leader, with authority. You’re…

6 real solutions implemented by Instagram — This can be a Product management strategy question. But this is also a real incident. Product management is a fine balancing act, and it’s about testing and learning. Structure followed: Context/Instagram’s new features Instagram Users Instagram — Competitor & Market trends Instagram’s Hypothesis What is the backlash? How did Instagram react? Conclusion

TikTok’s real answer — This can be a product strategy question, and can be asked in Product management interviews. But lets see how TikTok dealt with this in the real life. The framework that I would want to follow here is: TikTok's Goal & Users? TikTok competitors & market trends Why Tiktok should invest…

Google’s real-time answer — Usually, in interviews, these types of questions are not very common but can be asked. You may classify this as a Product strategy question. One famous example question is: Should Uber Eats and Uber Rides be 2 separate apps? Framework: Question clarification Background about both the apps Goals & Users Competitors …

Real-time scenario — Why is this worth a read? This could be one of the questions that can be asked in the PM interviews. And this can be asked in different ways such as: tell me a time you had a conflict with a stakeholder, how did you resolve it tell me a time when your developers or stakeholders…

Google’s real-time solutions — In an interview, if someone asks this question, don’t worry Google has the answer. Let’s see in real-life how Google addresses it. I will give you the answer in a good PM framework. Google constantly keeps rolling out features to its star performer: Google Maps. …