Product management interview question — I would like to discuss with you about a real life situation, where decisions were made very limited information. And how the end result turned out to be. These are the types of questions are usually asked in PM interviews. So I thought of listing a high level example here…

Life Jacket skills for a Product manager — There are a lot of skills that are important for a Product Manager. But some skills are non-negotiable. Some skills such as analytical, UI/UX, tech skills, business skills and marketing basics can be developed over a period of time from reading and learning. But these skills that are listed below…

Know 10 items in a product backlog — For a PM or a TPM a product backlog is the Bible. He or she is responsible for owning, maintaining, prioritizing and productionalizing the backlog. But backlog is not an easy thing. A product backlog can be as complex as an Indian pickle : A product backlog can be as…

Fermi’s problems + Prod Mgmt Estimation questions — If you’re a Product management aspirant or took Product management interviews, it’s quite common for you to come across questions such as: Estimate the number of flights that land in San Francisco per hour Estimate the number of restaurants in London, UK How many search queries per second in Google …

Body massage booking through an App ?!! — While I was in India, I would say I was there in the golden phase — primarily because of the tech adoption in our daily lives. And the golden phase for tech in India, I believe, will continue for decades to come. Tech adoption in daily lives makes our mundane…

Free Cheat sheets included — I recently listened (audible) through the Atomic Habits Book. It just took me 20 days to finish the whole thing. And I want to share some very important points or highlights of the book. This is pretty much the gist of the book. 8-points, Here we go: 1. Habits follow Cue, Craving, Response, and Reward pattern Cue: I am stressed Craving: I am…

It’s worth starting an Audiobook — I recently (in the last 2 weeks) started listening to the Audible book. For the past 10+ years, I have been reading books. I always had inertia to move towards audiobooks because I always thought books are meant to be READ. But finally, after 7–8 years I started listening to…

Startup/Product Management Lessons from Instagram — History — Hipstamatic, The App Around 2010 when iPhone was released, the camera was widely used and the App store started to have apps. After the users started taking pictures they wanted more to it. They wanted to add filters and upload them to their social media accounts. Here comes Hipstamatic ! You can download…

How much traffic from Google SEO? — I did my Masters in MIS in the USA, and before choosing MIS as my Major, I was contemplating taking CS as my major. And 7 years later I realized that there are many more students like me who were in the same boat. …