CT Careers #6: Interviewing for Product Management roles

STUDENTS FROM ALL PROGRAMS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND

How would you answer these tough product management interview questions?

·         Design a new iPad app for Google Spreadsheet.

·         You're the CEO of the Yellow Cab taxi service. How do you respond to Uber?

·         You're part of the Google Search web spam team. How would you detect duplicate websites?

This 2.5 hour workshop will focus on how to answer difficult product management interview questions such as product design, analytical, strategy and technical interview questions. In addition to a lecture-discussion on concepts and frameworks, 50% of this workshop will be interactive, to help students apply and learn what was learned in class.

Concepts covered will include:

·         Product design questions

·         Tech-focused analytical questions including estimations and lifetime value analysis

·         Strategy questions

·         Technical questions

PREREQS AND PREPARATION

Optional Reading: Decode and Conquer: Answers to Product Management Interviews

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Lewis C. Lin is the founder and CEO of Impact Interview. He has over 10 years of experience in the career management industry. Lewis first began in 1999, when he started JobReviews.com, a career and workplace community. It featured company, salary, and interview reviews. He sold the company to Job.com in 2001.

Lewis also has over 11 years of experience in Product Management and Business Development, having worked at Google, Microsoft and Citi. Prior to founding Impact Interview; he was Microsoft’s Director of Product Management and Marketing. With an MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Lewis has published several Amazon bestsellers, including his top selling book: Decode and Conquer: Answers to Product Management Interviews.