Product Career

This is a guest post from our PMHQ Advisor, Fernando Delgado. Context I worked at Google for 5+ years, where I interviewed over 150 PM candidates. I then worked at Yahoo for 3 years, where I interviewed over 100 PM candidates. At Yahoo, I was a member of the hiring committee for 2 years and co-founded the APM program. So the observations below mainly apply to those 2 companies and the...

Interested in learning how to write a data science product manager resume? You’re in the right place! Becoming a product manager with a data science background is difficult, and that’s why it’s hard to find the right advice on writing a data science product manager resume.  Having such niche expertise ensures success in the job market. However, you still need to impress the hiring manager to get to that point. ...

Curious to know how to advance your career as a long-term product manager as either s group product manager or principal product manager? Then look no further. Product managers are responsible for establishing a product’s vision and long-term business strategy while ensuring that all stakeholders are aware of said strategy. While it is a senior position, there are numerous career paths, such as Group Product Manager (GPM) and Principal Product...

Are you looking for crucial technical program management skills to become a successful technical program manager? Well, you’re in the right place. This article provides you with various core skills beneficial to your search.  Technical program manager (TPM) roles range from mid to senior-level positions that support organizations with their product goals. They work with leaders and their own teams across organizations. This occurs throughout the program’s life cycle.  If...

A product manager’s core responsibilities include working with a team to design, build, ship, and continuously improve a product. During product manager interviews, most companies love to hone in on your ability to execute against these responsibilities by asking how you might think about designing a product. The popular product design question usually takes form in something like: “Walk me through how you would design X product for Y user” Some...

Product management is an experience-heavy field that requires years of experience and knowledge of new product development, product launches, project management, and even things like a digital marketing strategy. The trick is to compile all that experience and knowledge into one product marketing manager resume. Recruiters and hiring managers usually take around 6 seconds to go through a resume. That gives you two options – you can either make your...

Many people tend to use the terms product manager and product owner interchangeably. This could be due to the abundance of startups and small companies, where the product owner role often includes the product manager role. However, if we consider the product owner vs. product manager narrative, there are some key differences. In medium-sized businesses, enterprises, SaaS, and other businesses, such as eCommerce businesses where there are a lot of...

Want to learn how to write a director of product cover letter? You’re in the right place! Writing a director of product cover letter is an easy feat for seasoned product managers. It’s possible to use a product manager cover letter example to craft a good director of product cover letter.  However, it’s best to utilize custom cover letter templates and take tips from a cover letter sample with prior...

Members of the PMHQ Slack community regularly host awesome events for product managers to swap tips and learn from one another. In San Francisco, Vinay Melwani (Product Manager at HouseCanary) has organized a monthly morning meetup called AM|PM. Attendees answer a thought-provoking question of the month in a round-robin fashion and reflect on each other’s responses. Below is our summary of November’s AM | PM meetup! Our question of the...

Every new feature or product your team works on is an opportunity cost for the company. As a product manager, it is absolutely critical that you fully understand your customer needs and establish a prioritization process to identify what your team should be working on next. Without proper prioritization, your team could waste many months of time and cash building the wrong thing. During the product manager interview, you will often get a question...

In large companies with multiple product managers, you need certain senior professionals to oversee the management team. But can the PM team receive individual, non-managerial contributions from the top? The answer is yes – and that’s where a principal product manager comes in. In a nutshell, a principal PM is a full-time, senior product management role. But how does it differ from other top-level positions, such as the group product...

The concept of Application Programming Interface (API) is that it allows two different applications to communicate with each other. For this to happen, an API product manager has to make sure that the systems in place continue to work effectively. For example, any time you use an online app, send a message or email someone, you’re using an API. Therefore, API product managers tend to manage an organization’s applications, whether...