Ask HN: I am interviewing product managers – questions to ask?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25288133
by sharmi • 6 years ago
107 52 6 years ago

Hi all! I’m connecting with product managers to understand more about the space. I make 30-60 minute interviews as part of some discovery research I am doing for a side project. I did an interview of a product manager in an enterprise and learnt quite a lot. Here are a few truths and titbits from it.

* Product management is a high velocity communication game. You are constantly working with customers, customer success managers, sales engineers, CXOs, marketing team, sales people etc. * You can easily have a 1000 open tickets. You need to stay on top of which are in progress and what are the priorities. * The customer may communicate with multiple people in your organization but ultimately it is your responsibility to ensure that their priorities are taken into consideration and addressed. * Slack, Outlook in Office 365, Jira, and Zendesk are the goto tools

Here is the interview https://prodjeeves.com/transitioning-into-product-owner-role-interview/

I want to hear what the community says. What would you like to hear?

What would you like to ask other product managers? If you have some questions, let me know.

Otoh, I am also trying to understand the space. If you can spend sometime for an interview, please let me know. I would be glad to.

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