What I have learned from PM interviews
Product management interviews are rarely about finding the "right" answer. They're about understanding how you think, prioritize, communicate, and make decisions under uncertainty. These playbooks bring together the frameworks, approaches, and lessons I've learned through years of building products and navigating the PM interview process.
Product Sense
The round that tests whether you can read a product, spot the real problem, and propose something better.
DiscoveryJudgmentProduct ThinkingCommunication 02Product Execution
The round that tests whether you can reason from a metric to a decision - precisely, exhaustively, and with commitment.
MetricsDiagnosisTrade-offsExperimentation 03Product Strategy
The round that tests whether you can reason from business fundamentals to a defensible, sequenced bet.
StrategyRight-to-WinMarket AnalysisSequencing 04Estimation
The round that tests whether you can decompose an unknowable number into anchored assumptions and clean math.
DecompositionAssumptionsMental MathSanity Checks 05Behavioural & Leadership
The round that tests whether your past behaviour - told with ownership, numbers, and honest reflection - predicts how you'll operate.
STAR-LStory BankOwnershipLeadership Principles