Comments on: 8 Non-Useless Interview Questions for Product Managers http://www.cindyalvarez.com/psychology/8-non-useless-interview-questions-for-product-managers Better products and product management through constant iteration and stronger communication. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:04:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Finding Your Talents » Recruiting a Product Manager – Must Know List, plus… http://www.cindyalvarez.com/psychology/8-non-useless-interview-questions-for-product-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-52620 Finding Your Talents » Recruiting a Product Manager – Must Know List, plus… Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:15:37 +0000 http://www.cindyalvarez.com/?p=496#comment-52620 [...] Sample of interview questions that can be used when hiring a product manager, testing his ability to do the job. [...] [...] Sample of interview questions that can be used when hiring a product manager, testing his ability to do the job. [...]

]]> By: Praveenvjoshi http://www.cindyalvarez.com/psychology/8-non-useless-interview-questions-for-product-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-52162 Praveenvjoshi Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:48:59 +0000 http://www.cindyalvarez.com/?p=496#comment-52162 These are exactly varying situations which actual PM encounters in their career, would have an example for each of these. Nice and Superb evaluation process of Hiring the PM. These are exactly varying situations which actual PM encounters in their career, would have an example for each of these. Nice and Superb evaluation process of Hiring the PM.

]]> By: hitesh gupta http://www.cindyalvarez.com/psychology/8-non-useless-interview-questions-for-product-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-51878 hitesh gupta Tue, 11 May 2010 14:30:18 +0000 http://www.cindyalvarez.com/?p=496#comment-51878 Simple but tricky questions and i am sure most of the PMs have encountered them in their career.<br><br>Hitesh<br><a href="http://www.vcbytes.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.vcbytes.com</a> Simple but tricky questions and i am sure most of the PMs have encountered them in their career.

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]]> By: Travis Jensen http://www.cindyalvarez.com/psychology/8-non-useless-interview-questions-for-product-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-48974 Travis Jensen Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:34:51 +0000 http://www.cindyalvarez.com/?p=496#comment-48974 Really great set of questions here. This is going into my "keeper" list. Really great set of questions here. This is going into my “keeper” list.

]]> By: Cindy http://www.cindyalvarez.com/psychology/8-non-useless-interview-questions-for-product-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-47841 Cindy Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:00:06 +0000 http://www.cindyalvarez.com/?p=496#comment-47841 Roger: Actually, that's by design. It's possible to answer most of these questions in a purely tactical manner or to turn them more strategic. For example, you mentioned "How do you use customer feature requests to decide what enhancements to make to the product?" which is something that Question #5 gets at. Question #1 might prompt you to think about how to package your solution with both product and professional services components. A product manager whose first instinct is to answer in a purely tactical way probably wouldn't be a good fit for you. Someone who takes these and answers them with a strategic bent would be. Roger: Actually, that’s by design. It’s possible to answer most of these questions in a purely tactical manner or to turn them more strategic.

For example, you mentioned “How do you use customer feature requests to decide what enhancements to make to the product?”
which is something that Question #5 gets at.

Question #1 might prompt you to think about how to package your solution with both product and professional services components.

A product manager whose first instinct is to answer in a purely tactical way probably wouldn’t be a good fit for you. Someone who takes these and answers them with a strategic bent would be.

]]> By: Roger L. Cauvin http://www.cindyalvarez.com/psychology/8-non-useless-interview-questions-for-product-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-47828 Roger L. Cauvin Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:23:42 +0000 http://www.cindyalvarez.com/?p=496#comment-47828 Cindy, I like this set of questions, but they focus a lot on tactical activities. I would like to see some questions that focus on more strategic activities. For example, how do you determine the positioning of a product? How do you use customer feature requests to decide what enhancements to make to the product? Cindy, I like this set of questions, but they focus a lot on tactical activities. I would like to see some questions that focus on more strategic activities.

For example, how do you determine the positioning of a product? How do you use customer feature requests to decide what enhancements to make to the product?

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