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Interviews

Has anyone interviewed for product manager II in Microsoft ODSP and Teams?
Any recommendations for the second round?

Does anyone have sample questions from the general cognitive ability interview at Google? This is for a program manager role

For Project Manager and above interviews in Consulting, how long after each interview do you normally hear back from the recruiting team? Next day? Few days? A week?

Interviewing at Amazon for a Product Manager role. Any tips on how to prepare? Just thinking of how to position consulting experience in terms of Product Management. My experience is heavily focused on Process Improvement, Technology Transformation and Project Management. Pls help. Thank you all.

Hey all, transitioned from the military last spring and got a UX product manager position at a bank.

Pay is good, but missing the mission aspect of work. Have interview offers from Microsoft and Amazon for cleared PM work, but most of them are less product manager work and more adjacent program work.

This might just be grass is greener thinking, but would love to hear if you have made the transition if you enjoy cleared PM work or do you wish you stayed in the non-cleared space?

Anyone had a FAANG company try to mislead you in applying for a role you’re overqualified for, hoping you’ll jump just for the name? I was approached by Apple for a channel sales role. I made it clear that I have been a senior manager in the past, and wouldn’t take a more junior position than that. The recruiter said the seniority can be defined later, and we should just talk. I had one interview, which went really well. Next thing I knew, they wanted to schedule 6 more interviews [cont]

I need some pointers on how to get back into the Human Resources field. I have 2.5 years experience in HR (recruiting, generalist, payroll, and assistant). However my experience is from over 10 years ago as I’ve been working in the Social Services field ever since. My educational background (BS and MA) is in HR. I have been applying to HR related roles and my application goes as far as the hiring manager but no interviews. Any suggestions on how to improve my chances to get back into HR?

I need some pointers on how to get back into the Human Resources field. I have 2.5 years experience in HR (recruiting, generalist, payroll, and assistant). However my experience is from over 10 years ago as I’ve been working in the Social Services field ever since. My educational background (BS and MA) is in HR. I have been applying to HR related roles and my application goes as far as the hiring manager but no interviews. Any suggestions on how to improve my chances to get back into HR?

Anyone interviewed for the AMEX SPG (Strategic planning group) Senior Manager Position? Would appreciate any insight into the interview process. The only guidance I have from HR is 1 technical and 1 behavioral interview each 45 min long.

Just got my first exit opp offer and I’m pretty bummed. Currently a Deals Analytics advisory manager at PwC.

Wondering how you guys would approach this.
Also starting an interview process with EY Parthenon for a role where I asked for 200k and they didn’t blink.

Current Comp
165k with ~8% bonus
Still pending my manager bonus in April as well

Tech Startup Offer
135k + variable bonus+ 50k equity with vestings no 401k match

Countered with min
180k and 100k equity

Hi folks!

I recently interviewed with a hiring manager at #salesforce (mulesoft team) and received an email from the recruiter saying she had an update to share on the role, and would like for me to schedule a time to connect….

Is this basically a rejection via phone? 😮‍💨

Is reaching out to the Hiring Manager AND Recruiter on LinkedIn after applying to the job req overkill?

Could this, more of then than not, be received negatively? If so, which if the two should be prioritized when you’d like to express your interest and excitement in the role?

Is there anyone here who works/or has worked at Kinesso/Matterkind?

Been interviewing and would love to hear more about work culture/benefits/etc from someone other than the hiring manager/team.

Consulting folks who exited to PM or BizOp roles in tech, were the behavioral/team based questions in your interviews the same themes tested in consulting (Ambiguity, Leadership, Failure, Persuasion, Difficult Manager, etc.)? Any surprises? TIA!

Consulting folks who exited to PM or BizOp roles in tech, were the behavioral/team based questions in your interviews the same themes tested in consulting (Ambiguity, Leadership, Failure, Persuasion, Difficult Manager, etc.)? Any surprises? TIA!

Any tips for my product marketing manager interview at Microsoft. Does anyone know what to expect during the interview process?

Has anyone done interviews as a hiring manager and would like to share tips/ things to watch out for interviewees? What have you seen that impressed you? Or turned you off? It’s been awhile since I interviewed.

What do you look for in a team or company?
I'm currently job hunting, and as a senior software engineer, it looks like I'll have many options. What questions would you ask the hiring manager or team members to understand the culture of the team?
Specifically I'm looking for: collaborative work environment, focus on mentorship, interesting technical challenges, good leadership/management, little-to-no work drama.
What do you wish you had asked your boss during the interview?
Thanks!

The hiring manager wants to talk with me after I interview with them a month ago. Should I assume this could be an offer?

Hey everyone! Has anyone done a Level 6 interview (Sr. Product Marketing Manager) for Amazon. Any insight or tricks you can offer?

Hello! I'm currently a product designer at a startup and we're currently hiring for a Lead Product Designer. I've been helping my director write up an interview format and was wondering if there was anything different about lead designer interviews? When I was going through the interview process at my company I had the following steps: phone screen, hiring manager screen, onsite (portfolio review, design collab, stakeholder collab, eng collab). Any additional info will be much appreciated!

How much do Product Managers make? Currently going through interviews (ex consultant, currently BizOps & Analytics Manager). It would be my first PM job. Have about 6 YOE total and making about 200k base salary (cash). Would I need to expect a significant decrease?

Had a final round interview on 12/15 (wed) and it’s been a week and a half. I was told I should hear back by last Wednesday either way but I didn’t hear anything yet. I had positive feedback from the hiring manager during the interview but now I feel a bit upset. Should I follow up at this point?

Hi fishbowlians! I’m currently interviewing for an Enterprise Client Outcomes Manager (CSM) role with Gainsight. I’m based in Atlanta, GA, 6+ YoE. Is 120k base with 10% bonus an appropriate comp range for this role?

What are the kind of questions asked on a technical round interview for client consulting manager role at VCA ( Visa consulting and Analytics)
For context, I was told there are three interview rounds : case, technical and behavioral

Let's talk exit interviews. I'm leaving my firm as a second year senior manager for specific reasons. Let those issues be known in the exit interview or just let them know I appreciated my time and took an offer for better pay?

Hello, is there anyone who can elaborate on interviews at Google? A google recruiter reached out to me about a Program Manager position and I have a phone interview this week. Any tips? Thank you!!

Kpmg 🐠- I have 15 years of direct experience and interviewing. Firm says I am at manager level but I am aiming for director. Have been M at Deloitte and an SM doing internal consutling for F15 company. Should I accept an M level role? Just want to get feedback. Thanks

Does anyone have some idea on what is expected in ubers program manager case study

When and how do you tell recruiters and hiring manager that you are interviewing with other companies at the same time? Currently interviewing with four companies at different stages, but think I might have scared some off early on? These are mostly tech companies for corporate roles.

Hi all, I need your help - I work in a bank as a product manager, 3 YOE and I want to move to Tech companies (I.e. Google) as a product manager.

This year I have not got any interview from FAANG (I don’t know why…) but got two offers from Consultancy.
1. Digital Product owner (80% focusing on financial industry)
2. Digital strategy consultant ( 50% focusing on high tech industry) but my worry is that this would be more strategy work

Which one should I choose that can get me into Tech?

Looking to apply for a Product Manager position at Google. Have done similar (but not the same) types of work in consulting for the last 6 yrs.

Know that I’m getting ahead of myself, any suggestions on what to teach myself/learn to best position myself before even applying?

Got promoted to manager this year and making 152k. Got an offer from BCG Platinion but they're bringing me as a Senior Consultant for 160K.

I tried other exit ops at Amazon, FB, MSFT, Walmart, Mastercard, etc but they never followed through past the initial interview or call with the recruiter.

Would the move to BCG be a good idea? I'm stuck at EY doing implementation work I'm not enjoying and I'd be doing more IT strategy and management at BCG which I enjoy more.