Been trying for an exit to Product Management. Managed to get a call from Microsoft and do full interview loop for Senior PM. Got rejection with a note that they are looking for someone more senior. It’s kind of disappointing given how difficult it was to get interviews in the first place. What resources are available for consultants to network and land PM roles successfully?

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This sounds like a perfect edu tech startup

What level are you right now and how many YOE

Program Manager roles at most tech firms are heavy on project management (except at Microsoft). It’s all about managing a project, stakeholder alignment, and managing RAID type stuff with some technical/domain background to understand what’s going on. I haven’t found these roles too interesting.

Having said that, I’ve heard some of my friends get the same feedback when they got dinged for Product Manager roles.

During your interviews, did you feel there was a level of judgment / being doubtful about your fit because of your background in consulting?

That's crazy. I'm an SC and got his feedback for a PM role with them.

Sorry, it was actually principle project manager, which is below the level you interviewed at. I had lie of help. I had a senior person at Microsoft reach out to the hiring manager who he knew well land I think that really helped. So I did an interview with her yesterday and am now going to do loop next week.

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