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I have an interview with the CTO of a growing startup on Monday. It’s for a technical product owner position. I’ve already interviewed with their lead product designer and technical PM so far which included a case study round as well. This round with the CTO will be my last round. What kind of questions should I expect? Specific inputs and general motivation will definitely help since I’ve been doubting my capabilities a lot recently.

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Congratulations! You’ve cleared the technical rounds, which is great, I would recommend you focus on ‘what you bring to the startup’ and what your value add to the organisation is going to be. Sounds cliché but having a 3-5 year clear vision on where you want to be would be great!

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Great inputs! Thank you :)

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I would specifically prepare some talking points and prior experiences around the PM <> Engineering collaboration/relationship. What has worked? What has not worked? What role do you see engineers playing in your product squad? Do you just use them for coding or for something more valuable like product discovery? How do you ensure engineers have the proper business content and empowered to make decisions in the right direction (generally)?
I would also ask the CTO questions around what their priorities are, the most important metrics they use to measure core quality and cadence, etc. good luck!

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Very helpful! Thank you :)

Does Product report into the CTO?

Yes that’s how their org structure is.

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