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Q: for FAANG recruiters, do candidates get a reject stamp after failing even at the later stages?
I advanced to the last stage at Facebook (Meta) around a year ago but failed on my last interview, a combination of not being familiar with the process and not having chemistry with the interviewer.
A friend who is a hiring manager recently recommended me and this time without even a HR call I received a straight up thanks but no thanks email.
Does this mean I’ve been permanently black listed?
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PMing is one of those jobs that draws from many difference backgrounds. I know one PM who got the job mostly because he was a former user. I know another who started in HR. And, others who were designers. In fact, I don't know any PMs who actually went to college to be a PM.
Most times, a masters degree makes a candidate overqualified but under-skilled. I prefer to hire people with solid experience and domain expertise over someone who only has theoretical knowledge of the business.
Bachelors - IMO, no.
I have seen PMs from every educational background.
IMHO it’s not exactly required, but a masters helps especially if you’re trying to break into Product in Tech. Else you need to have deep domain expertise. Or, maybe you moved from being a developer or analyst into Product, and then kept growing in that function.
MBA and a BA in English, but what got me a job in product job was deep domain knowledge, not my ed background. The MBA was definitely not required, although I'm glad I got it because certain elements from the curriculum have been useful as I've navigated the business world.
My boss (director of product) only has a BA.
Bachelor's degree. A masters degree is not required for PM but is desirable if you keep climbing the product ladder.
A masters degree could be helpful if the school you attend has good relationships with tech companies and funnels graduates into early-career PM positions. That's one option for getting started in product but it isn't the only one and certainly isn't the norm.
MBA helps if you’re competing for upper level product jobs against people coming out of big consulting firms.
High School, lol
Bachelors in community development and business management.
Core skills in community development are assessing the needs of a segment of people and providing plans to fulfill their needs and improve their lives. Business management is, business management.
All of which are core competencies of a PM. It’s all about how the depth of your experience and exposure relates to tech and product. Post Bachelor’s it often cuts into your time in the field.
Bachelors here
I’m a PM in non-tech, bachelors in ME.
Still I get interview calls from tech companies for PM role. Given roles could be business PM without dealing with technicalities.
Associates and 5+ YOE
People with degrees only hire others with degrees.
I don’t even have a bachelor’s.