I have an upcoming interview and have been asked to prepare a high-level review and presentation of this company’s current products, including strengths, weaknesses and opportunities. I’ve also been asked to take one weakness and propose a solution.

In terms of how to approach it is there something I absolutely must do/include and what I should avoid? The presentation is meant to last 7 mins and I don’t want to screw it up. It’s my first real PM opportunity.

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Read all their social media posts on their products to pick up what vocabulary that they are using inside of the company. How do they see their products ? Do they have a “stack” of products that stacks on top of each other to create a solution ? Or they have unrelated products that met different vertical needs ? horizontal or vertical ?

Can you ask if they have corporate OKRs ? Or has their annual roadmap planning has already established strategies to help you select a reasonable weakness/solution ?

If you do not feel like you can ask more questions about the interview... then you should plan on asking questions during the interview. Maybe have 3 weaknesses selected that would met a specific OKR. Ask them questions to help you select one of the ideas to present

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First step is to define their products and how they apparently relate (as another poster said) as a portfolio. With this you need to define the markets they serve, customers, users (and any other key stakeholders). Highlight key problem each solution is designed to solve.

Second step is your analysis, such as a SWOT. One for each product if they are distinct. If they have lots of products take more of a portfolio level approach as analyzing 10+ products in an interview is overkill.

From a weakness to focus on, I would look for something small and something big/fundamental. See which way the conversation is going to decide which to pick.

In terms of prep, think about what they are possibly evaluating: ability to do some basic research, analysis w/ limited data, draw conclusions/hypotheses, and effectively communicate.

Good luck!

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Thanks for all your comments and advice. I was worried about the presentation element going in but the head of product said he liked it. Anyway, I found out shortly after the interview that I made it through to the next stage of cultural interviews. The first of which will be with the CFO next week. I’m not sure what to expect and assume the competition is string but fingers crossed.

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Woot! Congrats!!!!

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Try to create the golden path and find an opportunity there. I think this is the easiest, fastest way.

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High level demonstrate understanding of existing products and avoid criticizing weaknesses too much. Spend more time with a pitch that fills an identified product gap. Make sure to include researched metrics on market size and potential revenue. Every PM decision is a business case - either complex or an 80/20 analysis on where the biggest ROI across time/effort is spent (efforts to results ratio) PS: Good luck, you got this!

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Make it 2-4 slides long at the maximum. Google a SWOT analysis slide and make that your main point/slide for discussion. I’d recommend spending 4 out of 7 minutes on this slide

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All the best. Explore online and start doing swot analysis.

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