I want to get out of consulting and work in software industry as a “semi-technical”(so not necessarily just functional) product manager. Currently have about 3.5 years of tech consulting experience and being considered for early promo to Manager. Focus for past 2 years has been product management/agile delivery

Not having great luck landing interviews yet. How do I leverage this background? Or is it too early to wanna go full PM route? Any tips would be super helpful. Thanks in advance!

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Early promotion won't matter to tech companies since they'll be primarily concerned with YoE and relevant skills.

You'll need experience as a PM with a showcase of your tech acumen or be an SME within a specific area (i.e. security)

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Tech firms don’t care what level you are currently at within Consulting, they won’t even ask you. It’s all about how you can showcase your relevant skills effectively. They definitely will ask you probing questions about your experience more on the execution side. They need to see maturity, technical acumen and business sense. They are not so impressed with the typical ‘Consulting’ advisory skills, they want to see if their extremely talented engineers can respect you in a PM position. Total YOE makes an impact.

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