Moving to PM from Engineering: I'm a HW design engineer in Camera modules. 5 YOE all in product engineering but quite PM oriented. Having concerns that I will struggle to get a PM interview

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Internal shift? Also not sure how far you've gone towards making the move so I may be repeating things you've done.

Leverage your network. PMs primarily work horizontally across the org, if you're "PM orientated" as you say then you should have networked with stakeholders across the org that can go to bat for you for this opportunity. Also reach out to PMs you've worked with before for their take on you moving.

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