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Hi Sharks, This is probably the third time I am posting this. I hope someone will reply this time.
I am currently business analyst with total exp of 11 years. 9 years into sales last 2 years into Business Analyst. I want to move to product management. How can I start preparing for the same. What all books or certification required. I have exp in Jira, BRD, little bit of SQL. My domain is banking and finance. Please help. I want to get into companies like Adobe Atlassian Google Amazon .
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I work as a TPM for a bank and my aim is to find myself in a product company( currently on a consultants payroll) . I have over 13 yrs of experience in IT and been working as TPM for the last 1.5 yrs. I tried to interview with Amazon 6 months back and failed in the loop. They say per my experience, I qualify for L6 but they felt I had not worked in large projects like they expected. I know for sure this is something about how I portray my experience. How do I get coached to showcase my skills?Amazon
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Become an intern at the company you want to work… voice your enthusiasm for that particular role then.
The best product managers I’ve worked with are well rounded, come from a design/engineering background and go deep in a specific topic like UX.
Without knowing what kind of products you want to manage, I’ll share some tips for mobile/web, because that’s what I know.
The best PMs know how to ask great questions.
They can sit with a user, have a seemingly normal conversation all whilst gleaning all types of super valuable information that inform things like user journey, pain points, the 6 w’s, the inputs and outputs, all types of things.
They can pull out a piece of paper and start wire framing mocks and using them as a visual aid to get feedback in real time.
After a few interviews, and some time with existing products in the landscape, they gain an almost intuitive sense of their users problem and in most cases, they become power users themselves.
They are laser focused on the user, and at the same time they are great at communicating with all stakeholders their expectations, getting alignment, ensuring deadlines are created and met via smart planning and operations.
Here are some links that could help get you started.
Inspiration
https://dribbble.com/
User Interface Patterns
https://ui-patterns.com/
Books on Information architecture
https://slickplan.com/blog/information-architecture-books
Links to all the things
https://github.com/dend/awesome-product-management
Thank you! This is a great start.
How is someone a “product manager” at 22? Don’t you need to know the product and know management to be a product manager?
Some companies offer pm as internships or early in career positions. Therefore, it's definitely possible it's just tough to get into.
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Read the book “Cracking the code” about Product Manager interviews at the big tech companies.