The path to acing ambiguous Product Sense / Case Study interviews as a L6+ (Director/GPM/Staff/Principal) PM actually requires:
LESS of trying to fit into a framework, and
LESS of trying to make up "scores" to segment and prioritize.
We've been taught to stick to a "framework" and use "scores" to sound structured.
But as PMs at L6+ levels, we know that's NOT how PM'ing is done in the real world.
...and that is why we are often triggered by the thought of trying to prep for yet another Product Sense / case study interview.
"How do I segment/prioritize?", "I can't come up with creative solutions on the spot" are symptoms that the frameworks are actually holding you back.
Imagine your frustration melts away when you bring your practical experience into these interviews....
... hello Product Strategy! When you zoom out and set your strategy up front, you are thinking TOPS-DOWN (aka showing big picture / system / ecosystem thinking).
Most of the education teaches a BOTTOMS-UP method: come up with different users, identify pain points, score, segment, prioritize, solution.
When you set your strategy up front (aka thinking TOPS-DOWN), your segmentation, prioritization, and creative solutioning actually get easier, because you already have a strategy in place!
That's why my client said "๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐
." when I showed her to zoom out to set a strategy that actually is based on strategic reasoning and not based on random "scores."
#interviewtips #interviewpreparation #strategicthinking #productstrategy ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก 20 ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐6+ (๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ/๐๐๐/๐๐ญ๐๐๐/๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ) ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐'๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐.
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6 months ago
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