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Every PM interview round on two pages
One method per round, from product sense and metrics to behavioral and AI: the steps, a short example and the mistake that costs the most points. Print it and read it the night before.
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What’s on the sheet
Eight habits every strong answer shares, then one method for each round.
- Clarify. Ask two or three questions whose answers would change what you say. No more.
- Assume. Say everything else out loud as an assumption the interviewer can correct.
- Announce. Tell the interviewer your route before you take it.
- Choose. Pick one option and give the reason, every time.
- Trade off. Name what your choice costs.
- Quantify. Put a rough number on size, impact or the goal.
- Check in. Pause at the joints so the interviewer can steer you.
- Land. Finish with a short summary of the choices you made.
Product sense
The Design Ladder
Frame · Person · Pain · Options · Bet · Proof · Walk down
Metrics: pick the metric
Value Moment
Name the value · Find the moment · Make it a number · Stress-test it · Guard it
Metrics: diagnose a change
Change Drill
Check it’s real · Size it · Slice it · Line up suspects · Settle it
Estimation
The five-step estimate
Clarify · Structure · Assume · Calculate · Check
Behavioral
The five-beat story
Headline · Stakes · Moves · Result · Lesson
Product strategy
The Spoken Memo
Decision · Ground · Options · Call · Proof
Technical
Goal, Path, Pressure, Call
Goal · Path · Pressure · Call
AI product
The Five Gates
Job · Fit · Failure · Proof · Ship
Company research
The loop map
Rows · What I know · Source and confidence · What I’ll prepare · Gaps
Practice
The self-grading rubric
Out loud, timed · Record · Score five things · Quote yourself · One focus
Resume and offer
Lead with evidence, then ask
Resume bullet · Recruiter screen · Referral · Negotiation
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