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Senior product manager: strategy

Covers product strategy, market and segment choices, portfolio bets, goal setting and leading across teams. Suits senior, group and principal product managers. Follow-ups press for the evidence behind each bet, what was given up and how progress was judged.

Suits: Senior product manager, Group product manager, Principal product manager, Head of product, Director of product

Questions
7 of 18
Length
35 min
Format
Voice or typed
Levels
Senior to Staff
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Example
  1. Interviewer: Tell me about a time you changed someone's mind at work. How did you go about it?

  2. Candidate: Our team wanted to rebuild the billing page from scratch, and I thought it was the wrong call, so we put together a plan to…

  3. Follow-up

    Interviewer: You said "we". What did you say yourself, and what finally changed their mind?

  4. Scored on

    • Strategic thinking30%
    • Market and customer insight20%
    • Bets and trade-offs20%
    • Influence and alignment15%

    Score, reasons and recording. Your team decides.

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What it listens for, and how much each part counts.

Every answer is scored against this guide, with the reasoning written beside the score. You get the recording or the written answers too, and your team makes the call.

  • Strategic thinking30%
    Names the core challenge and makes clear choices about where to play.
  • Market and customer insight20%
    Reads segments, competitors and customers with evidence.
  • Bets and trade-offs20%
    Sizes bets, sets stop signals and says what is given up.
  • Influence and alignment15%
    Brings leaders and teams behind one direction.
  • Outcomes and measurement15%
    Judges progress with leading signals and honest review.
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