Hi Dan. Looking at Microsoft job listings, they don't seem to be terribly consistent in terms of naming for the Product/Program Manager roles in that some have the "technical" word in the job title, and some do not. And in many cases, the job descriptions for the roles that don't have "technical" in the title are at least as or if not more "technical" in terms of requirements. Searching for info online there seems to be a lot of confusion even among ex/current Microsoft employees regarding this topic. Most say they're all the same role, essentially, and that the responsibilities only differ depending on the team/org where you happen to find yourself. Do you happen to know if these roles have the same "levelling" ladder behind them or if a "re-slot" is required if you want to jump from one to another (as it's the case within companies such as amazon, where there's a clear distinction between a PM and a TPM). PS: love the videos, thank you
Hey Dan, any chance you could share the "6% remainder" of the F.A.Q. in Amazon interviews? I have deconstructed the job description and this is the result (LP, # of occurence in job desc): Customer Obsession, 8; Earn Trust, 5; Ownership, 4; Think Big, 4; Deliver Results, 4; Invent and Simplify, 3; Dive Deep, 3; Bias for Action, 2; Insist on the Highest Standards, 2; Are Right, A Lot, 2; Learn and Be Curious, 2; Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit, 1; Hire and Develop the Best, 1. Thank you very much in advance
I am sorry to say but i did not find exact answers but how to , if you could add precise example . Communication and trust are very high level also there could be EMs , project maangers giving these rounds and approach could be different . Would love if you can address in a follow up video
Jeff Bezo said “We’re not going to raise our prices.” Amazon prices are thru the roof on so many products. Not to mention the excessive costs charged to the third party sellers. which is passed on to the customers.
on question 6. are you saying that it would be a mistake to answer the show grit question by describing a story closely related to my field of expertise? are you saying to choose a story that is not related to my area of expertise?
Thank you for your questions. Halfway through the video, I got disinterested because it primarily focused on "what not to say" rather than providing specific examples or scenarios that illustrate what hiring managers typically expect. As a candidate, it would be helpful to see more examples to better understand how to effectively prepare myself for the hiring process.
@@wyattb3138 I have my interview. I have to make a PowerPoint presentation. I already did the phone interview now I have to do the in person interview with the PowerPoint presentation.
@@DanCroitor it was not easy for the first internal interview. The interviewer was my counterpart then the questions were unpredictable. How to deal with internal interviewers, some of them we were familiar somehow. Highly appreciate
Thanks so much Dan for all your videos and help. I am more confident and feel well-prepared. Please wish me luck. Your blessings and wishes are golden for me. May God bless you with immense happiness and prosperity for helping so many students like me.
Hey Dan, while framing my answers do I directly mention the name of the Amazon principle or subtly talk about the situation and the interviewer will derive the principle out of my conversation? Thanks so much for such great guidance!!
The "you are right one" is my favorite. It is often misunderstood. It doesn't mean you assert your (potentially wrong) opinions. It means you seek the truth, listen to others, and admit when you are wrong.
Where do you work yourself ? If you ever need to prepare, you aren't good enough or the process is to fake. Just be real and use your brain and answer questions do not do role play.
Dan you do a fantastic job and your video was extremely helpful. If there is one suggestion I can make is to get that mic a little be closer as I was struggling often to understand stand what you were saying because it was a bit hard to hear even at full volume.
I graduated as an EE in the 90s in Romania; one who can pass such entrance exams or Gaokao or IIT will have no problem at these interviews (CS based); You can pass these interviews by cramming. After more than 7 years as a SWE in Mountain View, I can tell you how little correlation is between passing the interviews and being a good engineer later on the job. Hopefully LLMs will help this in the future. For example most problems on Leetcode can be solved by LLMs (tuned for programming). Thank you for the great work and help you are providing.
I’m so thankful that another RU-vidr referenced your page, but I do have a question about writing samples and who specifically would be required to write a writing samples one being a program manager?
