How to Ace Your First PM Interview
9 techniques I used to get 4 job offers and 10+ advanced processes in just 3 weeks
Hey, Paweł here. Welcome to the freemium edition of The Product Compass!
Every Saturday, I share actionable tips and resources for PMs.
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Free Certification Courses for Product Managers
🔒 How to Ace Your First PM Interview?
1. Free Certification Courses for Product Managers
As repeatedly proven by my resume A/B testing experiments, certificates do matter. The last results (ATS-verified and A/B-optimized resume template):
The recommended courses:
Continuous Product Discovery Certification Course (free for premium subscribers)
2. How to Ace Your First PM Interview
As mentioned in How to Land a PM Interview: A Step-by-Step Guide, during the second week of my job search, I got 13 interviews:
After 3 weeks, I got 4 job offers and had 10+ advanced processes, so I:
Stopped looking for a job.
Canceled all processes from other countries as I didn’t want to relocate.
Delined all processes from Polish companies as I wanted to work in English.
Rejected any offers that weren't fully remote.
After 4 weeks, I accepted an offer of Senior Product Manager at iDeals - the company with the best product culture I have ever experienced! 😊
In total, through the process, I got 6 job offers.
What did I learn?
Nailing the first interview in the hiring process is 50% of the success. That's where many candidates get rejected. But it's the easiest one to prepare for.
Let’s dive into 9 techniques I used in the recent weeks:
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