The interview of product manager is basically to examine the quality of candidates according to the requirements of product manager position and corresponding rank. Therefore, the requirements of social recruitment and school recruitment are different, and the requirements of different levels and positions for social recruitment are also different. To sum up, my own views on different levels of investigation in the interview mainly include the following points:
School recruiting product manager
With the development of Internet, many college students now want to be product managers. First, because this industry is developing rapidly and the salary is high; More importantly, there seems to be no threshold requirement. No university has the major of product manager. For example, in JD, the recruitment of product managers does not have clear hard indicators, and many of them are soft qualities. So more and more people began to try to apply for product managers. Every year, we will receive a large number of resumes when recruiting in school. During the interview, everyone will say in vain, I think I am suitable to be a product manager, but most of them can't say why.
In my opinion, the product manager recruited by the school did examine a lot of soft qualities. Product manager is a practical post, and a lot of experience and methodology come from trial and error and iteration of practice. For a blank sheet of paper, there is really nothing to examine. Therefore, we will focus on school recruitment:
Interest: Are you enthusiastic about the Internet, curious about new things, and have the idea of optimizing or changing the status quo and the spirit of exploration? Usually by asking "What Internet products do you like to use?" Do you think this product is good or not? "If you were a product manager, how would you optimize this product? A similar question, though simple, can be seen from the candidate's statement whether he really likes and cares about Internet products as he says. In addition, in fact, according to his internship experience, even his previous club work, you can also ask the corresponding part. It is also very important to have a keen insight into the problems and optimization space in the projects he participated in.
Analytical ability and logical thinking ability: No matter whether you have Internet-related experience or not, you will usually participate in community activities, academic projects, internships and other related practical work during your school days. During the interview, we will still discuss one or two experiences with the students, and we will pay attention to whether he understands the goal, how to make a decomposition and positioning analysis based on the goal, how to promote the implementation, how to measure the final effect and so on. This cycle is not only applicable to Internet companies, but also similar in many projects. So many students are worried about how to find a job without internet experience. I don't have any internet experience, and I was recognized by discussing my understanding of the internship program with the interviewer. Of course, times are different now. Basically, students are interested in this and will make corresponding reserves more or less. Frankly speaking, we will really start to see if you have any internship experience, at least it shows that you are still prepared for this job. Of course, internship experience is not a hard indicator. In addition, some interviewers will give questions on the spot and use an Internet product or a specific functional module to make you think about related issues, which is also to examine your whole set of abilities.
Soft quality: in this process, a lot of soft quality will be investigated. As a product manager, communication and presentation skills are very necessary! ! ! This determines whether you can cooperate well with others in the follow-up work and promote the landing of the project. Empathy is also a key point for product managers. Sometimes the interviewer will ask you about your relationship with the people around you to see if you have an advantage in understanding others. In addition, compression resistance is also an aspect that needs to be investigated.
Generally speaking, the product manager recruited by the school seems to have a low threshold, but the requirements are still very high. Because of the annual school recruitment, basically every company concentrates on recruitment, especially the big Internet companies. There are countless people who submit resumes. Every time they pass the resume screening-written test-group interview-about three rounds of interviews 1v 1, a large number of people will be screened out in each round. So, don't take chances. No matter how bad the interviewer is, he can be good or bad after meeting so many people, so some excellent students may be eliminated by accidental injury, but at least these candidates are excellent at this stage. Therefore, if you really want to enter this industry, you should think more and accumulate more at ordinary times, and really suggest some internship experience, so that you can learn more about this industry in practice and improve your thinking ability, which will still be helpful.
Social recruitment of product managers
For product managers recruited by social organizations, hard indicators are basically examined from two dimensions, one is job fit and the other is rank fit.
Job Fit: The product manager will still focus on the direction in his daily work. For example, some people prefer functional design, some people prefer strategy, and some people are commercial product managers. On the focus side, PC and app are also different. Therefore, when selecting candidates, the company must try to have relevant experience, so as to get started faster. Therefore, when you submit your resume, you should also think clearly about the direction you should focus on in the future, and at the same time, you should also consider your own position, whether it is a professional or a generalist.
Grade fit: Internet vendors basically have their own professional title evaluation system. Although they are different, they basically have a corresponding relationship with some grades. Roughly divided into the following levels and checkpoints:
Junior product manager: partially implemented, you can basically refer to the inspection point of school recruitment. To be more advanced, focus on whether you can independently complete the design and landing of the product cycle. The interview may examine your specific design ability and basic judgment.
Senior product manager: basically, he can be independently responsible for the goal setting, disassembly and landing of a sub-direction. During the interview, the interviewer will examine your understanding of the objectives of the matters you are responsible for, how to disassemble the objectives to find the key path, and how to implement them. In this process, many people are more straightforward. I suggest that you think clearly about the value you play in this process, especially for students with a mature product line, and consider the difference between what you do and what other people do, and what different value you bring to this product. Such an explanation will leave a good impression on the interviewer.
Senior product manager: basically able to independently take charge of a complex business direction or multiple directions. At this level, in addition to understanding the direction, goal setting and dismantling, we should also examine our own understanding and judgment of the whole industry and business, what position we are responsible for in the industry and what value we have to the business, all of which require more in-depth thinking. Many people are stuck at this level because we are better at implementing and solving short-term problems, but it is really difficult to have a higher pattern and thinking. Therefore, when we are recruiting, it is really difficult to recruit outstanding students at this level, so if you reach this level, you can say that your ability is still relatively lacking.
Product architect &; Above. . (No, I didn't): But I understand that at this level, I don't have to attend the basic interview. Basically, the bosses are talking about the road ~ ~ and your industry reputation and contacts should be enough to support you to find a good job. I don't think I need to come to Zhihu to see the experience stickers.
In addition to these job requirements, social recruitment will still examine many soft qualities. The above-mentioned communication skills, empathy and so on are relatively basic, but the ability to withstand pressure is very important, because with the promotion of your position, especially the social recruitment position, I hope you can solve the problem for the company soon. If you are blx, you can't bear hardships, and no company is willing to pay for your vulnerability. In addition, why you left your last company is also the focus of attention. Nowadays, many people change jobs more. For whatever reason, your next company certainly doesn't want it to be a temporary passer-by in your future resume. Therefore, we should be as cautious as possible when changing jobs, and add more points to your resume and less points.
The above is what I think at present. Welcome to discuss iteration ~ ~