Senior Technical Product Manager Interview Questions
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Senior Technical Product Manager interview questions shared by candidates
This position appears to be a big leap for you, why are you interested?
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Umm... did you not read my resume?
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I’m looking for a job that will make me slightly uncomfortable. If you’re 100% capable of a job you are moving into you will become complacent and at that point you are no longer learning and growing. I want my next position to push me Less
All interviews were focused on leadership principles, and required me to talk through scenarios in context of the principles. Since this interview was for a product manager - technical role, I was asked some questions related to agile software development, and had to also submit a writing exercise.
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Had prepared about 8 main stories which captured previous projects well - in light of the leadership principles (i.e. demonstrated customer obsession, frugality, deliver results, .. ). Beyond talking through the stories, the interviewers were very interested in drilling down into details (asked lots of challenge questions, validated data/calculations, asked me to quantify success/impact from stories). Overall it was an exhausting, intense, but fun interview experience. Less
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Could you please tell more about the agile software development questions asked and the technical expertise required in the answers Less
There was a strong focus on my technical ability
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I showed previous examples of difficult projects I worked on
Explain the entire TCP handshake Most of the questions have to do with the basic working of the internet and browsers..
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1. TCP Handshake: a. SYN, b. SYN-ACK c. ACK (you can look into details) 2. Mention in detail on how a site name is resolved by a browsr including recursive name resolution - do read a little on Akamai helps the interaction overall - bonus points on how Akamai best handles security in the cloud! Know your DNS cold!! Less
The usual Akamai questions. How does DNS, the internet and streaming work... nothing new here.
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With a professional, well received diagram of the problem and the solution.
How do you change the mind of people who think differently then you
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I use data to support my opinions and ask them to do the same.