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Evaluating Will: Top Product Manager Interview Question

  • Does the candidate understand the role? has she done the research to take the application seriously?
  • How does the candidate frame the role? Does the role feel important and ambitious? 
  • Does the candidate remember to answer the second part of the question? Many don’t, even though the second half is more important! 
  • Is this the type of person you want on your team now and in the future?
  • Is this candidate interested in product management because she’s a user-centered builder, or because she wants to add a Product Manager to her resume? 

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