Cracking the PM Interview is probably the most comprehensive book you can get today about the product management role in a startup or bigger tech company. Not only does it contain awesome tips for landing a product manager job, it also offers many resources for current product managers to grow their skillset and be more effective in their roles. Some of us in BooksLegit Team are 2-3 years into our Product role and still find this book very useful.
Aspiring product managers can learn how the ambiguously-named "PM" (product manager / program manager) role varies across major tech companies, what experience is required, how to make your existing experience translate, what a great PM resume and cover letter look like, and finally, how to master the PM interview questions:
Estimation questions
Behavioral questions
Case questions
Product design questions
Technical questions
And, most importantly, the introduce-yourself "pitch"
.
For example, the techniques shown in the book (e.g., mapping a customer problem into user goals) is not only great in PM interviews but also in real-world product design. If your current role involves working with a product manager, get this book so that you can speak their language and collaborate with them more effectively.
About the authors
Gayle Laakmann McDowell is the founder/CEO of CareerCup.com and the author of Cracking the * interview books
(Cracking the Coding Interview, Cracking the PM Interview, and Cracking the Tech Career
). Her background is in software development, with a BSE/MSE in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and prior experience as a software engineer at Google, Microsoft, and Apple.
Jackie Bavaro is the Head of Product Management at Asana (productivity software company founded by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz). Before Asana, she worked as a product manager at Google and a program manager at Microsoft.
Cracking the PM Interview is probably the most comprehensive book you can get today about the product management role in a startup or bigger tech company. Not only does it contain awesome tips for landing a product manager job, it also offers many resources for current product managers to grow their skillset and be more effective in their roles. Some of us in BooksLegit Team are 2-3 years into our Product role and still find this book very useful.
Aspiring product managers can learn how the ambiguously-named "PM" (product manager / program manager) role varies across major tech companies, what experience is required, how to make your existing experience translate, what a great PM resume and cover letter look like, and finally, how to master the PM interview questions:
Estimation questions
Behavioral questions
Case questions
Product design questions
Technical questions
And, most importantly, the introduce-yourself "pitch"
.
For example, the techniques shown in the book (e.g., mapping a customer problem into user goals) is not only great in PM interviews but also in real-world product design. If your current role involves working with a product manager, get this book so that you can speak their language and collaborate with them more effectively.
About the authors
Gayle Laakmann McDowell is the founder/CEO of CareerCup.com and the author of Cracking the * interview books
(Cracking the Coding Interview, Cracking the PM Interview, and Cracking the Tech Career
). Her background is in software development, with a BSE/MSE in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and prior experience as a software engineer at Google, Microsoft, and Apple.
Jackie Bavaro is the Head of Product Management at Asana (productivity software company founded by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz). Before Asana, she worked as a product manager at Google and a program manager at Microsoft.