Hiring / Getting Hired

Far and away the most common question I get is: * How do you find a product job? Before we tackle answering this question, let's look at what most of us do when we try to find a job. We start by working on our resume. We list out

What makes a good product manager? I've been obsessed with this question. It's why I started this blog. As a practitioner, I want to master my craft. As a consultant and coach, I want to help you master your craft. But how do we do that

Overwhelmingly, the top product-related question I see on Quora, LinkedIn, and Twitter is how do you become a product manager. Product managers come from all walks of life. There is no single path to your first product role. Seeing this question so often led me to write quite a few

This post is part of the So You Want To Be a Product Manager series. There are a ton of great articles about what you might get asked in a product manager interview. I refer you here, here, and here. I've also written about what I always ask

This post is part of the So You Want To Be a Product Manager series. Now that you have narrowed down a target list of companies, let's focus on how to get the attention of the hiring manager. In a perfect world, you would apply for a job,

This post is part of the So You Want To Be a Product Manager series. When we talked with Colin Murphy a couple of weeks ago, he hit on a key element of a successful job search. Colin, looking for his first product role, said, "I realized early on

This post is part of the So You Want To Be a Product Manager series. Most product and design job requirements ask for a portfolio. What do you do if you don't have one? I'm not a big fan of public portfolios. They lead to poor