My interview was with senior director of product management. I was given a framework to follow which I followed to the tea starting with user personas and he kept disrupting their own 'framework' and interrupting me to explain something I already talked about in more detail. At which point after doing what he told me to do I was informed that we are loosing time and need to 'speed up' (but it was him who was drilling into each section). Apparently all assumptions I have made about fairly simple user types were 'not the ones he had in mind' and I had to talk about mobile vs desktop lol like THAT'S important, how is that indication where the problem is? What matters is product and whether it delivers value, not HOW it delivers it. He kept contradicting me (and himself) a lot so I just assume a lot of bias (cultural and otherwise, read between the lines, I am a white female) were in place, he simply did not like me from the start, just wish I didn't waste my hour on this. So yeah, do not bother, and after seeing reviews on here looks like I've dodged a bullet.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are a product manager at *pick your favourite product* and your metrics are not doing well in 12 month time, walk me how you would act and build a roadmap.
I applied online. I interviewed at G-P in Aug 2024
Interview
INTERVIEW:
• Enjoyed a good discussion about G-P, its work culture, and challenges.
• Covered my background, experience, and general Product Management topics.
• Interview was great and the interviewer was enthusiastic about my experience and our discussion and indicated they would put me forward.
POST-INTERVIEW:
• Received a rejection email a week later, citing the hiring manager's rejection of my profile and a need for "more experienced candidates".
• Followed up for real feedback as "more experience" isn't really actionable, and was told the role profile had been updated and now required 10 years of PM experience (I have 8) and more payroll expertise.
CONCERNS:
• The follow-up email felt believable and understandable, but then I noticed the job ad reposted and it remained unchanged, with no mention of the requirements after their "profile update" for the role.
• Felt misled. Either they forgot to update the Job Ad or perhaps something else unsavoury going on. So, I personally won't reapply there again due to these trust issues with the company’s hiring process or transparency of their communication.