Preparing for Product Management interviews?

Here’s what will help you prepare and/or Move up.. depending upon your stage inside of product management.

Books to read as you prepare for interviews or for seasoned PMs

1. Hooked by Nir Eyal (Buy it on Amazon)
2. Inspired by Marty Cagan ; considered as a bible for Product management. (Buy it on Amazon)
3. Decode and Conquer by Lewis Lin (Buy it on Amazon) [For Interview Prep]
4. The Product Manager Interview by Lewis Lin (Buy it on Amazon) [For Interview Prep]
5. The Lean Startup by Eric Ries (Buy on Amazon)
6. Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore (Buy on Amazon)
7. Measure what matters by John Doerr (Buy on Amazon)
8. Competing on analytics by Thomas Davenport (Buy on Amazon)

Youtube channels to subscribe

1. Exponent : https://www.youtube.com/c/ExponentTV
2. Diego Granados : https://www.youtube.com/c/PMDiegoGranados
3. Rocket Blocks : https://www.youtube.com/c/rocketblocks
4. The Product Folks: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheProductFolks
5. The Product Alliance : https://www.youtube.com/c/ProductAlliance
6. Pragmatic Leaders: https://www.youtube.com/c/PragmaticLeaders
7. The PM School: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjOeIGWiIhPdKDrDRrVnvRA
8. Gaurav Sen for System Design: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRPMAqdtSgd0Ipeef7iFsKw
9. Product School: https://www.youtube.com/c/ProductSchoolSanFrancisco
10. Sugat Nayak’s YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/sugatnayak

Find these mentors and more, for a 1:1. Book their time at Interviewclub.co

There are many a courses, communities, blogs etc that can help you break into product management or move ahead in career. I’ll perhaps segregate this list between interview prep vs general communities and blogs doing product management events in the coming days.

(A running list of all the courses and clubs is on linkedin. Dont forget to check that out)

1. The complete product management course on Udemy by Charles Du (https://www.udemy.com/course/the-complete-product-management-course/)
2. The Product School (https://productschool.com/)
3. The Exponent (https://www.tryexponent.com/)
4. The Product Management Exercises (https://www.productmanagementexercises.com/)
5. The Rocket Blocks (https://www.rocketblocks.me/)
6. The product folks (https://www.theproductfolks.com/)
7. The product tree (https://theproducttree.wixsite.com/website)
8. Mind the product (https://www.mindtheproduct.com/)
9. Creator of products (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4B-iVJCntF44ld8kCyfsJg)
10. The Pragmatic leaders (https://pragmaticleaders.io/)
11. Lewis Lin’s Product Community (https://www.lewis-lin.com/courses)
12. Lewis Lin’s PM Mock interview slack community (https://www.lewis-lin.com/blog/2018/7/8/lewis-c-lins-slack-community)
13. Lewis Lin’s Question Bank: (https://www.lewis-lin.com/blog/2022/1/24/lewis-lin-question-bank)
14. Silicon Valley Product Group (https://svpg.com/)
15. The PM school (https://pmschool.io/)
16. The Product Alliances (https://www.productalliance.com/)
17. Product-Led Alliances (https://productledalliance.com/)
18. Product management festival (https://productmanagementfestival.com/)
19. Product Management course at Harvard Business School 101/102 (https://www.hbspm101.com/)
20. Brainmates (https://brainmates.com.au)
21. Leading the product (https://www.leadingtheproduct.com/)
22. The Association of product professionals (https://productprofessionals.com/)
23. Sequent Learning Networks (https://sequentlearning.com/)
24. The product buds (https://www.productbuds.co/)
25. The Product Beats (https://productbeats.com/)
26. My Tech Ladder (https://www.mytechladder.com/)
27. The Intentional Product Manager (https://www.intentionalproductmanager.com/)
28. PMDojo (https://www.pmdojo.me/product-accelerator) | PMDojo is a 10-week apprenticeship learning program for those looking to transition into product to give them real-world industry experience
29. The Product Coalition (https://productcoalition.com/)
30. The Entry Level (https://www.entrylevel.net/)
31. The Product Faculty ; Advanced Product Management Coaching Program (https://www.productfaculty.com/)
32. The Product Dojo (https://podojo.com/products/product-dojo/)
33. Top 100 Resources for Product Managers https://www.sachinrekhi.com/top-resources-for-product-managers

This list is like an ever expanding list and people have been super kind to share their recommendations. A few of them are tagged here.. and more names will be tagged here.

Thanks JJ Rorie, Althea Espejo, Aditi Karandikar, Kenton Kivestu, and many more..

Podcasts to follow and listen to:

1. This is product management by Feedback Loop (https://tipm.feedbackloop.com/)
2. The Product Podcast (The Product Podcast | Podcast on Spotify)
3. The Product Experience by mind the product (https://www.mindtheproduct.com/the-product-experience/)
4. the product managerHQ (https://productmanagerhq.com/)
5. The Product Bakery (https://www.product-bakery.com/)

Connect with me on linkedin, Instagram , twitter or follow my youtube channel. You can also book my time for your PM interview prep. Happy to help! Book a 1:1 with me here -> https://experts.interviewclub.co/thepmcoach