Product Management Getting Started Guide

A guide to kick start your journey into product management: career path, interview structure & mock interview videos.

Kenton Kivestu, ex-Google, ex-BCG, Founder at RocketBlocks Updated: May 28, 2021

This guide is crafted to help anyone, from fresh graduates to career switchers, ramp up on the product management role and the interview process for product managers at top tech companies.

The insights, tips and frameworks included here come directly from PM leaders at top companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Stripe and more.

• Andy Jih, PM at Stripe, ex-Zynga PM
• David Gasca, Director of Product at Google
• Jay Lewis, Director of Product at Twitter, ex-Facebook PM
• John Vars, Founder at Varo Money, ex-Chief Product Officer at TaskRabbit
• John Gronberg, Director of Product at Okta
• Kris Narunatavich, PM at Facebook, former Director of Product at HotelTonight
• Paul Krakow, Principal PM at Amazon
• Preet Anand, PM at Lyft, Founder at Patreonus (acquired)
• Walter Lee, Head of Product at LeanPlum, ex-Google PM

The goal of the PM Getting Started Guide

The ultimate goal of this Guide is to arm you with the relevant context, so you can kick off your product management recruiting process with confidence.

At RocketBlocks, we strongly believe that success in PM interviews begins with a deep understanding of the situation and context. This allows you to separate the signal from the noise, drive to the heart of an issue and set yourself apart from your peers.

This guide is broken down into three key sections:

1. The role and career path of a PM
2. PM interviews & structure, skills & mock videos
3. Interviews prep tips & advice

Warning! Cuidado! Achtung!

If you're already deep into your product management interview preparation (e.g., you've already made it to the second rounds of Google, etc), this Guide may not be the best use of your time (but our core RocketBlocks PM prep platform might be).