Main takeaways: - The difference between a product leader's qualities, competencies and skills. - Examples of key essential qualities and competencies. - Real life examples on the hiring strategy for PMs. - How we assess needed qualities and competencies.

1. Essential Qualities to be a Great PM
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5. Qualities and competencies of a Product leader
Kanakshila Tandon [ Product leader at Facebook]

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7. A G E N D A
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What is our hiring strategy?
What we look for in a strong product leader?
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How one could differentiate himself?
How do we screen that?

8. [TOPIC]
Hiring Strategy
The vision is to hire for long term company fitment than filling for a short term requirement.
● What does your team wants?
● PMs do best when the existing team wants them there
● Brainstorming the required competencies with the existing team
● Formulize a rating metrics

9. [TOPIC]
Hiring Strategy
What we look for in a strong product leaders?
● Qualities: Part of personality- Product qualities & personality traits
● Competencies: Could be gained over time with experience aka analytic thinking, technical
expert, industry expert. Product is essentially a white space role.
● Skills: Could be learned with some time and effort e.g. tech skills, tools etc.

10. [TOPIC]
Qualities - Must have
Product Qualities - Past experience and product strategy/design problems
● Product mindset & Customer Empathy
● Visionary
● Team builder & collaborator
● Executor
● Sense of ownership
● Good design sense
● Self Evaluation

11. [TOPIC]
Qualities
Other Personal Traits

12. [TOPIC]
Competencies and skills
● Are screened based on past job related questions and exercises
● Competencies at times may take precedence
● Skills could be gained with training

13. [TOPIC]
Differentiators
● Real past examples
● Approach and thought process while solving the problem
● Owing mistakes
● Open to new ideas
● Qualities matters most

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What we covered..
● Qualities of a strong PM
● Overview of hiring strategy
● Competencies and skills
● Differentiate yourself

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