Main takeaways: -Combining age old wisdom to aid your journey to product management -For anyone on the fence for switching into product management, has recently transitioned or wants to slay at their existing product management role -Industry agnostic suggestions for answering some standard questions about yourself to help you on your path to product management

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The 7 questions to ask and answer for that product manager life
Shreya Sharma, Senior Product Manager

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7. A B O U T M E
▪ Senior Product Manager at the Expedia Group
▪ Previous roles include technical product manager, software engineer and quality
assurance engineer in various ecommerce companies
▪ Transitioned into Product Management fully 1.5 years ago
▪ Small Business and Non-profit founder
▪ Double masters in Computer Science

8. A G E N D A
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WHAT
WHY
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WHERE
WHEN
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WHO
WHICH
7. HOW

9. Lucky number 7!
This is a condensed, simplified, tried and tested guide to a product management career
that is based on my experiences and age old widom.
But it is just not that. This mindset is applicable at every stage of product management of
career to start thinking ahead of everyone.

10. WHY?
• Why do you want to be a product manager?
• Why do you not want to be in your current role?

11. WHAT?
• What do you want to do as a product manager?
• What could you not do in your current role that you want
to be doing more of?
• What impact are you looking to make in this kind of role?
• What are your dreams and goals? Will this help you come
closer to them?

12. WHEN?
• When do you want to switch into product management? Should you
wait to seek how things turn out in a few months? Is this the right time for your long-term career
hopes to make a move?
• When did you know you wanted to switch to product management?
• Based on your experience, when do you think a product manager
would be needed the most?

13. WHERE?
• Where do you want to be a product manager? The team, the
organization, the company, the location, the industry etc.
• Where do you draw inspiration from?
• Where do your interests and passion lay?

14. WHICH?
• Which specific skill(s) of yours do you think will help you
succeed as a product manager?
• Which skills would you want to work upon?
• Based on your experience, which skills are needed to be
great product manager?

15. WHO?
• Who might be able to help you in this switch?
• Who is your role model as a product manager?
• Who is going to be your consumer?
• Who will you want as a mentor?
• Who will you want as a manager?
• Who else should you consider before making
the change at a personal level?

16. HOW?
• How would you go about becoming a product manager?
• How would you handle product management challenges?

17. 2.
1.
S U M M A R Y
Use these to answer most of your interview questions
Use these questions to find the right product manager mix
3. Use this mindset to enhance your current product manager life

18. Lucky 7 to the rescue!
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