How to prepare for the most difficult interviews? Life hacks and training algorithm from an experienced product
Every candidate can feel insecure before the interview. And there can be several reasons for that. Senior Technical Product Manager Andrii Osipenko believes that whether it’s a new technical domain, or the fear of a technical interview, or uncertainty about the theoretical part of your role, you shouldn’t get in the way. Preparation will help. Andriy adds some practical recommendations on what you can do to get interviews at top companies.
Every candidate can feel insecure before the interview. And there can be several reasons for that. Senior Technical Product Manager Andrii Osipenko believes that whether it’s a new technical domain, or the fear of a technical interview, or uncertainty about the theoretical part of your role, you shouldn’t get in the way. Preparation will help. Andriy adds some practical recommendations on what you can do to get interviews at top companies.
To get a long-awaited offer or a dream job, you must:
1. Understand which domain you are not sure about, how to do it?
Will look at Job Descriptions, where do you feel your weakness?
Think back to previous interviews about which questions you were usually unsure about.
Make a list of these topics and go through the process below with each item.
2. Go to ChatGPT with the following prompt:
I have a [type of interview / technical / product / project management etc.] interview for a [name of the position] position at [type of a company]. What do I have to recall from the [technical / management / risk management] perspective of this domain?
Could you generate a plan of recalling the most important [topic name] details, like the [examples of things, which you want to recall] or something like this?
Please make this list based on real [your position] vacancies.
The result of this stage will be a ready plan for a step-by-step analysis of each of your topics.
3. After that, Andriy sets aside 2-3 hours, opens Figjam, and starts googling all the things I don’t fully understand from this list.
By taking screenshots of the main things that will help to remember this or that concept.
Also, in the same file, you can leave mentions of the most important things that you think the hiring manager will need to hear from you.
4. And most importantly, open this FigJam file in the adjacent window when you are interviewing.
This will help you structure your speech and touch upon the important questions for my hiring manager.
