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Structured PM interview preparation across product sense, execution, strategy, behavioral, and technical rounds, using CIRCLES, AARM, STAR, and the estimation framework. Calibrated to APM, PM, Senior PM, and Group PM rubrics.
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| name | pm-interview-prep |
| description | Structured PM interview preparation across product sense, execution, strategy, behavioral, and technical rounds, using CIRCLES, AARM, STAR, and the estimation framework. Calibrated to APM, PM, Senior PM, and Group PM rubrics. |
| license | MIT + Commons Clause |
| metadata | {"version":"1.0.1","author":"borghei","category":"project-management","domain":"pm-career","updated":"2026-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","tech-stack":"pm-interviews, product-sense, execution, behavioral, frameworks"} |
PM interviews test five distinct skills, each with its own format, frameworks, and rubric: product sense, execution, strategy, behavioral, and technical. This skill organizes preparation across all five round types and calibrates expectations to the level you are interviewing for (APM, PM, Senior PM, Group PM). It bundles the most-used PM interview frameworks -- Lewis Lin's CIRCLES Method for product design, the AARM Method for improvement/metric questions, STAR for behavioral, and a 5-step estimation framework for market sizing -- plus question banks per round and structured answer templates calibrated by level.
When NOT to use: general career planning (use pm-career-ladder/); hiring as an interviewer (this is candidate-side); engineering or design interview prep (this is PM-specific).
assets/self_assessment.md); pick your weakest two.references/question-bank.md and practice solo with the right framework, timed.assets/mock_feedback_form.md.assets/story_worksheet.md) to under 5 minutes each, quantified.See references/round-frameworks-and-prep.md for the full round reference, framework tables, level-calibration bars, prep workflow, and troubleshooting.
assets/self_assessment.md — pre-prep diagnostic across the five round types.assets/mock_feedback_form.md — structured feedback form for mock interviews.assets/story_worksheet.md — worksheet for the 12 canonical behavioral stories.External: Lin, L. Decode and Conquer (CIRCLES); McDowell, G. & Bavaro, J. Cracking the PM Interview; Lin, L. The Product Manager Interview (AARM + 165 questions); Bock, L. Work Rules!
In scope: framework-based prep for all five PM round types; level calibration APM-Group PM; question banks and answer templates; behavioral story development and STAR refinement; self-assessment and mock-feedback tools.
Out of scope: Director/VP/CPO interviews (executive judgment, board influence, P&L — use leadership coaching); company-specific technical-PM screens (consult the role's rubric); salary negotiation/offer evaluation; resume and outreach prep (use personal-productivity/resume/).
Caveats: Frameworks are scaffolds, not scripts — interviewers down-rank verbatim recitation; internalize so the structure is invisible. Every company has its own rubric; adjust by the published guide and recruiter call. Mocking with a current PM at the target company beats any book.
| Integration | Direction | What Flows |
|---|---|---|
pm-career-ladder/ | Bidirectional | Use the ladder rubric to understand the level you are interviewing for |
pm-onboarding/ | Feeds into | Once hired, the onboarding skill takes over for first 90 days |
personal-productivity/resume/ | Feeds from | A clean resume with quantified impact feeds the behavioral stories |
discovery/brainstorm-ideas/ | Reuses | Product sense rounds reuse the same ideation discipline as Product Trio sessions |
execution/prioritization-frameworks/ | Reuses | RICE, ICE, and Opportunity Score reasoning shows up in CIRCLES Step 4 (Cut through) |
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