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How a Bold Pushback on Prioritization Led This Product Manager to Discover a Game-Changing Insight
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Interview Transcript (SNIPPET)
Candidate Answer (excerpt)
...I didn't want them disregarded. So, um, yeah, it was more of a, a horse trading exercise and making sure that I use the right tools to defend my position.
Interviewer Insight
either missed in the answer or not said, but it was not clear that the bloggers were internal content creators. Candidate did not present the new feature idea in an understandable way. There was too much obfuscation happening. Candidate also jumped to the "disprove" part of the explanation without clearly making the case for the situation/task by establishing the stakes of the decisions.
Follow-Up Question
So how did you present this disagreement with your manager?
Candidate Answer (excerpt)
Um, I, I showed the alternative things that we could do with the backlog, and I showed the evidence that although there was 10,000, we were fresh in the space...
Expert Assessment (EXCERPT)
The candidate performed level appropriate for Have Backbone. The candidate could have done a better job of presenting the situation. There was too much context which was lost in obfuscation making it hard to truly understand the nature of the conflict. Candidate showed very good...
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