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Scotland based Product person | Sharing and seeking thoughts, advice and experience in #prodmgmt (and the occasional #productmemes)

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Polite but revealing questions to ask in a PM job interview to understand culture and fit (and their literal translations…).

A thread 🧵

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Finding an appropriate time to take a holiday.

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@NicoleDaines What a brilliant achievement. Kudos to you!

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@imshaughnessyok I hear you.

In some situations/contexts I have found that it can be cultural. In those instances I’ve made a point of politely clarifying that next time the individual doesn’t need to wait for me to respond before asking their question.

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@tobiasrogers Thanks for sharing! 🙏

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@sambhigham @onejasonknight @forssto These are terrible. You guys need to tikka long hard look at yourselves.

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@ptothebtothet Good luck! 🍀

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Happy Friday!!

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When you’re asked to help the hiring manager with interviews.

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@NicoleDaines Thanks for sharing 🙏

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@JacsGud Thanks for sharing 🙏 Glad you found it valuable

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@epatt6 💯 I’ve seen this ruin teams to the point they become so unempowered they forget how to make a decision (or worse, fear making their own decisions) and stagnate.

I think the trick is to build enough confidence from execs early on in order to buy the team its space to crack on.

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6. The people that matter are rooting for you

You’re here for a reason. The people that hired you did so because of your qualities and experience. They are willing you to do well, not trying to catch you out.

Your success is in their interests as much as yours.

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5. People don’t care about you as much as you do

This might be a hard one for your ego to take but you’re not that important!

Enjoy the relative anonymity that being new affords you while you find your feet. Make mistakes while no one watches.