Rachel

Product builder, interview coach, career advisor, recreational poker player.
Product @Instagram; Career Coach @Columbia_Biz

[Rachel @rachelwin]

🎊Ask me anything🎊

🤓Interviewed 150+ Product Managers candidates (100 at Meta)

↗️Prepped 40+ candidates

🎤Hosted 6 mock interview/Q&A panels at meta live to ~300 candidates at a time.

#productmanagement #interviewsprep #womeninproduct #productmanager #Careers

[Rachel @rachelwin]

@justingordon212 When was the last time you took a founder down from an invested company and why.

[Rachel @rachelwin]

@JustAnotherPM @elonmusk Right now it’s hard to judge. With twitter taken private it will be hard to understand bottom line impact. Let’s wait a year and see.

Side note- 10M vote, impacting society , % of which are likely bots, to claim majority insults intelligence and a threatens democracy.

[Rachel @rachelwin]

@justingordon212 @datadoghq

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@KiwiDenny @JustAnotherPM For #3 I think getting feedback ahead of group discussions is critical to secure alignment :)

[Rachel @rachelwin]

What a tough week!
While I’m not impacted, many friends are. Processing the aftermath isn’t easy.
Please feel free to reach out if you were impacted and need advice.

#layoffs #MetaLayOffs #career #womeninproduct

[Rachel @rachelwin]

Visa-holding product manager immigrants hurt by recent layoffs in tech, please DM me - I can help with resume fixes and interview preparations (free of charge). I’ve been in your shoes and know this is stressful

#productmanagement #womenintech #womeninproduct #layoff

[Rachel @rachelwin]

I wish this feature would expand beyond Twitter 😂 @elonmusk

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@justingordon212 Anything by Ben Thompson (stratechery, dithering etc), mindset mentor, poker guys, AI in business

[Rachel @rachelwin]

It’s natural for uncertainty to make us uncomfortable. Acknowledge the thoughts and feelings, and try to go back to what you’re focused on gently.

#Mindfulness #startups #womenintech

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@chrisrickard I think understanding algorithms is more important than knowing coding languages, and you can understand them without any specific syntax.

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@KiwiDenny This was a hypothetical. In my case, I simplified it, and stripped it down to something that was much easier. Proved my hypothesis, and then got more people up bn believe in it and get the “fuller version” prioritized

[Rachel @rachelwin]

How do you protect the one project on your roadmap that only you believe in?

#startups #productmanager #productmanagement #productmgmt #womeninproduct

[Rachel @rachelwin]

@builditshipit 2 suggestions: (1) Dall-e-2 is pretty cool for AI generated illustrations (2) Fiverr

[Rachel @rachelwin]

When prepping for interviews, it's really great to find a few preparation buddies to work with - help each other improve, create an internal sense of calibration and reinforce that you're not alone in your journey.
#productmgmt #womeninproduct #productmanagement #interviewprep

[Rachel @rachelwin]

Fit interview prep:
Creating font 18 🤓slide for stories STAR(+L!) helps with clarity and consiceness.
Situation
Thoughts
Actions
Results
+LEARNINGS!

Next, create 1 cheatsheet slide summarizing the best (4X4 boxes, font 11).

#interviewprep #productmanagement

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@brettcalhounn @goblin_tech_ @founder_daily There are so many contrary examples. Isn’t like a journey of discovery? You find out who you are through the experiences you accumulate and the people you surround yourself with.

[Rachel @rachelwin]

Don't forget - your negotiations start the first interaction with the target company! Whether it's a referral, a recruiter, a casual exploratory call.

#ProductMgmt #prodmgmt #productmanagement #startups #womeninproduct

[Rachel @rachelwin]

@JustAnotherPM Identifying "How Might We's" for a barinstorm

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@builditshipit I think that saying “no” to a feature is a lot more important than saying yes, especially if you don’t have a good way to test a hypothesis.

[Rachel @rachelwin]

@KieranthePM I haven’t- what do you like about it?