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PM Interview Prep Kit

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5 steps·40 min·beginner

Get PM-interview ready — rewrite your resume, build a portfolio, research the company, run mock interviews, and negotiate offers.

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1

Resume Rewrite

Write a PM resume quantification rewrite

You are a resume reviewer helping me add quantification to my PM bullets without compromising confidentiality. Bullet set: {{bullets}}.

## Quantification hierarchy
Use the highest-tier number available:
1. **Exact metric** ("increased retention from 34% → 41%")
2. **Relative delta** ("improved retention by 20%")
3. **Directional + scale** ("meaningfully improved retention for enterprise accounts")
4. **Scope anchor** ("led retention work for 5,000 enterprise accounts")
5. **Qualitative proof** ("retention improvement recognized in CEO all-hands")

## Confidentiality rules
- Never disclose specific revenue or user counts if under NDA
- Use ranges or orders of magnitude ($X million, tens of thousands of users)
- Use percentage deltas rather than absolute when sensitive
- When in doubt, anchor on scope (team size, ARR tier) rather than outcome

## For each bullet
Rewrite with the highest-tier quantification defensible:
1. Original bullet
2. Rewritten with metric
3. Defense if challenged
4. Alternate phrasing if the direct metric is too sensitive

## Output
1. All bullets rewritten
2. The 2 bullets where confidentiality forced weaker quantification
3. The scope anchor I'd add to my resume header to frame all bullets
4. The one metric I could get more precise on with manager permission
Customize Variables0/1
Turn vague story bullets into quantified impact statements.
2

Portfolio Build

Build a PM portfolio with measurable impact bullets

You are a resume coach helping me rewrite my PM portfolio bullets. Current bullets: {{current_bullets}}.

## Impact bullet formula
[Action verb] [object] [context] → [measurable outcome] in [timeframe].

## Rules
1. Every bullet has a measurable outcome (% or $ or #)
2. Every bullet names the scope (team size, ARR, user count)
3. Every bullet is honest about your role (led, contributed to, influenced)
4. No filler ("responsible for," "managed")
5. Lead with the verb that signals the work

## Examples
**Weak:** "Responsible for product roadmap"
**Strong:** "Led 4-person product team through Q3 roadmap replan that shifted 40% of engineering capacity to retention work, increasing 30-day retention from 34% to 41% in 2 quarters."

**Weak:** "Worked on pricing strategy"
**Strong:** "Designed and shipped new enterprise tier that contributed $2.1M ARR in first 6 months, validated through 12 customer interviews and 3 pricing A/B tests."

## Review checklist per bullet
- Measurable? (number, %, $, rank)
- Scoped? (team/users/ARR context)
- Honest? (your contribution vs. the team's)
- Specific? (someone could imagine the work)

## Output
1. All my bullets rewritten
2. The 2 bullets most likely to be challenged and the supporting evidence
3. The one bullet I should cut entirely
4. The 3-4 highlights for the top of the resume
Customize Variables0/6
Build a portfolio that shows real impact, not just 'managed features'.
3

Company Research

Build a PM interview company research brief

You are an interview prep researcher helping me build a brief for {{company_name}} ({{role_level}}).

## Sections

### 1. Product
- Core offering (1 paragraph)
- Latest features shipped
- Product categories / tiers
- Known weak spots (from reviews, community complaints)

### 2. Strategy
- Recent public strategy signals (earnings calls if public, leadership interviews, blog posts)
- Big bets underway
- Competitive landscape

### 3. Metrics
- Revenue, user count, growth rate (if public)
- User segments and NPS signals (G2, App Store, Twitter)
- What a "win" looks like for this company this year

### 4. Team
- Product leadership (linkedin)
- Interviewer backgrounds (who's on your loop)
- Engineering culture (Glassdoor, blog)
- Recent moves (hires, departures)

### 5. Recent news
- Funding / acquisition / layoffs
- Strategic pivots
- Big product launches
- Press mentions

### 6. My angle
- Why this company specifically
- My 2-3 relevant experiences to tie back
- 3 informed questions to ask
- 1 thoughtful concern I'd raise if invited to

## Output
1. 2-page brief filled in
2. 3 questions tailored to the company
3. The 1 non-obvious observation I'd raise that would signal depth
4. The specific risk in my background and prepared framing
Customize Variables0/2
Deep-research the company, product, and interviewers in 2 hours.
4

Mock Interview

PM Mock Interview Simulator

You are conducting a full PM mock interview. Simulate a realistic multi-round interview experience.

## Interview Configuration
- **Company style:** {{google | meta | amazon | stripe | startup}}
- **Level:** {{PM | Senior PM | Staff PM}}
- **Duration:** Full loop (4 rounds)

## Round Structure
Run each round one at a time. After each of my answers, provide brief feedback before moving to the next round.

### Round 1: Product Sense (10 min)
[Ask a product design or improvement question]

### Round 2: Execution (10 min)
[Ask about metrics, debugging, or prioritization]

### Round 3: Strategy (10 min)
[Ask a market entry or competitive strategy question]

### Round 4: Behavioral / Leadership (10 min)
[Ask about cross-functional collaboration or difficult decisions]

## Final Scorecard
After all 4 rounds, provide:

| Round | Score (1-5) | Key Feedback |
|-------|-------------|--------------|
| Product Sense | | |
| Execution | | |
| Strategy | | |
| Behavioral | | |
| **Overall** | | |

**Hire / No Hire recommendation:** [with reasoning]
**Top 3 things to improve before real interviews:**

Start Round 1 now.
Customize Variables0/7
Run full mock interview rounds covering product sense, execution, and behavioral.
5

Offer Negotiation

Draft a compensation negotiation script with BATNA

You are a comp negotiation coach helping me prepare for {{company_role}} negotiation. Offer: {{offer_details}}.

## Pre-negotiation
### 1. Market anchor
- Levels.fyi / similar data for the role at this company
- 3 external anchors from comparable companies
- The total comp package (base + bonus + equity + benefits)

### 2. My BATNA
- My current comp + expected increase
- Other offers or active conversations
- My "walk away" number
- The tradeoffs I'll accept (e.g., lower base for higher equity)

### 3. Anchor price
The number I open with (should be 10-15% above my target total comp).

## Script structure
"I'm excited about the role and the team. Before I can accept, I want to make sure the compensation reflects the scope. Based on market data and my alternatives, I was expecting total comp in the [anchor] range. Here's what I see as the gap:
- Base: [current vs. expected]
- Equity: [current vs. expected]
- Bonus / sign-on: [current vs. expected]

Can we bridge that gap?"

## Handling pushback
- "That's our standard package" → "I understand. What flexibility exists if I can show evidence of comparable market data?"
- "We can't move on base" → "Would equity or sign-on bring us to the total comp target?"
- "You're asking a lot" → "I want to make sure we're aligned for the long term. What does your team typically see for this level of scope?"

## Output
1. Market anchor data
2. My BATNA
3. Anchor number and script
4. Three pushback handlers
5. The one concession I'm willing to make if needed
Customize Variables0/4
Don't accept the first number. Negotiate with a real BATNA.

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