Practice
Storytelling in Interviews
Asking candidates to explain their career story focusing on why they made certain choices.
Storytelling in Interviews
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Context
Episodes4
- Sanchan SaxenaSanchan Saxena (VP of Product at Coinbase) on the inside story of how Airbnb made it through Covid; what he’s learned from Brian Chesky, Brian Armstrong, and Kevin Systrom; much more
- Eric RiesReflections on a movement
- Ebi AtawodiCrafting a compelling product vision
- YamashataAn inside look at how Figma builds product
Related Frameworks11
Transcript mentions
… I have a very simplistic framework. I actually don't know who put it together at Uber, but I see as well, one of the most powerful skills of a product manager is storytelling, right?
… to me, a couple of takeaways from what you just shared. One is just you're wired to think in this specific way of thinking very logically, scientifically, I have a similar feeling where someone tells me a story...
Yeah, I shared some of these things. I really feel passionately about storytelling, and not to give it away or anything, but one of my favorite interview questions is asking, "describe to me a time when you're part of controversial product…
- Sanchan Saxena00:58:33
Two books come to mind. One is The Little Bets, which is how you live your life and how you build businesses with little bets.
Practice
Storytelling in Interviews
Asking candidates to explain their career story focusing on why they made certain choices.
Context
Episodes4
- Sanchan SaxenaSanchan Saxena (VP of Product at Coinbase) on the inside story of how Airbnb made it through Covid; what he’s learned from Brian Chesky, Brian Armstrong, and Kevin Systrom; much more
- Eric RiesReflections on a movement
- Ebi AtawodiCrafting a compelling product vision
- YamashataAn inside look at how Figma builds product
Related Frameworks11
Transcript mentions
… I have a very simplistic framework. I actually don't know who put it together at Uber, but I see as well, one of the most powerful skills of a product manager is storytelling, right?
… to me, a couple of takeaways from what you just shared. One is just you're wired to think in this specific way of thinking very logically, scientifically, I have a similar feeling where someone tells me a story...
Yeah, I shared some of these things. I really feel passionately about storytelling, and not to give it away or anything, but one of my favorite interview questions is asking, "describe to me a time when you're part of controversial product…
- Sanchan Saxena00:58:33
Two books come to mind. One is The Little Bets, which is how you live your life and how you build businesses with little bets.