How to Crack PM Interview in 2025?

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You are preparing for PM interviews

You are doing a lot of Mocks

Still, you are not able to crack the PM interview.

You may be preparing the Wrong way or the Old way.

Not Solving the Question Using the First Principle

Imagine a simple-looking question — Design a Birthday app

This looks like an easy question, but many people freeze while answering this question.

They just start rambling and not thinking from the first principle

The top 1% of the Candidates will think this way

First Principle Breakdown of the problem

You need to break down the problem using first-principle thinking.

If you don’t do it, you might miss a lot of important points like employers celebrating employee birthdays, and the Brand celebrating customer’s birthdays correct? If you don’t break it down it will be really difficult to answer like the top 1%

Not Showing Strategic Thinking

Imagine you get a question like — How would you improve Spotify

Questions by Rest 99%

  1. What is the Goal of Improving Spotify? What are we trying to achieve from this?
  2. Are we improving Spotify for a particular type of Device like Mobile or Desktop? Any specific geography?
  3. Is there any Resource Constraint in terms of Technology / Monetary or any Time Constraint I should be aware of?

Questions by top 1%

  1. What is the goal of Improving Spotify, as Spotify is a very big Product having verticals like Music, Podcast etc? So Are we trying to improve any specific vertical maybe podcast, given the rising popularity of podcasts across the Globe? Is it about improving Discoverability, improving user retention etc?
  2. Is there any particular Customer Segment are targeting like (Audio) Content Creators or Content Consumers? Given the rise of Generative AI, it has become more easy to produce content. So Are we thinking of improving from Creator's Perspective or Consumers' Perspective or may be advertisers?

See the depth of questions and strategic thinking ( not asking questions just for the sake of asking it )

Don’t miss out on the new way of cracking PM Interviews

You have to think about the First principle thinking and you can crack the PM interview like the top 1% of candidates

  1. Module 1 — First Principle Thinking in PM Interview
  2. Module 2 — Asking Great Clarifying Questions in PM Interview
  3. Module 3 — How to Solve Guesstimates
  4. Module 4 — Cracking Product Design Questions
  5. Module 5 — Cracking the “Favourite Product Question”
  6. Module 6 — Cracking Metrics & Product Execution Questions
  7. Module 7 — Cracking Root Cause Analysis Questions
  8. Module 8 — Cracking Growth Strategy & Pricing Questions
  9. Module 9 — Cracking Market Entry & GTM Questions
  10. Module 10 — Cracking Behavioral Interview Questions

This has helped more than 3000+ candidates getting their Dream Job

Not Preparing for Industries

1. The 15 Product Exercise

→ Pick 15 diverse products (media, e-commerce, etc.) and spend 4–6 hours writing about each.
→ Imagine you’re the PM — what would you build? This helps you develop mental models for different markets.

2. Sharpen Your Analytical Thinking

Measure Success: How would you measure the success of Reddit or Google Search?

Decision-Making with Data: Practice different types of analytical questions. What if a key metric is down? What option do you choose based on the data?

Write It Down: Focus on writing out your answers, not just saying them.

Resources to Download

  1. Strategy for Product Managers, Leaders, Everyone ( Download Here )

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