Archive - Cracking the PM Newsletter

Cracking the Behavioral Interview: What are they really looking for?

How interviewers evaluate seniority & strengths

Jul 16 •

Cracking the Behavioral Interview: "Tell me a project you're proud of" - 4 Mock Interviews

Put on your interviewer hat and see who you'd hire!

Jul 9 •

Cracking the Behavioral Interview: Build up your Interview Confidence with a Wins Warmup

A two-step tool for building up your confidence so that you can shine in interviews

Jul 3 •

December 2022

What is Product Strategy?

There are three pieces in a complete product strategy: Vision, Framework, Roadmap

Dec 10, 2022 •

Hot Take: Google has a company strategy, not a product strategy

Or, Why Google keeps killing products

Dec 2, 2022 •

November 2022

The Charcuterie Framework for Roadmap Planning

Instead of stack ranking your priorities, balance your investments across goals.

Nov 15, 2022 •

The 3 Stages of a Product Manager's Career

What's the difference between a Product Manager, Senior Product Manager, and a Director of Product?

Nov 10, 2022 •

October 2022

Use PEARL instead of STAR to shine in your PM interviews

Highlight your seniority with the PEARL framework for talking about your experiences

Oct 23, 2022 •

How to become a product manager

I’m excited to start off this newsletter with such a common and important question. There are 8 (eight!) paths into product management that I know of…

Oct 7, 2022 •

December 2020

Everything Product Management

Welcome to Cracking the PM Newsletter by me, Jackie Bavaro.

Dec 16, 2020 •

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