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Interview experiences

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Revolut · 2 months ago
"This kind of interview is new to me as I don't have a tech background. The screening call was to make sure I matched the requirements. The CCAT/UCAT test wasn't too difficult but it is best to practice using examples on udemy so you can answer all 40 questions in 20 mins. The take home task took most of the week. I am new to SQL so there was a learning curve to try and get over."
BizOps & Strategy · Senior / L5
Microsoft · 2 months ago
"I got in through a referral, and that seemed to speed me straight to the final super day after a really short recruiter screen. That first call was maybe 10 minutes, and the recruiter literally told me before we hung up that I had passed. The main loop after that was three 45-minute rounds, and the standout was the last round because it was a vibe coding session, which sounded specific to CoreAI and not like a normal Microsoft PM intern loop. The first final round was mostly a conversation about CoreAI and recent AI changes, then a product design question got dropped in right at the end. The second final round was supposed to be execution-focused, but it ended up being a very technical resume grill on tools, trade-offs, and client communication."
Product Manager · Intern
Amazon · 3 months ago
"Till now it went well. Let me see feedback. All the rounds were very much aligned to leadership principles. Prepare answers in STAR format and try not to tell any details where you have not worked in depth."
Engineering Manager · Staff / L6
Meta · 4 months ago
"Was hard, and the interviewer tried to get me focused, but I was just too excited. They asked me to build a renters product with them, and the product strategy question just didn't go well. I mumbled, didn't lay out the paintings right, and got into my head. In the end, I couldn't really provide a solid answer and a correct template."
Product Manager · Mid Level / L4
Stripe · 7 months ago
"My Stripe process felt pretty easy overall, and I clicked with a lot of the interviewers. After the recruiter screen, where they gave me the comp range early, the main loop had a technical round, an analytical round, an execution round, and an extra UX round because this role was tied closely to the homepage and design work. Their heaviest focus was on my data-analysis skills. The technical and UX rounds felt pretty natural to me, while the behavioral execution questions were harder because they asked me to summarize complicated situations fast. I do not have an outcome to share here, but the process itself felt manageable and not especially adversarial."
Product Manager · Staff / L6
Stripe · 7 months ago
"I was kind of a special case because I was soft-tagged to a few teams, so they did not put me in front of a hiring manager first. Instead, I did a PM product sense screen, then the full loop with a 60-minute technical round, analytics, and execute with judgment, plus the written friction log. Recruiting moved pretty fast between rounds, usually two or three days max, even though I spread my interviews out on purpose. Once my references were done, they wrapped the decision in about a week and I got the L4 offer."
Product Manager · Mid Level / L4
Intel · 10 months ago
"Well structured and highly professional, consisting of a phone screen followed by deep dives with senior leadership team and cross functional stakeholders"
Program Manager · Senior / L5
Amazon · 2 years ago
"I thought it was very efficient. Within a few days I had my verbal offer and written letter. I interviewed with random people at Amazon so I never met the people on my team."
Product Manager · Staff / L6

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