These are technical challenges that need to be solved either with the product hat, technically thinking how you solve these problems and with the execution hat, which is more of the TPM side. Thank you so much Priyanka for sharing all your thoughts on the product manager, technical and TPM product roles. Priyanka Shinde: Yes. And then the role becomes easier. And I feel very passionate about building this strong TPM community because I truly feel that TPMS when leveraged correctly can make big impact on organizations. The PMT needs more technical sense. So, its kind of interesting. We did talk little bit about that the role is gaining prominence that both these technical product manager roles and the TPM product manager roles gaining prominence, why do you think its gaining that kind of a prominence? About me - In last 15 years of professional experience, I spent time across Meta as a Product Technical Program Manager as well as Program Manager at Microsoft. And figure out how best to work together. They, of course, you know, in corporate data, research, market analysis to inform their product requirements and the priorities that they want to make. Op can you please share any details if you got phone screened. Similar to the PMT role, the product manager technical role, where you might want to hire somebody with a more technical background or expertise. And so, youre kind of really your primary things might be capacity, latency, performance, all of this, Yes. Priyanka Shinde: Yeah, so of course, you know, we talk about technical, like the team TPM, largely, so you of course need the technical or the domain expertise. And so, while they may not a sit and write requirements, It was just that understanding that helps them become a better TPM when theyre working on the product side. And so, the product TPM role was an effort to basically help distinguish for hiring purposes, understanding the skill sets we need. And so, its kind of important to understand that you might not find so many product manager technical roles or so many TPM product roles. Mario Gerard: Yeah. And its also probably gives the manager whos hiring a good insight to just think, what kind of skill am I even looking for. So, Im going to kind of try and frame it the best I can without, I mean, I did kind of played a part product part program manager role at one point. I am an active blogger and podcast host. So, during interviewing for the product TPM role, the questions that we would ask would have a little bit of that, you know, gauging of, does this person understand why we develop these metrics? Theyre talking to a lot of different people while theyre kind of trying to execute on the program so they can see the big picture. And the key here is leads, which basically means that yes, we do more of that thing, that doesnt necessarily mean we cannot do the other things if needed. When they call TPM product, where would they use that product sense that youre talking about? That is the difference between say a purely said like opposite, that is an infrastructure program, right? . Go to company page They have to think about how the systems interconnect with other things. And so TPMS in those spaces are more kind of product leaning. And then well probably go to the skillset for a TPM, right. And I feel that the role is definitely more of a marriage, right. Program management questions (25%) test how good you are at delivering . And then there can be parts that are more developing the algorithms, but some technical specifications in mind, or maybe youre trying to develop the core AI platform, right. Even though the titles were not distinguished, their focuses were very different. Yeah. I have a TPM interview with Meta and notice 3 Directors on the loop. 1 round of recruiter interview; 1 round phone interview with HM; 1 round of in-person interview with 4-5 cross-functional partners and other TPMs; finally the recruiter close at the end. One thing to note is that there aren't a lot of fast food places around the hotel where the. They need to be able to identify these significant opportunities, develop the product vision, the strategy, go talk to the broader organization. And that usually helps with managing the size, the breadth, the complexity, balancing, like building a future roadmap versus like the current roadmap needs to be delivered. I think that is also something that people do often. Shes been publishing a lot of great resources for TPMs. I think let we talk a little bit about the TPM product role first, and then well also jump into PMT because this is something we talked about a little bit earlier, right? But, you know, you can still call it a product manager technical role. At Meta, we follow the below interview structure. Yes. You want to, you know, sometimes you need to kind of demonstrate your product thought leadership in addition to your technical thought leadership. Amazon, Go to company page Product managers sometimes are very forward looking. How do we make sure that we are hiring with the right skillset? We talk a little bit more about this, but youll see them slowly, slowly, like the prominence of those roles are slowly increasing. How would the user react? Mario Gerard: So TPM product, when you talk about customer facing metrics and KPIs and being more closer to the customer, do they actually define the metrics or are they like more, does the metrics, would you think the metrics are define the KPIs, the OKRs or whatever they are, right. This is where we start seeing overlap in responsibilities. Like performance, If the site is slow to load its both technical metrics, but for the user, all that it means is that theyre waiting X number of seconds. Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. So definitely encourage more of you to write on LinkedIn or write in other mediums and then definitely encourage the people who are newly coming to write and contribute back to the community. What do you enjoy doing? Be the first to find this interview helpful. And I invite more people to come and blog and share the experience on the technical program management domain. Sometimes I feel that there isnt enough being done. Thats the end goal. They might say something. And they sometimes maybe informed by the user, which the other PM is telling them about. But now its closed. And easier, easier and enjoy. So thats kind of why the distinction is made. It was great chatting with you, and I have to also thank you for kind of spreading the love on the TPM community and doing everything that you do. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at, Legal, Finance, Facilities and Administration, downloading our comprehensive Meta Full Loop Interview Guide, Notice to Applicants for Employment and Employees. I worked at, you know, like big companies, like Facebook as well as companies like Cruise. I havent interviewed for 5ish years and wanted to be as prepared as possible.My recruiter mentioned that there will not be behavioral interview.. Is that true for Meta interviews?Thanks in advance. Theres so many different teams. And so that was my primary motivation of transitioning to TPM. System design, PgM questions is what I got for phone interview. Mario Gerard: Yeah. You'll be asked to design systems, explain technical concepts and in some rare occasions write code. I feel that they select people to interview just to say that they have interviewed a diverse candidate pool without every having any intentions of hiring them. And so having that is critical. So, youll see me, thats why I write a lot. Because youre both informing based on certain understanding or knowledge that you have, right. So yes, so they do hire both depends on what is the type of product youre building. It was ads. And I really enjoyed kind of like the different aspects of what was being offered by these companies. interview without an application? We need to kind of rally around our community. I have the priorities. TPMs do not need to write code in their jobs, so there are no coding questions during the TPM interviews. Required fields are marked *. For on-site, Program sense, technical solution design/TPM technical round, partnerships and behavioral questions will be the focus areas if youre looking for product tpm. So, the thing is to say is product managers lean towards vision and strategy and TPMs lean more towards execution and delivery. Whereas PMTs have to kind of stay focused on the problem set that theyre trying to solve the vision theyre trying to create. And theres one focus completely on the back end, because the skills are kind of different. We obviously talked about like some of the TPM skills, but what the TPM can do really is when the scope is huge, like they can connect the dots. So, in some, you know, in some cases or earlier in highly like these technical areas, the TPM used to kind of play the PMT role that we see today. General Interview Structure for Meta TPM Interviews. The responsibilities of a technical program manager are a little more big picture than that of a software engineer. And that is where a little bit of that boxing was done. Im giving you like a simple example. Mario Gerard: Yeah. Mario Gerard: And at that scale, right? Definitely, communication is so important. And so, I would say that its important to understand part of why the product is being built, why it is important to build certain features now versus later. And of course, we have a product manager here. The TPM product role is more of a TPM in product facing projects or consumer facing areas. And thats why like, telling, talking about the why and explaining it to other people is important. And so, every organization goes through this and every, probably every decade, the role definition might move a little bit, might change a little bit as the industry evolves. And so, they are the TPM product and theyre kind of leaning, They need to have a little bit more of the product sense. So thats why I said its a little Love and hate is you might have disagreements because you want different things. They both can do the execution and deliver in certain cases. And she has over like 20 years of experience in the tech industry. So, I think what we experienced is how do we want attract the TPMS into our teams? Like its a highly cross-functional role. What candidates say about the interview process at Meta. The team has about 25 members, and it's 1-2 representatives per discipline and we are the resident "experts" in our field. Its important to understand like the why, why is this, you know, what would the user do? And so, there was a set of TPMs myself and a few other TPMs. Because that is where the TPM organization or the hiring started, which is understandably so. Company. Let me talk you though this sometimes "mys. Jan 3 1 1. Answer (1 of 8): I have interviewed recently at Amazon for the Sr. TPM role and they flew me to Seattle to talk to the hiring manager and their team. So, its great for like aspiring TPMs. I will appreciate any help with type of interview and tips on preparation from the larger group. For example, these questions are typically focused on system design. Priyanka Shinde: Yeah. Products are becoming more complex. Because as you said, lean is a key word there. Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed, Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS | More. Today, we have a very special guest with us, Priyanka Shinde. Lets switch gears and move to the product manager role, because were going to be talking a lot about the TPM product and the product manager technical role. Thats why I try to, you know, kind of really help back because I really feel very close to the TPM community. Maybe its more from a system performance perspective rather than like getting a user, you know, how many clicks theyre doing or things like that. Which, what do we do first versus what do we do next? But they can take support of the TPM to kind of, you know, manage all of these different, different stakeholders in order to deliver the product. Priyanka Shinde: Add one thing. But I think as again, like we talked about the evolution of both of these roles, the evolution of the products and the complexity around it. Our question bank has 10000+ interview questions and growing, 41 of which are for Meta Program Manager interviews. Priyanka Shinde: Yes, I think so. But besides the technical skills, you need strong program management skills, right. Sometimes you can have both on the same team. Addition to that, what do you think are the skill sets, the PMs possess? And again, like, I have always been what I would say a product TPM, because Ive always worked in programs that have a product. Cause I think that is a very critical aspect of the TPM role. In many instances, TPM candidates are asked to think through . The full loop interview will consist of five conversations with our product TPMs and cross-functional team members. But TPMs are saying, okay, I have this vision, I have the strategy. But Ive seen this role particularly come up at Amazon, Intel, PayPal, Adobe, and a few different startups as well. Be sure to speak one of the past programs and how you lead in a cross-functional team. Could you give our listeners a quick introduction of what youve done, where youve been and your journey so far? Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. You can expect the duration to be 60 minutes, with around 50 minutes for you to solve the question and around 10 minutes for follow-up/other questions and answers. So definitely check her out and its going to be fun. And a lot of times, you know, TPMs are like, can we have like this R and R between these two functions and its very difficult. meta interview experience. Given how often Meta product interview questions focus on either existing Meta products or how Meta should enter new markets, understanding the C-Suite's long term vision is absolutely critical for getting strong hire ratings. That is what I mean. But theyre then focused on defining, say the behavior of the car. But that disagreement is what brings you closer and what benefits everybody together. And thats where youve seen the technical program manager role kind of blossom the last decade as Priyanka said. The product management role has also become a little bit more external as well as internal facing. And then how do people know that what they will be working on or what is the type of things that they will be doing, right. Like you can print out an R and R and you can stick it up on your desk, but the way to work with each other is to talk like, you know, sit down, talk, you know, what are your strengths? Okay. They need to know what is the product managers, customer focus roadmap is going to look like so that they can develop their underlying infrastructure in advance of that. Microsoft. Because you can deal with more people which helps manage these big problems. And then hes also influencing below to the engineers that, hey, this is something we must do. So, they may not like differentiate by titles, but they might just look for that technical skill to put them in a more technically oriented role. Yeah. Some of the other things that I feel like product managers possess is an understanding of the market and the customer. So thats kind of a real interesting journey to, you know, maybe decipher one day. I recall that there was a TPM specific preparation doc that outlines the areas. Meta candidates, labelled and categorized by Prepfully, and then published after verification by current and ex-Meta employees. What are the skills do you think TPMs require? And this is where we kind of see this overlap in some of the skill sets as well as the responsibilities. 2. I remember like having, I have this very close product managers who are still friends with, I worked with them like six, seven years ago and we used to have so much conflict, but then every day after that, we used to go for lunch and then beer in the evening. Because its not only from a candidate perspective that you should look at this, but you should also look at it from a manager whos trying to grow his or her team. You never know how it comes around. Of course,Waymois the other company That is been working on self-driving cars. Do you think between the product manager, technical and the TPM, if theres one person, can they switch like back and forth between these two roles? So, I think, yeah, I mean the TPM can sometimes kind of go broad, right? System design, PgM questions is what I got for phone interview. How do you, like if you take a product manager, how does that differ from a product manager whos technical? Thats a phenomenal way of looking at how these roles are almost coupled together. Mario Gerard: So, do you think these, when we talk about these companies, do you think they are hiring both technical product managers and theyre hiring also TPMS product also, right. Then the product manager role is also something you can totally do. Thank you, Mario. I did start out as a software engineer and then transitioned to the TPM role because I really enjoyed kind of getting involved from like start to finish as well as just seeing kind of things come to life. And then youll probably go into a little bit of the overlap between the two, but what skills do PMs, product managers generally possess when theyre trying to be a product manager when theyre a product manager. And so yes, like Facebook obviously like has a lot, like its a huge company, right? What is the reason for the evolution of the product manager technical role Priyanka and why do organizations even need this? Not immediately, but from a career perspective, would you think that, you know, we spoke a little bit of the skills, they all seem to a little, have a little overlap. Mario Gerard: Yeah. I mean, there are so many overlaps in responsibilities and then skill sets that definitely, I think shifting between these two roles is easy, at least for personnel. We work all the way from our peers, other teams, that partner teams, as well as leadership and executives. Interview Questions. Im going to go and execute. On smaller teams, like if you have, you know, the small product, maybe 10 people that youre working with, you could potentially do both. What are the gaps like you said, and then thats where you can build that partnership? Mario Gerard: That makes a lot of sense, like the scope of the program and how many people or how many teams it is touching is really important when you kind of design your team with these different types of roles. Like theres so much of all these people skills involved here. So, the PMTs similar to like your product manager role, right? Providence Health & Services Pegasus 1 . Im hoping to have Priyanka more and you know, have more conversations with her and do some podcasts. View 34 Open Positions. Recruiter has not shared level, any idea what level the loop is for? So, okay, Lets on our next question. And so being able to kind of have all of these balls up in the air, knowing which team to go to for what, and like managing all of this, the ability to see big picture and look around corners like, that to me, is very, very important in the TPM role. All interview questions are submitted by recent Meta Program Manager candidates, labelled and categorized by Prepfully, and then published after being verified by Program Manager s at Meta. Mario Gerard: Its so interesting. Can you give us an example of where they would use like a TPM? So, one of the things that, you know, we used to stay at Facebook and we were trying, when we were trying to help everyone understand kind of how these roles complement each other and then how has they still different and still need it. True lol, but the parrot is repeating from what the HM told the parrot ;) . There are interfaces or UI that people are using. So regardless of what my experience was , listen to your recruiter. Mario Gerard, Your email address will not be published. So, theres a lot youre going see from Priyanka. So, I think that mostly Ive seen the TPM product role at Facebook or Meta. Priyanka and I are today going to try to discuss the various types of product manager technical and TPM product type of roles. It becomes very clear during hiring that this is the skill it could require. Mario Gerard: Thats so interesting. The Systems Design interview is one of the most complex interviews in Meta for TPMs (and also Software Engineers). So, its like very nice to hear that from Priyanka. Like the complexity of the programs have gone up so much and theres so many teams that own separate confidence and do any complex program. Akamai Technologies, Hello, going to kick off TPM interview loop with Meta soon (IC5/IC6 level depending on how well I interview). I'm majoring in (and therefore representing) Computer Science and I'm also a woman. Theyre defining the requirements on how the car should behave in certain situations. Schedule your mock interview with a Meta Technical Program Manager; get real world feedback and honest advice geared towards helping you succeed: https://pre. And so, we need to be able to communicate exactly what we are seeing in a way that kind of brings confidence, but also provides clarity to our audience. Typical TPM questions: - Describe a project you led from start to finish - How do you manage a project - Describe a technical challenge - Go over some architecture details of a system. But definitely check out her website. Priyanka Shinde: Yeah. And connecting the two. As stated earlier I felt as if there was already a candidate selected but I was being contacted to satisfy the HR process and say . Thank you, Mario, for having me on the podcast. That makes so much sense. So thats how I think they can complement each other. They need to be able to manage risks, mitigate risks, and manage the dependence. Mario Gerard: And where do they use it? Or is there like, you know, that little product sense, you know, understanding of the customer, do they have that? We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. There arent many TPM bloggers and people are contributing back into the community. I mean, Mario has been great, you know, the courses you have and everything. In this article, we list 43 common interview questions about technical project management and provide examples of answers as a guide. We worked on kind of evangelizing that role a little bit, set up the interviewing framework as well as I think there was some external articles or publishing that was done, just an effort to help people. Like its so important to figure that bit out. Yeah. The TPM comes with, you know, understanding of the technical systems and things like that. Showing 1 to 10 of 41 results. Building relationships is so important. Yeah, and thank you for the introduction. Thank you so much again Priyanka, thank you for being here with us today and hope to see more of you. They need to be influenced; they need to be persuasive. The process may have changed by the time you read it. Priyanka Shinde: Yes. And do they even complement each other? It kind of goes hand in hand of doing like, why are we doing this, explaining especially to the dev team to tell them what the vision looks like, what is the vision and why do our customers care about this. So thats so well said there. Like influencing with that authority is so important. Sometimes Id say, you know, TPMS drive holistic execution strategy by leveraging their deep domain expertise to basically meet the goals or deliver results, right? And this is where, you know, that whole statement about leaning more towards vision strategy versus leaning more towards execution delivery came from. 0. So, the TPM role or the technical program management role, I feel is a very special role in the sense that it has so much of that technical focus while leveraging your core program management skills and leadership skills. still have a final director level interview to do. We talked about it being a partnership. So, what happens is like when you are working on such kind of program that has an end user, right. Because you do need a lot of that. Describe one important past project and both its customer use cases and the technical architecture. But many organizations need them because theyre working with highly technically complex products and systems. So, lets talk about that. And some of those metrics are very much user facing and some of those can be a little bit more technical, right? Like I was going to say that, you know, its the chemistry of a PM and a TPM. Mario Gerard: Yeah. Priyanka Shinde: Yeah, so of course, you know, atCruisewe definitely had like technical product managers. As Priyanka is talking about the skills, theres just tremendous amount of overlap of skills, of what a TPM kind of naturally possesses. Good luck. But at the same time, they have to work together and they have to like complement each other. And that can be based on whatever background you have, or you can build on it, right. It was kind of, its [36:42inaudible]stages at that time. But you also, you know, of course, you know, there might be incorporating the data, the research, but its maybe in a different form, right. They need to understand the technical constraints. 573 interview questions asked at Meta.All interview questions are submitted by recent . Ill add a little bit to that. And she has over like 20 years of experience in the tech industry. And then they can leverage the TPMS knowledge of like technical systems, and they can influence the requirements or the strategy to build like robust Futureproof products. You should definitely go check that out. Theyre kind of taking one problem, one big problem and trying to kind of solve for that. Mario Gerard: That makes so much sense. So, there was also an effort to make sure that we kind of distinguish the product manager versus the product TPM role as well. Role. Something you mention earlier, right. Im seeing more of these in the last few years, as opposed to maybe five years back. So do go and show some love. Leaning in and helping the other person out. She's also launched TPMify, which is a coaching and consulting organization with a mission to help TPMs and TPM organizations reach their goals faster. But throughout these times, I kind of became more and more passionate about the TM role. #meta #faang #facebook #tpm #interview #programmanager, Go to company page So thats kind of the difference. You want to understand the rationale behind the requirements. How do we grow this product? Switching between PMT and TPM roles, even switching between a product TPM and a product manager role. So, say for example, performance. And so, we talked about like, you know, what are the difference between those two roles and so while PMTs work in more, they need a more of a technical sense. This is completely like influencing without authority. So, for example, if youre dealing with artificial intelligence, machine learning, there can be parts that are user facing. Like I want to double down on what Priyanka just said, that when you are choosing roles, whether youre an engineer trying to become a TPM or an engineer trying to become a dev manager or a dev manager becoming a TPM, a TPM becoming a dev manager, all of these roles, people move between these roles a lot. Honestly, I feel that anyone who tries to claim that interviewing isn't broken simply hasn't tried to interview within the past few years.. It's not about whether whiteboarding should be done or take-home tests should be done or whatnot, it's the sheer damn time investment that each company is demanding from the candidate--on top of the fact that companies now pull multiple bullshit . So more recently, like if you read the news, they got the permit to charge customers in San Francisco. Project, Go to company page For a TPM, there is an architectural and technical design for a large scale service. Mario Gerard: Yeah. Prepfully has . How you need to communicate at different levels within the organization, as you just mentioned, and the leadership skill, I think you called it a few, right? HERE A few days ago we were all ragging on each other for "not being a real science" or "I'm the best science". Yeah. So, I say those are the core things in terms of skills. You are maybe dealing with 5, 10 teams, you have to go talk to X number of people you have to deliver on this roadmap. Mario Gerard: Thats like so interesting.

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