hardware_hugo · 4 replies
PM role at GitHub, loop coming up in ~3 weeks. Before I go into full prep mode I want to know what people have actually seen recently, not blog posts from 2022.
if you've done a GitHub loop (eng, pm, design, whatever) in the last 6-12 months: what rounds did you get, what was the vibe, how long did the process take? any big surprises?
also curious if anyone's done a PM loop specifically. i'm trying to figure out how product-depth heavy vs execution-heavy the questions are.
did a GitHub PM loop about 8 months ago. 5 rounds: recruiter, hiring manager, product sense, metrics/analytics, and a cross-functional scenario round. the product sense question was about a GitHub feature, not a generic 'design a product' prompt. i got 'how would you improve pull request reviews.' know the product deeply, have an opinion on what's broken.
that's exactly what I needed. the product-specific framing changes the prep approach entirely. did they expect you to have usage metrics or was it more qualitative reasoning?
both but skewed qualitative. they wanted to hear your instinct about developer needs first, then whether you could layer on how you'd measure success. if you can't articulate a developer pain point from personal experience you're going to struggle.
went through the APM process a year ago (different level, I know). they really focused on collaboration and how you handle pushback from engineers. 'tell me about a time a tech constraint changed your roadmap' was almost word-for-word one of my questions.