今年早些时候我走完了 Canva 的完整 loop,面的是一个 senior PM 岗。behavioral 部分明显比我面过的大多数公司都更彻底。我发出来是因为在面试前找不到一个好拆解。
Canva 有公开的价值观(「Be a force for good」「Make complex things simple」「Empower others to design」等等),但面试里的问题和这些并不会一一对应。behavioral 这轮更像是面试官在理解你到底怎么做决策,而不是照着 values checklist 走。
我被问到的问题: Tell me about a time you had to kill a project or feature you'd championed. What drove the decision and how did you handle the team reaction. Describe a situation where you had to influence without authority. What did you do when someone didn't come on board? Give me an example of a product decision you made with incomplete data. How did you decide when you had enough to move? Tell me about a time you had to balance user needs against business constraints. Where did you land and how do you feel about that now(你现在对那件事是什么感受)?
最后那个让我有点措手不及。「how do you feel about that now(你现在对那件事是什么感受)」这个 follow-up 很有意思。他们想听到一些自我反思,不只是你把 business call 执行得很干净。
他们似乎更看重什么。 真实的故事胜过 polished 的故事。我有一个回答说得磕磕绊绊,反而成了比我最背熟的那段更好的对话。他们会追问细节:真实用户数、真实时间线、真实结果。
形式。 我的是 30 分钟和 hiring manager,再 30 分钟和一个跨职能 stakeholder。两种完全不同的风格。HM 很结构化,XFN partner 则是聊到哪算哪。
非 PM 岗。 有几个 SWE 朋友也面了 Canva,他们说 behavioral 的主题也差不多:做艰难权衡、在没有直接权限的情况下影响他人、在模糊中推进。对于一家还在高速增长的公司来说也合理。