As a Product Manager, you are the primary driver for identifying significant opportunities and driving product vision, strategies, and roadmaps. Talk about your proudest time developing, implementing, or managing a new service or strategic program.
As a leader for Facebook, you are expected to drive exceptional product results. The interviewer wants to know that you are a creative thinker and have work-based accomplishments that make you proud. They also want to see that you view innovation as a group effort rather than a solo accomplishment.
Talk to the interviewer about the product you are most proud of from your PM career so far. Be sure to outline your role in the project and highlight your stand-out contributions. If you learned any important lessons during the process, consider discussing your biggest takeaways from the project.
"When I was working as a Product Manager for Company XYZ, one of the most exciting parts of my job was to come up with and pitch new product ideas. The most memorable, and I believe the most innovative, was Product XYZ (describe any features you can without breaking confidentiality or breaching an NDA). The role I played as the PM was to perform the proper analysis to ensure it was a viable product, then shape the strategy and create the product roadmap. Then, I presented the plan to the stakeholders so they could see the entire outline of our proposed process. Once my team received the green light from all stakeholders, we went ahead with the project. The project took 18 months from start to finish and presented many exciting learning curves for me and my team, such as (discuss any obstacles you faced and what you learned)."
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Anonymous Answer
When I was working as an Info Security Architect, there was a critical program for dealing with the Firecall Emergency IDs with passwords in envelopes that were created by a privileged access administrator. I was asked to solve the problem and an alternative approach to these known passwords. I first tried to learn what the issue was and what was driving it, then what options were available to solve it internal vs external. I had basically two options, develop a solution in-house with limited developer resources or buy a Cots application. I met with Gartner and there were only two solutions that they had not formally reviewed. Met with both did proof of concept with both. Had SMEs who were privileged Admins UNIX and WINDOWS work on the POC. At end of the day, both products were limited on their platforms but one was more bank workflow focused. So I went back to leadership to find out what kind of budget we could spend. Total with hardware licensing etc 400K. Went back to the vendor and negotiated if they would work with our administrators on several additional platforms and develop PAR (Password Auto Repository), we would go with their solution. This was a win-win for both vendor and the bank. This project took about 2 years to be completely BAU across 7 platforms. But, they are still using the solution today.
Marcie's Feedback
This is a powerful example - wow! This will undoubtedly impress the interviewer who will find you to be organized, motivated, and a strong communicator and negotiator. Your example also shows your ability to put in place a new program/solution. Great response!
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