Describe your experience working in a cross-functional team environment.
Snapchat product managers work across several cross-functional teams. Interviewers ask this question to ensure a candidate has experience participating in end-to-end product development while collaborating in a cross-functional team setting.
Remember to include the roles you have experience with in your answer (engineer, project manager, program manager, analyst, user interaction designer, etc.). Also, include examples of the roles you worked with that supported specific phases of product ownership, such as support, legal, and marketing.
"I was an analyst and a technical project manager for a healthcare solutions company early in my career. I was responsible for coordinating the work of a cross-functional team of analysts, engineers, and testers. Additionally, we worked with several shared services groups, including our architecture, database, release management, and support teams.
I transitioned into product management three years ago and am a product manager at my current company. We develop SaaS project management solutions. I am responsible for a series of app-based dashboard features that communicate high-level assignment, milestone, budget, and capacity data. I work with several cross-functional engineering teams on projects that touch on these features. I also partner with architects, senior analysts, designers, and various people within our sales, marketing, billing, and support teams."
