r/ProductManagement_IN

few months back if you follow Lenny Rachitsky, you would know he open sourced all 300+ of his podcast transcripts. full text of every episode.

so last night as i was scrolling though some product intērview materials, i built a skill that turns each of those guests into your intērviewer. for PM intērview prep.

drills on your actual resúme points & gaps. configured to hard push you instead of nodding along.

https://i.redd.it/z21f9wh3e3jh1.gif

so here's how it works:

1. you pick a company you're intērviewing for
2. pick the product intērview round you want to prep
3. the skill then matches you with a guest who worked there.
4. (300+ guests. shreyas doshi. nikita bier. brian chesky...)
5. upload your resúme. they drill your actual background.

then the intērview. 6 phases:

→ opening (2-3 min)
they introduce themselves and ask about you.

→ experience deep-dive (8-12 min)
they pick 1-2 resúme items and grill through their actual frameworks. shreyas asks about your pre-mortems. nikita bier demands your retention curve.

→ round-specific case (12-18 min)
situational. no theory questions.

→ your questions (3-5 min)
ask them anything. in character.

→ raw gut reaction
one sentence, in character, on how the intērview went.

→ structured feedback
scorecard across 5 competencies: product sense, metrics & data, execution, structured thinking, communication. each scored 1-5. plus framework gaps, direct quotes from their episode and an improvement plan.

works with Claude, ChatGPT, Hermes, Codex, whatever agent you already use.
open sourced the repo, try here ↗ and break it. feedback appreciated

Rish from ProductMinds

P.S. also, able to post this here in the main feed about intērview prep because of the point system that mod had introduced a month back.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement_IN/s/WaGRggnauM

linking my eligible post here as well for transparency:)
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement_IN/s/KvEE8lyxEd

I am a PM, I work remotely, I am 21. I will be in bengaluru from 19th August onwards for about a week. I was there to meet friends, but also wanna use the time and place to network with PMs in the city, look at new startups, and more.

Any suggestions?
Would be very grateful!

Every Indian company I've worked in, strategy and product sense always takes a back seat and it's always a feature factory and focus on reducing cost. Absolutely no thought is put in to value creation, or innovative products, just how many feature we can push in next quarter. This leads to products with poor UX, bloated features that no user wants. Exhibit A: when filing income taxes, you are required to upload a JSON file. A JSON FILE. You can tell management overrode design authority and were like screw good design, let's push something fast and cheap.

Like seriously, zero thought is put in to product design and product sense by Indian companies. Why is it like this way? Discuss