Drew Meyers
[Originally posted on Virtual Results.] What did I learn from Steve Jobs? That building great products (such as Apple’s) comes down to being obsessive about every last detail of the entire user experience. It makes me realize why I came to work at Virtual Results. In an industry cluttered with antiquated solutions that don’t work [ ] The post What I Learned from Steve Jobs’ Biography…
Note: as I’m currently evaluating and interviewing for product manager opportunities, I’m publishing many answers to the product, behavioral, business, and life questions I’m researching/practicing publicly rather than keep them private in a Google doc. What sorts of technical challenges would you expect to encounter building a Blockchain marketplace? The big challenge is trust. The…
Note: as I’m currently evaluating and interviewing for product manager opportunities, I’m publishing many answers to the product, behavioral, business, and life questions I’m researching/practicing publicly rather than keep them private in a Google doc. Tell me about a time you delivered a solution customers didn t know they needed (or wanted) While running the Zillow API program, I…
Note: as I’m currently evaluating and interviewing for product manager opportunities, I’m publishing many answers to the product, behavioral, business, and life questions I’m researching/practicing publicly rather than keep them private in a Google doc. When have you gone above and beyond for a customer? I go above and beyond each and every day for readers of Geek Estate Blog. [ ] The…
Note: as I’m currently evaluating and interviewing for product manager opportunities, I’m publishing many answers to the product, behavioral, business, and life questions I’m researching/practicing publicly rather than keep them private in a Google doc. Tell me about starting building Horizon Horizon is an application that helps people find places to stay with their trusted network.…
Note: as I’m currently evaluating and interviewing for product manager opportunities, I’m publishing many answers to the product, behavioral, business, and life questions I’m researching/practicing publicly rather than keep them private in a Google doc. Tell me about your time at Zillow An internship at Zillow (building the neighborhood database using ESRI s ArcView product) was my…
Note: as I’m currently evaluating and interviewing for product manager opportunities, I’m publishing many answers to the product, behavioral, business, and life questions I’m researching/practicing publicly rather than keep them private in a Google doc. How do you determine customer pain points? How do you know if you re addressing them? Ask over and over and over. Inquire constantly as…
Note: as I’m currently evaluating and interviewing for product manager opportunities, I’m publishing many answers to the product, behavioral, business, and life questions I’m researching/practicing publicly rather than keep them private in a Google doc. Tell me about a time when auditing led to a new realization. Auditing Horizon s user database led to realizing our iOS app had been…
Note: as I’m currently evaluating and interviewing for product manager opportunities, I’m publishing many answers to the product, behavioral, business, and life questions I’m researching/practicing publicly rather than keep them private in a Google doc. If your direct manager was instructing you to do something you disagreed with, how would you handle it? I believe you can break this…
Note: as I’m currently evaluating and interviewing for product manager opportunities, I’m publishing many answers to the product, behavioral, business, and life questions I’m researching/practicing publicly rather than keep them private in a Google doc. Tell me about your most difficult customer I ve dealt with many difficult users , customers, and clients. At Zillow, we placed…
Note: as I’m currently evaluating and interviewing for product manager opportunities, I’m publishing many answers to the product, behavioral, business, and life questions I’m researching/practicing publicly rather than keep them private in a Google doc. Tell me when you made a judgment call since you didn t have any data. A few examples When considering the mobile, social email…
Note: as I’m currently evaluating and interviewing for product manager opportunities, I’m publishing many answers to the product, behavioral, business, and life questions I’m researching/practicing publicly rather than keep them private in a Google doc. Why are you leaving your current role? Virtually every company asks this one, and it s no wonder why. They want to know you re…
Note: as I’m currently evaluating and interviewing for product manager opportunities, I’m publishing many answers to the product, behavioral, business, and life questions I’m researching/practicing publicly rather than keep them private in a Google doc. Tell me about a time you disagreed with your manager David G was my manager for the majority of my time at Zillow. He and [ ] The post…
Note: as I’m currently evaluating and interviewing for product manager opportunities, I’m publishing many answers to the product, behavioral, business, and life questions I’m researching/practicing publicly rather than keep them private in a Google doc. What was your proudest moment in your career? What part did you play in making that happen? Launching Horizon on the app store…
Note: as I’m currently evaluating and interviewing for product manager opportunities, I’m publishing many answers to the product, behavioral, business, and life questions I’m researching/practicing publicly rather than keep them private in a Google doc. What do you do when you need to solve a complex technical problem? The first step is to fully understand the technical problem you re…