Tell me about your interest in AI.

"I interviewed for a Senior Technical Program Manager role at NVIDIA, probably around the L5 or L6 band. The process was one hiring manager screen followed by a four-interview panel, with two rounds that were more technical and two that were more behavioral. What stood out to me was that it felt less robotic than some other big tech loops. I did not feel over-timed on every answer, and the interviewers actually interacted with me instead of just writing notes nonstop. At the same time, they absolutely expected strong technical depth in AI and cybersecurity plus solid TPM fundamentals around prioritization, KPIs, ambiguity, and cross-functional leadership. I came away feeling like they wanted someone who could speak both the technical language and the program-management language at a pretty high level."

"I got into the process after a recruiter reached out on LinkedIn for a PM role based in Palo Alto. The recruiter screen was pretty motivation-heavy compared with big tech, with a lot of focus on why AI, what I'd already done in the domain, and why Perplexity specifically. After one 45-minute PM screen, they moved me really quickly into a five-interview final loop with engineering, PM, and design, and almost every round had some mix of product sense, metrics, and stakeholder judgment. The toughest round was a PM case that jumped into self-driving cars and pushed hard on structure, estimation, peak demand, and business model thinking. I didn't get the offer, but they did offer a feedback call afterward, and the main message I took away was that they really value concise structure, strong analytical thinking, and people who've already operated in high-growth startup environments."

"I got into Lovable through a referral and only did two rounds before the process stopped. The first was a very casual chat with one of the founders, and it felt more like a conversation about AI, vision, and zero-to-one building than a formal interview. Then I had what I assumed was a recruiter screen, but it turned into a live TypeScript code walkthrough with an external recruiter and I had not been told that in advance. I did solve the exercise, but I was very upfront that I'm not an expert in TypeScript. After that I got a generic rejection, and my read was that they specifically needed someone very strong in that stack."