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Asked at Square, Airbnb, Amazon + 2 more • 2 days ago
How do you hire your team?
Product Manager
Behavioral
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8 answers
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"I always ask to clarify if this is a brand new team. If so, then I focus on bringing in people with strong technical aptitudes(since I'm hiring for software engineering), but also team members that have experience mentoring and good communication is a must. I look for people who have leadership qualities. I emphasize that building a brand new team isn't something I can do on my own, so the initial hires of that team are very important to help me expand it."
Catherine I. - "I always ask to clarify if this is a brand new team. If so, then I focus on bringing in people with strong technical aptitudes(since I'm hiring for software engineering), but also team members that have experience mentoring and good communication is a must. I look for people who have leadership qualities. I emphasize that building a brand new team isn't something I can do on my own, so the initial hires of that team are very important to help me expand it."See full answer
Product Manager
Behavioral
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Asked at Square • 4 years ago
Square recently launched a product that helps sellers train their staff. What is your strategy for increasing the revenue of this product by 5x in the next year?
Product Manager
Product Strategy
3 answers
"A bit of context for my answer: Staff are being trained on specific Jobs-to-be-Done for a specific role. From my own experiences with Square sellers, this could include annual inspections of bikes (bike shop) or initial customer interview to assess readiness for more complex hair color (salon). The Jobs-to-be-Done overlaps with Alistair Cockburn's definition of a Use Case (one user, one sitting, about 15 minutes). Anecdotally, many of Square's sellers are microenterprises (15 o"
Pete L. - "A bit of context for my answer: Staff are being trained on specific Jobs-to-be-Done for a specific role. From my own experiences with Square sellers, this could include annual inspections of bikes (bike shop) or initial customer interview to assess readiness for more complex hair color (salon). The Jobs-to-be-Done overlaps with Alistair Cockburn's definition of a Use Case (one user, one sitting, about 15 minutes). Anecdotally, many of Square's sellers are microenterprises (15 o"See full answer
Product Manager
Product Strategy