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Real-World Product Management SpecializationAdvancing Women in Tech

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Sponsored by AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS). Apply your PM knowledge by answering real PM interview questions asked by Facebook, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon!
Featuring NANCY WANG, Head of Data Protection Services, Amazon Web Services; Founder and CEO, Advancing Women in Product; BOB O'BRIEN, Senior Product Manager, Amazon Web Services; JENNY TAI, Director of Product, Jam City; NANCY GESSLER, Product Management, Learning Products, Amazon Web Services; TATYANA MAMUT, Chief Product Officer, Nextdoor; and SANDY CARTER, Vice President for Worldwide Public Sector Programs, Amazon Web Services.

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Course 4 of 4 in the

Real-World Product Management Specialization

Beginner Level

Approx. 15 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish

What you will learn

Earn Trust. Learn where most job opportunities are found, how to network effectively, and how to continue networking throughout your career.

Hire and Develop the Best. Leaders raise the bar with every hire. Learn how to meet that bar by practicing real PM interview questions.

Interviewer Sense. Nancy, having interviewed many PM candidates, explains her thoughts and strategies during mock Google and Amazon interviews.

It’s Always Day One. Learn about your next opportunities for learning, how AWIP can help advance your career, and how to build your brand.

Skills you will gain

Estimation InterviewData Analysis InterviewStrategy InterviewBehavioral InterviewProduct Design Interview

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Course 4 of 4 in the

Real-World Product Management Specialization

Beginner Level

Approx. 15 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish

Instructor

Instructor rating

4.57/5 (22 Ratings)

Nancy Wang

CEO and Founder, Advancing Women in Tech (AWIT)

General Manager of AWS Backup Data Protection Services, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

12,843 Learners

7 Courses

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Advancing Women in Tech

AWIT, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was founded in 2017 to address the diversity gaps in tech industry leadership. It has years of experience hosting skills-based workshops and mentoring events, first around Silicon Valley, and later through its chapters in San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Chennai, and online, with 16,000+ members at the time it first premiered on Coursera in 2020. Thanks to the sponsorship of Amazon Web Services and Coursera, AWIP proudly makes accessible to all Coursera learners its collective knowledge about how to succeed in the most sought-after roles in today's most dynamic industry.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

4 hours to complete

Earn Trust

Leaders listen attentively, speak candidly, and treat others respectfully. They benchmark themselves and their teams against the best. They understand that networking, like another project, might take years to bear fruit.

4 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 17 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes

Week

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Hire and Develop the Best

Leaders raise the performance bar with every hire and promotion. AWIP builds the foundation for you to demonstrate how you'll raise the bar during each type of PM question, so you're more confident preparing for your own interviews.

4 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 52 min), 2 readings, 7 quizzes

9 videos

Behavioral Interview Questions 16m

Behavioral Interview Questions 27m

Behavioral Interview Questions 35m

Product Design Interview Questions 17m

Product Design Interview Questions 247s

Strategy Interview Questions7m

Execution (Data Analysis) Interview Questions8m

Technical Interview Questions2m

Estimation Interview Questions5m

2 readings

Competitive Intelligence Template (Last Call)5m

A Note About Appropriate Technical Questions5m

5 practice exercises

The Tape Never Lies: Behavioral15m

The Tape Never Lies: Product Design15m

The Tape Never Lies: Strategy15m

The Tape Never Lies: Execution (Data Analysis)15m

The Tape Never Lies: Estimation15m

Week

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Hire and Develop the Best (Continued)

Leaders raise the performance bar with every hire and promotion. AWIP builds the foundation for you to demonstrate how you'll raise the bar during a full-length PM interview, so you're more confident preparing for your own interviews.

4 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 60 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

8 videos

Mock Google Interview 1 of 5 feat. Bob O'Brien7m

Mock Google Interview 2 of 5 feat. Bob O'Brien8m

Mock Google Interview 3 of 5 feat. Bob O'Brien5m

Mock Google Interview 4 of 5 feat. Bob O'Brien8m

Mock Google Interview 5 of 5 feat. Bob O'Brien8m

Mock Amazon Interview 1 of 3 feat. Jenny Tai7m

Mock Amazon Interview 2 of 3 feat. Jenny Tai8m

Mock Amazon Interview 3 of 3 feat. Jenny Tai7m

1 reading

Final See One, Do One, Teach One1h 30m

1 practice exercise

The Tape Never Lies: Your Mock Interview1h 30m

Week

Week 4

2 hours to complete

It's Always Day One

There's so much stuff that has yet to be invented. There's so much new that's going to happen. To us, and to you. What journey will you embark on next?

2 hours to complete

14 videos (Total 77 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes

14 videos

You're the Top 3%!38s

Nancy Gessler 1 AWS Certificates8m

Nancy Gessler 2 Opportunities for PMs to Train8m

Nancy Gessler 3 Advice to PMs4m

Nancy Presents Exclusive AWIP Content2m

Tatyana Mamut 1 @ AWIP Summit7m

Tatyana Mamut 26m

Tatyana Mamut 34m

Tatyana Mamut 46m

Tatyana Mamut 57m

Sandy Carter 1 Origins7m

Sandy Carter 2 Building Your Authentic Brand5m

Sandy Carter 3 Wisdom from Sandy's Books7m

Au Revior!27s

3 readings

Nancy & AWIP's Socials (Last Call)

Sandy Carter's Books5m

Please Review Our Course & Specialization5m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM ACING THE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT INTERVIEW

by JKJun 10, 2021

The areas and depth covered in this course are very helpful. Although some of them were paced faster, but it does serve as a reference in the future. Thank you so much.

by BKSep 30, 2020

Nancy is a great leader talent and I learned a lot from her just from these courses. I cannot imagine how wonderful it would be to work with her. Wonderful!!

by GGSep 14, 2020

Wow! Never before have I seen a Coursera course take this active a role preparing students for their next interview. Coursera needs more courses like this.

by JKDec 20, 2020

This course was packed with practical exercises and thought-provoking talks from guest lecturers. Would highly recommend this to any PMs or future PMs!

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About the Real-World Product Management Specialization

Created and offered by ADVANCING WOMEN IN TECH (AWIT). Sponsored by AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS).

Learn product management using the same curriculum as Amazon and Google PMs! Gain insights to impress on your first (or next) product manager (PM) role. Lead instructor Nancy Wang, General Manager of Data Protection Services at Amazon Web Services, and former Rubrik and Google PM leader shares the key business, technical, design, and leadership skills necessary for success at PM roles at some of the world’s top technology companies. These skills will serve you throughout your career. Gain insight from 20 product leaders at Amazon, Google/Alphabet, Facebook/Instagram, and Silicon Valley startups. These are the leaders who hire PMs. They will teach you the most desired PM skills. View the full list of our teaching talent in our course descriptions below! Ready to interview? We dedicate 30% of this Specialization to teaching how to to impress during your next interview and role. Learn how to systematically attack each type of PM interview question. Watch two live PM interviews (one Google, one Amazon) with real-time feedback. Try our app, featuring hundreds of real PM interview questions asked by Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft! Views expressed are solely AWIT's, and not necessarily those of AWS, Coursera, or others. © 2020 AWIT. No claim on others' content fairly used for teaching pursuant to 17 USC § 107 and applicable caselaw.

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