We all know Product Managers have to work with Engineers.

But sometimes it's more complex than we think.

If you are struggling to work with your Engineer partners or want to be better, check out these 9 solid tips from experienced PMs!

Product Management Tip: Don't say 'No'

Don't tell your stakeholders why you won't prioritize their requests.

Instead, ask them to help you turn it into a 'Why Yes?' with data, evidence, and customer research.

This ensures that your backlog stays clean and better collaboration

Here's something you can to every day for 5 minutes to help you break into Product Management

Try analyzing products you are not familiar with.

Here's how 👇

Last year I interviewed 100's of aspiring Product Managers... here are the things they did that set them apart from the rest!

👇

As a PM, if you treat your engineering team as friends first and colleagues second instead of “resources”...

The words “limited resources” becomes obsolete. Your team will do wonders when they believe in you and your vision.

Want to get an interview at your dream company?

Here are 4 tips to help you be more effective when searching for a new job.

These steps got me interviews at Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple and LinkedIn 👇

I asked PMs on Twitter: What is your single best piece of advice for early in career Product Managers?

Here are 12 great pieces of feedback shared in the responses! 👇

Do you know what Growth Product Managers do?
Are they different than regular Product Managers?
Can a PM be a Growth PM?

Come, let's find out in this short 🧵!

Most people waste the last part of their interview by asking questions that they can Google.

It's a waste of time because:
- You don't care about the answer
- Your interviewer knows that you don't care about the answer

Instead, you should ask these 5 questions:

🧵👇

B2B and B2C Product Management are very different.

I worked for 5 years as a Product Manager in B2B and for 9 months (so far) in Consumer.

While this will likely not be an exhaustive list, here are the 8 biggest differences I've seen.

🧵👇

New PMs trust the data.

Experience PMs trust that there's likely an error in how the data was sourced, aggregated, analyzed and communicated.

An aspiring PM asked me: 'How can you create products if 'everything' we can think of is already invented?'

My answer: The problem with that question is that it starts by thinking about products, not problems to solve, much less about users.

People → Pain Points → Solutions

Landing a PM job is not an easy task

But there's one thing you can do every day for 5 minutes to improve your Product Sense and get you ready for your next interview

The goal is to look at products you've never seen before and answer 3 key questions.

Here's a 🧵 on how I do it

💎 In this episode, PM Diego Granados shares insights on making time for networking, finding a mentor, and the importance of personal brand.

🔗 Subscribe to Product Management Mastermind on your favorite platform 👇🏾

🚀 Let’s level up together!

Awesome tips Pat Bergstresser !! And thank you for the shoutout to my course to help you with PM interview prep!

Thank you for the shoutout Sara Farhat !

Here’s the course I created: pmdiego.com

🚨Alpha Tester Wanted🚨

Ever felt lost in the San Francisco rental maze?

I cherish SF and it's 30+ unique neighboarhoods, but finding the right spot can be overwhelming.

Introducing Rent Radar SF, my first-ever product in progress.

My favorite question to ask at the end of an interview that helps me convert a 'maybe' into a solid 'hired!'

→ “Is there anything else about my experience that you haven’t heard today that you’d like me to share, or any questions you didn’t have time to ask?”

What's yours?

The biggest lie about product management is ______ ?