I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Procore Technologies (San Francisco, CA) in Sept 2019
Interview
Was selected for a first round phone call with the recruiter. Did not hear back after the first round. Later came to know from an employee that the role had been removed
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Procore Technologies
Interview
The process started with a phone screen, then a video chat with the hiring manager, and concluded with an on site interview. I really liked the company and enjoyed the interview process until the very end.
I received a call a couple days after my on site interview where the recruiter told me I received "great marks" across the board but that the position was no longer going to be filled until "sometime next year" because it's not a priority right now for the company. I felt disrespected that we had mutually wasted so much time on a position they didn't care to fill.
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Described a scenario and asked how I would respond
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Procore Technologies (Carpinteria, CA) in Mar 2018
Interview
The interview process begins with an online application followed by a phone screen with a recruiter. After that, I spoke with a senior product manager. The final round is a super day with 4 interviewers (all product managers), there is some overlap in questions (i.e. Why Product, Why Procore) but in general, each is trying to learn something different about you.
One will ask about your product experience,
One will ask you about your interests to try and place you in a team with a good tech fit,
One will ask you about your personal experience/story
One will ask you more product questions that are less based on your experience
Mine lasted almost 4 hrs
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Question 1
The interviews seemed free-form and they change based on your answers but in general, there were no market sizing questions and all the questions were behavioral regarding your experience in product. I would recommend preparing some stories that show grit, and measured iterative change to a digital or physical product. Be ready to explain how you thought a user would use a product, how it was actually being used, and how you learned about their genuine usage patterns from some form of data gathering or user interviews after a release.
I would guess the ideal story would be something like:
My team did our research and the data suggested customers wanted product X. We built product X with input from engineering, user research, and sales. There was some adoption of product X but not as much as we expected. I reached out to members of other to find out why this product wasn't meeting projections, then I looked into usage data and found a strange drop off in the sign-up flow. I then spoke with a user arranged a time to watch them use product X. When they used it I realized our team had misunderstood one of the main use cases. We made a change in our next release and sent a message to our current users explaining how we changed Y so they could do Z. This lead to a 369% increase in daily active users compared to the first month.
Be sure to phrase your questions in the SAR framework. Situation (low usage of product) Action ( research using: data, user interviews, and team members) Result (Increased product adoption).