Ace the FAANG Program Manager Interview for Beginners

The ultimate guide to program manager interviews. Developed by FAANG engineers, this course offers strategies and practice with real-world questions to get interview-ready in just a few hours.

Beginner

27 Lessons

Certificate of Completion

The ultimate guide to program manager interviews. Developed by FAANG engineers, this course offers strategies and practice with real-world questions to get interview-ready in just a few hours.

AI-POWERED

Mock Interview

Explanations

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Mock Interview

Explanations

This course includes

5 Quizzes

This course includes

5 Quizzes

Course Overview

Program managers are vital to the success of any organization, but their role varies from one organization to another. Now, you imagine the complexity and variation in the interview process and it can become overwhelming. This process is getting more competitive over time as more people are getting interested in it. To help candidates with that, we have designed a course to crack interviews at top companies of the world: Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google, and Netflix. This course will accelerate your journey...Show More

What You'll Learn

Commonly asked questions in (Technical) Program Manager (TPM) interviews

Interview pattern for Program Managers (PMs)

Basics of project management

How to interpret the role of a Program Manager

How hiring managers should hire (T)PMs

How to answer behavioral interview questions

What an interviewer expects in a FAANG interview for (T)PM

What You'll Learn

Commonly asked questions in (Technical) Program Manager (TPM) interviews

Course Content

Before Getting Started

Get familiar with the FAANG PM and TPM interview process, roles, and preparation strategies.

Who Is This Course For?

Introduction to TPM and PM

Grasp the fundamentals of TPM and PM roles, distinctions, and career progression.

Differentiate between TPM and PM

How PM Roles Vary in Different Teams and Companies

Understand the Career Progression

The benefits of PMs

What to Look for in an Ideal PM

Quiz: FAANG Interview Structure

Interview Structure for FAANG

Lay out a solution for interviewing as a Technical Program Manager at major tech companies.

Learn about Project Management

Grasp the fundamentals of project management lifecycle, key terminologies, and interview preparation strategies.

Project Management Lifecycle

PM Terminologies

Crack PM Interview

Quiz: Project Management

Crack the Behavioral Interview (Soft Skills)

Map out the steps for excelling in FAANG behavioral interviews using the STAR technique.

The STAR Technique

Sample Questions (FAANG)

Technical Judgement (System Design for TPM)

6 Lessons

Focus on effective system architecture, distributed systems, high-level design, scalability, and reliability.

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