You should use product management skills to improve your chances of acing interviews. Just like you need to get "inside the head" of prospects and customers, you need to understand as a job-seeker what's important to the person interviewing you. Philip Humbertus is a product leader at Here Technologies, a global provider of location services. In his career building high-performance teams, he's reflected a lot on what makes a good candidate and what doesn't. If you're looking for a PM job or might be some day, this episode is for you!

In this episode we talk to self-proclaimed "persuer of simplicity", Richard Wolfe. Richard gives us the background on the "capture app" he created called Braintoss which I believe every PM needs to increase their productivity and capture their most creative ideas. Richard is an innovative thinker and an expert on personal productivity. Visit his various projects below.

http://www.braintoss.com

http://www.speedmailing.com

http://www.parkingskills.com

http://appliedtrello.parkingskills.com

In this episode, we talk to a seasoned product leadership veteran about his transition into formal product leadership roles. Gwyn Clay has an impressive resume as a product leader. He is Chief Product Officer at Alpega group. When we recorded this interview, he was Head of Product, Automation Business at Broadcom Inc. If you're thinking about assuming a product leadership position in your career, this episode is for you!

Highlights from our Conversation

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In this installment of our "Off the Cuff" series, we have a free form conversation with Steve Johnson, a well-known product management brain and Chief Product Officer at Under10 Consulting. Among other things, Steve and I discuss:

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In this episode, we talk to Rob Fontenot, a product manager at Swipeclock who made a lateral transition into a product management role. Rob used his sales experience to get a job at a company where he hoped to become a PM. He talks about how being transparent about your ambitions can be a powerful way to set yourself up for a transition into product. Rob also provides great advice about the role of feedback in professional growth. If you're looking for your first PM gig, this episode will be especially valuable to you.

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