"-"
Higher salary
CEO of the product
Lead and manage the teams
"+"
Love building products
Customer empathy
Strong collaboration
Self reflection
Strengths and weaknesses
Evaluate your fitment
Transferable skills
Relevant practical experience
You are not the only one!
Not even 1% doubt in your abilities
Practice makes perfect
Develop product thinking muscle - self practice and practice case studies with peers
Spiritual/Motivational groups
SGI - Buddhist Organization
Sadhguru - Inner Engineering
Leverage your network
Reach out to PMs/PM Managers
Build your own product
Other projects
Never jump to answering the question
Take time to structure and organize before answering
When explaining the solutions, tie them back to the goal/vision
Be crisp and concise - rule of 3
Take the experience to + and ++
Always state your assumptions and explain the rationale, especially in estimation questions
Make sure you state your prioritization criteria clearly and evaluate each option before picking one.
Deepti Gupta, Google Product Leader