Rachel Tobac
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Something to understand is as an attacker, this is not easy to do. I've never been a PM. So to apply for a PM role takes a lot of background research. I mean, I led a UX research team at a tech company. So I do have a sense of what a PM, a product manager does, but I am in no way prepared for a PM interview. So I have to study for three full weeks for this role. I'm watching YouTube videos.
Something to understand is as an attacker, this is not easy to do. I've never been a PM. So to apply for a PM role takes a lot of background research. I mean, I led a UX research team at a tech company. So I do have a sense of what a PM, a product manager does, but I am in no way prepared for a PM interview. So I have to study for three full weeks for this role. I'm watching YouTube videos.
I'm doing interview prep quizzes online. I'm taking free online courses like, so you want to be a PM, like the whole nine yards. So I'm building a full persona, a resume, a Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook.
I'm doing interview prep quizzes online. I'm taking free online courses like, so you want to be a PM, like the whole nine yards. So I'm building a full persona, a resume, a Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook.
All of these stock accounts have photos, thousands of friends, reviews of my work from networking groups on LinkedIn, people I've never met that like you give them a review and they give you a review. All of this stuff is so gameable.
All of these stock accounts have photos, thousands of friends, reviews of my work from networking groups on LinkedIn, people I've never met that like you give them a review and they give you a review. All of this stuff is so gameable.
Unfortunately, yes. We do change the names of many sock accounts, but then you have to populate a lot of new information. It ultimately takes me about three weeks to build a believable social media account and enough examples of previous PM work to get anywhere near convincible during the interview process.
Unfortunately, yes. We do change the names of many sock accounts, but then you have to populate a lot of new information. It ultimately takes me about three weeks to build a believable social media account and enough examples of previous PM work to get anywhere near convincible during the interview process.
Well, during this period of time, the tech hiring process wasn't as bad as it is in this current year. So I apply for the role. I get a phone screen. I am sweating bullets because if I don't get through this phone screen, I will not move on to a full interview process. I'm going to have to do a bunch of work to change my sock accounts on social media to match a new persona.
Well, during this period of time, the tech hiring process wasn't as bad as it is in this current year. So I apply for the role. I get a phone screen. I am sweating bullets because if I don't get through this phone screen, I will not move on to a full interview process. I'm going to have to do a bunch of work to change my sock accounts on social media to match a new persona.
It's going to be a lot more work for me. Luckily, it took like 45 minutes. I passed. I get moved on to the next round. The next round has six different interviewers.
It's going to be a lot more work for me. Luckily, it took like 45 minutes. I passed. I get moved on to the next round. The next round has six different interviewers.
Yeah, I was terrified that they're going to be like, this person's a weirdo, like, let's not move them forward. So I waited until the actual official interviewers arrived. And it's going to be a packed day of interviews. I have six interviews back to back all day. These interviews are conducted over Zoom. I get all dressed up in my interview clothes that I haven't worn in years.
Yeah, I was terrified that they're going to be like, this person's a weirdo, like, let's not move them forward. So I waited until the actual official interviewers arrived. And it's going to be a packed day of interviews. I have six interviews back to back all day. These interviews are conducted over Zoom. I get all dressed up in my interview clothes that I haven't worn in years.