I've been in the process of hiring for product management person. Good candidates (who get interviewed) often show great work experience, knowledge about produc

I've been in the process of hiring for product management person. Good candidates (who get interviewed) often show great work experience, knowledge about product management cycles, knowledge of the products they own, leadership directing teams, etc. Really great candidates (who get hired) usually have something extra: an unexpectedly deep engineering background allowing them to understand the actual building process at a higher level, non-trivial insights into customers' unexpressed needs (beyond surveys, data-driven bullshit), etc. To my view, the interview is to screen out the "business" types who are just repeating or rehashing well-known processes you can get from watching a few podcasts and read a couple books. Teach me something I do not know (I am not a professional product manager, so if the person I am hiring cannot tell me something novel then they shouldn't be a professional product manager either).