Diligent Product Manager Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process seemed pretty standard at first, with emails giving hints on what to prep. But honestly, 3 out of the 4 interviews didn't follow the plan, which was a bummer since I prepped for the wrong things and then got rejected. The whole thing felt disorganized; there was one time I had to chase the organizer 5 minutes before a call to see if it was even happening, as I didn't get a formal invite for a scheduled time. Another time, I got an invite for a round I'd already done, and I had to tell the recruiter what my next step should be. Regarding topics: the pre-screening call was standard. The first 'Product Sense' interview was actually a Metrics interview (I guess I got the wrong prep email). The second 'Product Sense' interview was legit, but the invite came 5 minutes before the call, after I reminded the recruiter. The 'Execution Interview' felt like another Metrics interview. The 'Leadership + Cross Functional collaboration' round, which was the last one, felt more like a Product Sense interview. Despite the mess, the interviewers themselves were good and knew their stuff. The questions were relevant and tasks interesting, which made up for the process issues a bit. I would have liked to join, but the experience was ultimately frustrating.

I had an online interview via Google Meet. The interviewer was 15 minutes late and only showed up after I emailed the recruiter. They kept cutting me off because of time constraints, as I had another interview scheduled right after.

The process started with a recruiter call, which is a standard get-to-know-you round. The next step was supposed to be a case interview with the hiring manager, but I decided to stop the process before that.