Porch Group Product Manager Interview Questions
& Process

A contract recruiter reached out in April 2021. After a quick phone screen, I was passed to a coordinator who set up the interviews. The first was a tech screening with a PM, followed by one-on-one meetings with leaders, like a co-founder and the head of product. These felt like typical values-based interviews, no tricky questions. The interviewers were all nice, and it felt like a real conversation. But things got weird by July. After all those interviews, the recruiter said they wanted to move forward but needed the hiring manager to meet me first, so they could vet their new team members. I agreed, and the interview finally happened in August after some scheduling issues. It was a good chat, and I was really starting to like the idea of joining Porch. A couple weeks later, an "executive recruiter" took over. They said there was a lot of planning for 2022 and I should expect to hear back in 6-8 weeks. I told them I was still interested. In October 2021, I got an email survey about my experience. When I followed up with the recruiter, the email bounced. I found out on LinkedIn they'd left the company, so I assume their account closure triggered the survey. My application felt mishandled, but the actual interview process was decent when it worked. It's a bummer to think the job was still an option, only to be ghosted.

The whole thing took about a month from the first chat with recruiting to when they made a decision. I went through 5 rounds for the senior product manager job, all done virtually. The recruiters were really good at setting up the interviews and getting feedback out quickly. Overall, it was a good experience.

So first, I had an hour call with the hiring manager, then there was this whole loop where I talked to 4 different people from Product, Design, Sales and Engineering, each for an hour. The questions were mostly about situations and behaviors, and there was a small case study about prioritization.