APM Interview Experience at Paytm Money

—  Round 1: With GM, Product (45 mins) 
—  Round 2: With another GM, Product (60 mins) 
—  Round 3: With CEO of Paytm Money (30 mins)

Round 1: With GM, Product.

Started with my profile background. I was working on an algo-trading related startup of my own during college. So we had a discussion on 

1. What we’d built, what issues we’d faced etc. (since it was the same domain) 
2. A detailed case study on how to improve a product, I was supposed to select any app which I used frequently, find out the pain points in the user journey and come up with a feature solution (I chose Bounce). Some touch base on UI intuition via on paper wire-framing.

Round 2: With another GM, Product

Started with my profile background. I was working on an algo-trading related startup of my own during college. So we had a discussion on 

1. Why Product? (Given I had built a resume suited for a Quant/ Trading role) 
2. Discussion regarding my undergrad thesis (on Reinforcement Learning). It was meant to see how I explain complex tech in simple ways
3. What we could improve in the Paytm Money app?
4. Guesstimate on how many people use a certain feature. Metrics to track it's growth.

Round 3: With CEO of Paytm Money

Discussion regarding my startup experience (More emphasis on people skills here, vendor negotiation).

Then some ideas on where I think the industry is going.There are a lot of sources online to prepare for interviews so nothing much to add there, except vehemently practice via mocks. 2 suggestions-

—  PM interviews are mostly conversational, rather than Q1 A1, Q2 A2.. So while answering questions, keep in mind what you might be being tested for.
—  As a PM you bring in domain expertise and are supposed to communicate business use cases to individual teams in their language, hence, do research properly about the products and market positioning of your company. It’s a plus to go through competitor products, helped me immensely in Round 2 (c) part.

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