HOW TO GET A PRODUCT MANAGER JOB: Featuring Lewis C. Lin

EVENT DESCRIPTION
How would you answer these tough product management interview questions?

• Design a new iPad app for Google Spreadsheet.

Brainstorm as many algorithms as possible for recommending Twitter followers.

• You're the CEO of the Yellow Cab taxi service. How do you respond to Uber (https://www.uber.com/)?

• You're part of the Google Search web spam team. How would you detect duplicate websites?

The billboard industry is under monetized. How can Google create a new product or offering to address this?

Visiting San Francisco to help demystify these questions, Lewis C. Lin (http://www.lewis-lin.com/) will discuss his bestselling book on product management interview preparation: Decode and Conquer (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IGIUMQ0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00IGIUMQ0&linkCode=as2&tag=pmft-20&linkId=EZLJXQV763P7O4MO). His talk will be followed by a Q&A. During the Q&A, he'll answer questions from the audience including:

• What is the role of a PM?

• What skills are required?

• How to land a PM job?

• Best tips and tricks for interviews

After the talk, Lin will be available to sign books, where you can also purchase his book.

SCHEDULE

• 6:30-7:00: Registration and Networking

• 7:00-8:00: Intro and Talk with Lewis C. Lin, followed by Audience Q & A

• 8:00-8:30: Networking

FOOD & DRINK
Food and drink will be served.

SPECIAL BOOK OFFER
A limited number of $10 books will be available for sale on a first-come, first-served basis. Retail value is $29.99.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lewis C. Lin (http://www.lewis-lin.com/) is the founder and CEO of Impact Interview (http://www.impactinterview.com/). He has over 10 years of experience in the career management industry. Lewis first began in 1999, when he started JobReviews.com, a career and workplace community. It featured company, salary, and interview reviews. He sold the company to Job.com in 2001.

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Lewis also has over 11 years of experience in Product Management and Business Development, having worked at Google, Microsoft and Citi. Prior to founding Impact Interview; he was Microsoft’s Director of Product Management and Marketing. With an MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Lewis has published two books: Rise Above the Noise: How to Stand Out at the Marketing Interview (http://amzn.to/1mOPr0K) and Decode and Conquer: Answers to Product Management Interviews (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IGIUMQ0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00IGIUMQ0&linkCode=as2&tag=pmft-20&linkId=EZLJXQV763P7O4MO).