Laura Jiang
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The interview tips that got me my first product manager job
there are SO many interview tips floating out there, including on my channel. in today's video, I want to share the four key tips that helped me succeed in my last round of interviews, and in particular helped me build my confidence and ease any stress going into my interviews. whether you're going into a technical or product or behavioral interview, you'll find these tips relatively universal.
i don't mention this in the video but interviewing is tough, so make sure you set some time for yourself too! let me know if this helps and if you have any questions or want to chat, feel free to leave a comment down below!
thanks for watching!
cheers, laura 🍋
🍃 t i m e l i n e 🍃
0:00 intro
0:24 work though your thought process
1:50 have a structured answer
5:57 practice, yourself or mocks
7:29 ask for time to think
8:54 conclusion
🍃 c o n t a c t 🍃
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☕ | aka.ms/chatwithlaura
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🍃 a b o u t 🍃
hey! i'm Laura, a full-time product manager and i studied computer science in college. i want to help demystify the post-grad transition, full-time work, and personal finance. i also want to help you land your next internship or full-time role! thank you so much for watching :)
🍃 m u s i c 🍃
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Відео

An in-depth guide to getting your first job without any experience
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The 3 mistakes to avoid in your next job hunt
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I switched teams after my first 5 months at Microsoft. Here's why.
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What to do before the end of your internship or full time job
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My biggest regrets as a computer science student
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How I got my Microsoft product manager offer with no experience + advice for aspiring PMs
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JOIN THE DISCORD! discord.gg/K3y9Ksnaa5 let's take a quick journey down (short-term) memory lane in this video to cover how i got to my current product management job at Microsoft. as tech recruiting season starts to ramp up, consider if you're gunning for a software engineering role and leetcoding or if there's another career out there that catches your eye! thanks for watching! cheers, laura ...
How my dog taught me valuable career advice
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3 lessons I learned within my first year as a PM at Microsoft
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JOIN THE DISCORD! discord.gg/K3y9Ksnaa5 a year flies by quicker than you'd expect! let's talk about 3 important topics that i've had to work to internalize myself and that i think are important for every student and incoming new grad to have a heads up on. the transition from school to working in tech has a lot going on - whether you're heading in as a product manager or software engineer, i th...
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Feel like you don't belong in tech? Watch this video first.
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The basics of product management in 3 minutes
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A small life update + second vlog channel!
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Every productivity YouTuber is lying to you
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  • @syedvasty3847
    @syedvasty3847 Місяць тому

    What is that display???

  • @syedvasty3847
    @syedvasty3847 Місяць тому

    What is that little display

  • @Doggenwaffe
    @Doggenwaffe 3 місяці тому

    why does it sound like that

  • @tawseeftaher9109
    @tawseeftaher9109 4 місяці тому

    4:51

  • @thiagogregory1
    @thiagogregory1 5 місяців тому

    this is probably the best video when it comes to "how to get an A in cs" videos

  • @ankitabasu81
    @ankitabasu81 9 місяців тому

    Girl just recently unknowingly I started something similar strategy But after listening to your version I guess I will improvise my reinforcement practice 😮and try that out Damn

  • @harrisonwild1565
    @harrisonwild1565 11 місяців тому

    what did you do to those poor Boba's. they sound like they can't make their mind up if their going to be silent's or thocky so they do both.

  • @richardalan5064
    @richardalan5064 11 місяців тому

    This means business. Great score. Great board.

  • @AdeolaEhi
    @AdeolaEhi Рік тому

    I pray they get back to me🙏

  • @sineadward5225
    @sineadward5225 Рік тому

    AMAZING recommendations!

  • @brandonojeda1686
    @brandonojeda1686 Рік тому

    What kind of non technical questions things did you have on your resume? (Clubs, extracurriculares etc). I’m a current sophomore and I’m wondering what I should add onto my resume

  • @kevinhuang3581
    @kevinhuang3581 Рік тому

    that schedule gonna be really helpful thanks!! also loved the aesthetic

  • @bombrman1994
    @bombrman1994 Рік тому

    using python is litterally buying you comfort with how fast you can solve things, ya you could argue the speed of it or whatever else, but i'd rather solve something in 5 lines over 15 lines

  • @a.m.4154
    @a.m.4154 Рік тому

    Bs video and mostly disinformative. Stick to pm stuff, this content is not recommended for swe stuff, especially considering the current state of the tech industry.

  • @山本竜地
    @山本竜地 Рік тому

    ええねんけど、指パッチンうるさくて草 音は最高やね

  • @marsdwarf
    @marsdwarf Рік тому

    Great video 🙌

  • @zeroanims4113
    @zeroanims4113 Рік тому

    whats ur leetcode profile

  • @boot-strapper
    @boot-strapper Рік тому

    just to be clear, being good at leetcode does not help in the slightest with being good at engineering. It's just a dogwhistle to others that you have an education.

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      i agree that they're different things. i think it trends towards some correlation, but there are plenty of great engineers out there that have no interest with doing leetcode and that's totally fine! everyone has a different opinion and desire for things like this.

  • @trintenove
    @trintenove Рік тому

    that was just what i needed. thanks a lot, laura!

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      glad that you found this video helpful!

  • @nguyengiorno9026
    @nguyengiorno9026 Рік тому

    You seem cute to hang around

  • @alish2001
    @alish2001 Рік тому

    Very nice video tbh

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      thank you! happy that you enjoyed it!

  • @sashafalvey8161
    @sashafalvey8161 Рік тому

    amazing video thank you so much for the advice :)

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      thanks so much! glad you found it helpful :)

  • @smartsoothing776
    @smartsoothing776 Рік тому

    Just a beginner (tempted) question - Does anyone knows how to get the LeetCode 50 days badge??..Is that by solving daily challenge problems for 50 days or solving any problems for 50 days??

  • @justhaveempathybro
    @justhaveempathybro Рік тому

    My university doesn't offer office hours and our tutorial sessions (which I think are our closest equivalents), are not helpful as there are too few tutors and the tutors can't give you actual code (just conceptual help). What do you suggest I do instead?

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      hi there! i'm sorry to hear that - that sounds like a tough situation :( i'd see if you could get a group of your peers together for a study session and use each other to answer any questions when possible!

  • @AtomLabX
    @AtomLabX Рік тому

    Are you planing to come back? How you have been doing this far? It has been a while since you shared something! Hope you are doing well.

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      hey Adam, thanks for checking in and for the nice comment. i just filmed a new video and am in the process of editing - hope to be back soon!

  • @tim5749
    @tim5749 Рік тому

    Honestly I don’t agree with grinding leetcode to get interview ready. I have a buddy who just got a job making 6 figures as a software developer and he didn’t get asked a single leetcode question. For me, I am interviewing for C# and Java jobs, and I honestly think doing these problems are not very useful. I’ve been making API’s and business applications, and that experience is so much more useful. Granted I can solve a lot of leetcode questions from easy to medium but anything hard would probably take me over 2 hours or just not possible for me right now. I think that’s ok too I’m not going to grind any more than that. I’d rather be more well rounded in my GIT, familiarizing myself more with my IDE, SQL, and the various technologies I want to work in. I think going the approach of just solving leetcode problems is kind of defeating the purpose of programming, which is to build applications. Anyway not trying to take away from your video, but I am going to start my job search soon for being a Java or C# developer (hopefully C# lol). So I may seem like an idiot in 3-4 months when I am unemployed haha. But I’ll be fine because even when I get a problem in an interview I’ve never seen before because I don’t grind leetcode, I’ll be able to brute force it, explain my code, and explain the time complexity. I think even if you code something that is O(n) when O(log n) is possible, as long as you can explain your solution cleanly and show you can code, it doesn’t matter to an interviewer. If an interviewer really thinks I should know how to do a data structure or algorithm that is barely or never used in real world applications, I don’t want to work for that company. I don’t really want to work at a place like google or Amazon right now anyway. I’d rather build up experience in the industry and use that to build my career rather then grinding my ass off to work for a specific company. Anyway not trying to take away from your video I don’t think it’s bad advice, but I do think there is too much leetcode hype on the internet when most people looking for good coders don’t care about how many leetcode problems you can solve: they care about how well you can code. How well you code and how many leetcode problems you can solve are not the same imo. Granted if u can crank out hard leetcode problems you’re probably pretty good haha but being able to solve all the easy ones the most efficient way possible isn’t an accurate depiction of how well you can code.

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      hey there! not offended at all and i appreciate the discussion that you're bringing up. i totally agree that how good you are at leetcode isn't a true indicator of your ability to be a strong software engineer because it's true that your day to day coding tasks are usually unrelated to the nature of leetcode. i think there are certainly knowledge areas that cross over and do have applicability (strong fundamentals skills of solving slightly more complex problems, data structures) but they don't necessarily appear in leetcode-like format. it sounds like you have a solid foundation and may not need to invest time into leetcode - which is great! i know there are plenty of companies that don't hire with leetcode, but even if it isn't your cup of tea, there are unfortunately plenty that do as well. if you can look at a few problems and feel okay about them, then this probably isn't a video you need :)

    • @tim5749
      @tim5749 Рік тому

      @@LauraJiang I wrote that 3 months ago, and yesterday I just got my first job offer! But I’ll be honest I did spend some time on leetcode, probably 5-7 problems a month. I actually got some certificates on HackerRank, and that is why I got the job I did because a recruiter saw it on LinkedIn and reached out. My interview had no leetcode questions, but they did ask me about a lot of programming concepts. I made that comment because your video was probably the 20th I had seen talking about leetcode, and I felt like nobody was really talking about actually programming (at least videos geared towards people getting their first jobs). I live in the Midwest, and most companies here don’t ask any leetcode questions, which is another reason I was frustrated with seeing so much content about it on UA-cam. I think it definitely depends on area too. Midwest companies are much more conservative and care more about the person they’re hiring and your passion for software development. Anyway I appreciate your video and I appreciate your reply too! Best of luck to you, thanks for replying!

    • @Discoverer-of-Teleportation
      @Discoverer-of-Teleportation Рік тому

      exactly that's the thing

  • @whiskey4609
    @whiskey4609 Рік тому

    great video, but you talk so fast you slur your words together lol

    • @Jambajakumba
      @Jambajakumba Рік тому

      Then reduce your speed man

    • @wennwenn1422
      @wennwenn1422 Рік тому

      you are right!

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      note taken :) it's a natural tendency of mine that i've had since growing up but i definitely need to make a more conscious effort on it. thanks for the feedback!

  • @jarrenjose6230
    @jarrenjose6230 Рік тому

    Currently binging your channel while having an existential crisis as a 5th year senior aka dec 2022 new grad with no relevant experience

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      hi Jarren! hope that everything ended up alright with you - i do have a link to book a 30m chat if you ever are interested in specific advice too!

  • @d3vilscry666
    @d3vilscry666 Рік тому

    Thanks for the advice! This was a very good general advice on how to start and how to plan out a method of attack.

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      thanks for watching! i'm so happy that you found it useful for you :)

  • @gebo1861
    @gebo1861 Рік тому

    im stupid lol

  • @dylanobyrne8534
    @dylanobyrne8534 Рік тому

    Would you say that the grind 75 set of questions is enough and I probably won’t have to do much more outside of that list?

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      i think it totally depends on how confident you feel with each of those types of questions. if you can generally breeze through them, you're probably ok! if you are struggling with a lot of the problems, it wouldn't hurt to branch out a bit on the topics that you struggle with the most.

  • @Zerotradess
    @Zerotradess Рік тому

    I'm a second year student knows dsa can u tell me abt all the intership i can apply and roadmap for it👍🏻

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      hey! i'm not too sure which internship you're talking about but i have a few other videos on my channel talking about my internship experience!

  • @habibhajisir
    @habibhajisir Рік тому

    Amazing video nice job

  • @zabiullah8653
    @zabiullah8653 Рік тому

    Hello

  • @hasnainjaved6673
    @hasnainjaved6673 Рік тому

    Very helpful for me

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      so glad that you found the advice helpful! hopefully it helped you start off on the right foot :)

  • @Mairaj786
    @Mairaj786 Рік тому

    Amazing video

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      thank you! i appreciate the kind comment :)

  • @Mairaj786
    @Mairaj786 Рік тому

    Amazing video

  • @harisyasir9716
    @harisyasir9716 Рік тому

    Nice

  • @mdjihadmahmud9262
    @mdjihadmahmud9262 Рік тому

    This is a very great video

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      thanks so much! i appreciate it!

  • @WahiduzzamanSazid
    @WahiduzzamanSazid Рік тому

    awesome video! This was so helpful.

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      glad to hear it! thanks for the kind comment :)

  • @roychen2582
    @roychen2582 2 роки тому

    Do you know the deadline for the internship?

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      typically applications open late summer and close by the mid sept - october time frame if i recall correctly! it all depends on how many applicants they have as they do rolling applications!

  • @ljg8078
    @ljg8078 2 роки тому

    I feel like i relate to this a lot lol good in classroom but coding is boring/not what I want to invest time into. but still able to do it, good vid!

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      thanks so much! i hope that you can find the right role for you :)

  • @Fullsnackdevelopr
    @Fullsnackdevelopr 2 роки тому

    We have a calendar of Samoyeds! Miso is adorable! ❤ Too hot to have one here in Hawaii though.

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang Рік тому

      super late reply here.. but thank you! I actually know a few samoyeds hanging out in Hawaii!

  • @MetalGearGulpin
    @MetalGearGulpin 2 роки тому

    Congrats on growing your channel so much recently. You deserve it with all the effort you put into it 🤠

  • @JoseLuis-zn1kh
    @JoseLuis-zn1kh 2 роки тому

    Like o fan de funno👇

  • @AnuragSharma-bu3fu
    @AnuragSharma-bu3fu 2 роки тому

    Thanks Laura 😊 for the amazing content and advice that you tell us.

  • @okaybossiamonyoutubeakkskd
    @okaybossiamonyoutubeakkskd 2 роки тому

    i love her teeth

  • @TigerAnimationsYT
    @TigerAnimationsYT 2 роки тому

    really enjoying the content, keep it up!

  • @mishaespinoza3900
    @mishaespinoza3900 2 роки тому

    This is excellent advice! Thank you for sharing Laura.

  • @MegaLeoben
    @MegaLeoben 2 роки тому

    My regret is not doing leetcode sooner.

    • @LauraJiang
      @LauraJiang 2 роки тому

      that's ok! leetcode is a very buildable skill so with consistency, you'll see yourself get better and better :)