Interview with Amazon Sr. Product Manager

Interview with a Sr. Product Manager at #Amazon and how to get a job at Amazon! Watch this interview to learn what is it like to work at Amazon, the culture at Amazon and how to get into this company!
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Today I interviewed Balaji Ananthanpillai, Sr. Product Manager at #Amazon.
Balaji has shares some amazing interview tips and how you can break into Product Management at Amazon!
@00:00 - Intro and Balaji's background
@07:29 - Why work at Amazon?
@10:24 - What is the day to day of a PM at Amazon?
@12:57 - What is challenging about working at Amazon?
@17:15 - Are the 16 Leadership principles just used in the interview?
@19:24 - Do you need to know how to code to become a Product Manager?
@22:00 - What is the secret sauce to get into Amazon?
@25:50 - Advice for Aspiring PMs
@27:57 - Navigate Amazon internally into a PM position
@29:00 - tips for applying to Amazon
@30:38 - Connect with Balaji
Connect with Balaji: / balaji-ananthanpillai-...
💎 More things to help you break into PM 💎
My LinkedIn where I post weekly tips about networking, product management and finding a job: / diegogran. .
Instagram: / pmdiegogranados
A step-by-step guide to break into Product Management: pmdiego.substack.com/p/if-you...
Survival Guide for new PMs: pmdiego.substack.com/p/-survi...
💻 About me 💻
I'm a Senior Product Manager by day and content creator whenever I have a few minutes in the morning, day or night to spare! I have experience working in Product Management at Microsoft in AI & Machine Learning, as well as Cisco in Wireless Technologies. I'm originally from Mexico City and I moved to the U.S. in 2015 to study my MBA at Duke University. I discovered Product Management when I started Business School and since then, it has been my mission and my passion to help others break into this role!
📧 Contact 📧
Most of the help you need can be found on my website or Newsletter. However, if there's anything else you need, send me a message on LinkedIn: / diegogran. .
or to my email in the about section on my channel.
pmdiego.com/
Thank you for stopping by!
✅ Disclosure ✅
This video is not sponsored; all opinions shared are my own.
🎧Music 🎧
Music by Joakim Karud / joakimkarud
Social media: @joakimkarudmusic
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[@PMDiegoGranados]

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[@khaledkamel4114]

As always, Diego’s great work and his guests, who are always awesome!

[@Komaln]

Those insights are very helpful, thank you for sharing them. My favorite part was when you discussed the transition from QA to Product Manager.😊

[@atml6615]

Thank you, great interview experience. Appreciate the candid response.

[@rohitnair3267]

Thanks for this sharing this Diego... It helps a lot.. 👍😃

[@xmhusain]

Based on my experience so far, there are definitely highly technical roles in product management out there that do require a CS background; Anything to do with developer tools especially in the Cloud space requires deep knowledge in software architecture and cloud concepts in general

[@ttjordan81]

I graduated in 07... yeah... 2008... Oh boy... was the struggle real.

[@shilpigupta5165]

Great one

[@user-xm6mo2kr4z]

good to know about AZ-PM experience

[@kelvinnguyen6048]

Difficult to communicate through signs and not knowing who your teammates are.

[@janemariefuentes2988]

They are toxic