HW R&D Scientist to Product Manager interview - what to expect?

Hey all, I'm going up for interview for a Product Management (PM) position at my company. I'm of an R&D mind but I am the public relations guy (internal and external) in my group. Some of my colleagues have told me to provide some market research, but as a scientist, how do I even get that kind of stuff? Most PMs have technical backgrounds like me and are also outwardly focused. One colleague stressed to come dressed in a suit. Anything else I should keep in mind coming into the interview? As someone "practicing the art" I have some ideas where I can take our product and how we can focus our strengths, but nothing like sales figures or anything like the finance guys would know

Northrop Grumman nattylight Oct 3, 2018

Can't answer your ? But how's the TC at agilent

Agilent Technologies m/z OP Oct 3, 2018

At the R&D HW Scientist level, median salary is ~$125k not including bonus/benefits. I'm only 2-3 YOE and am at $110-115k. This is for PhDs though. For Master's R&D MEs and EEs it's probably slightly more esp with patent bonuses. SWE I can't say except that it's overpaid, they suck in terms of science and their architecture is bad.