Hi everyone! I recently accepted an Associate Product Management position at a payments Fintech company (think Amex, Mastercard, Visa), but I have been hearing from others that I won't be able to eventually move from this role into a FAANG PM role. Is there a negative stigma in Product Management and at FAANG companies against APM positions at companies like Amex/Mastercard/Visa? For example, how would an APM position at another FinTech company like Capital One or Discover compare to an APM position at Amex/Mastercard/Visa. Furthermore, would you be able to provide me with a ranking of APM at Amex vs Mastercard vs Visa? Thank you!!
Ya that’s crazy. Plenty of PMs come from those places or even lower “tiers”. All that matters is if you can get an interview and how you perform once you do. I wouldn’t sweat it.
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I thought once you get the interview, only interview performance matters at Google and Amazon at least. But I'd definitely like to hear if that's right or wrong.
I guess my question is more along the lines of, does working at one of these companies as an Associate Product Manager provide more of an advantage for getting an interview at FAANG than the others? Then more directly, how would you rank them?