What kind of experience is required to become a PM at Facebook or Google? I have 3 years of experience at a startup which I cofounded at the age of 18 while still in college and 2 years of experience working in the senior management (Software & Product) at a tax management startup in India after undergrad. Post that I came to US for MS. I have also worked as an SDE at both the places in the initial days of the startups. I have been applying for Product roles but didn’t get a chance for any interview. Any suggestions?
Nearly all PM openings require more experience than that. You have 2yoe and is just twisting to say 5. A part time during college startup that didn't go anywhere is basically internship. Unless you sold your start up or it generated substantial revenue or millions of users that experience won't count as real yoe. Even if you get interviews, it is still incredibly hard to land an offer and you need to prepare A LOT.
Entry level at fb or goog , and that will also be hard (unless your startups actually did well and you are metrics driven)
How is the start up panning out? You may be retired already if it did well.
I sold it to a company in the same domain. Although I didn’t join the three comma club, it did bring me some fortune.
It depends on the team. Some teams require PM with real industry experience, which have been working with Enterprise customers, sales team and their customers want to talk to a season person who knows what he is talking about, (Cloud, Search, Mobile) if you want to become the PM for the next messaging app which will be deprecated in 2021 probably you can start as an associate PM with your credentials