I’m constantly looking for opportunities to get better at being a PM, but I’m interested in knowing how much coding knowledge is considered enough on the PM side of tech? If anyone has any resources they would recommend please feel free to let me know. (Note: Degree in business; currently taking CS50 on edX)
^ that, and depends on the product
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I’m a noogler PM... my on-site tech interview focused almost entirely on system design... I referred to algorithms in my responses but mostly as a tactic to show I had conversational command of the topic. I was not asked to write any code but was asked questions that implied some understanding of how things were implemented through the system question... identifying bottlenecks, failure and recovery scenarios, scalability, etc all had implementation moments mixed into the interview conversation and whiteboard
I have had 3 PM interviews so far(onsite for all 3) and having a strong technical understanding was a must. However, ability to program and code well was not a factor at all.
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It depends entirely by company. For Facebook, taking cs50 or reading swipe to unlock would be sufficient. For Google, you'd get wrecked if that's the extent of your techical knowledge
What's the bar for Google PMs. Do they have to be hard core devs that switched to PM? What's recommended to prep for a Google interview assuming very little coding experience?
Google used to be very tech and coding heavy for PMs, at least when I worked there many years ago. You can expect system design, dynamic programming to some algorithm questions. You didn’t have to code on a terminal but white boarding with exact syntax was expected. PMs had CS undergrad or experience as a prerequisite at Google. Things might have changed but not vastly I suppose.