Everything they don't tell you about how the performance review process *

* works at Facebook, Google, and the other big tech companies.

Covers the tricks to the 4 key inputs to performance reviews:

 — what to say and what not to say, with sample self-evaluations templates

 — the secret trick to getting perfect peer evaluations

 — how to get your manager to love you and fight for your promotion

— the key variable everybody misses about performance reviews in tech

. This is direct information from senior leaders across tech — everything they learned the hard way.

Intro

Being good at your job is not enough to get promoted 

Behind the scenes

How levels and compensation works

How performance reviews work

Performance ratings and compensation

Why performance reviews exist

How much power does your manager actually have?

About PIPs

Your team

Being on the right team is critical

How to switch teams if you need to

People management

ICs vs. people managers

How to become a people manager

Your self-evaluation

Changing the kind of work you do

A warning about project management

The one trick to raising your profile

The self-evaluation

What are the biggest mistakes people make in self-evaluations?

How to address weak points in your self-evaluation

How to tell your manager you want a promotion

Ressource: sample self-evaluation

Ressource: sample development plan

Extras

What women in particular should know

The peer evaluation

The importance of peer evaluations

Why company peer evaluations are not enough

Running your own peer evaluation process

How to pick the right peer evaluators

How to get more positive reviews

Resource: peer evaluation process

Bonus: doing project retrospectives

Your manager

How to run 1:1s with your manager

Resource: Questions for your manager

Resource: manager status update template

The right tone for communicating with your manager

Asking your manager for a promotion

Resource: script for asking for a promotion

The nuclear option

Bad managers

How to deal with a bad manager

The three types of bad managers

What to do if your manager is an idiot

Your manager's peers

Why your manager's peers are important

How to build relationships with your manager's peers

Mentorship

A secret trick to get closer to senior people

How to ask for advice

All the tricks the most senior people in tech are using to get promoted — now available publicly

The secret tricks to getting promoted at FANG

Learn the frameworks and techniques that will get you hired as a Facebook PM. Covers:

: strategies for handling any product sense question — and why you don't want to be using CIRCLES for Facebook interviews

: fool-proof frameworks to nail the three types of execution questions: goal setting, troubleshooting, and tradeoffs

: learn how to present your stories and ace the most routinely underestimated interview

Taught by David Chouinard, a former Facebook PM — and peer-reviewed by a panel of current and former Facebook PMs.

 Lyft, Doordash, Pinterest, Coinbase, Thumbtack, Monday, Square, and most other high-growth startups.

The ultimate guide to the Google product manager interview

The recruiting process

Facebook interview process

Recruiter, sourcer, RC: What's the difference?

The interview

What happens in the interview room

What questions to ask the interviewer

How to use a whiteboard in a video call

What happens behind the scenes

Why you might be asked to reinterview

What to do if you're rejected (with a secret hack)

Managing your emotional state

Product sense

The types of product sense questions you'll get at Facebook

What A+ answers look like

The product sense interview step-by-step

The product sense framework

Goal

Users

User needs

Solutions

Prioritization

What happens after the framework

Sample answers

Sample answer: Help people find a doctor

Sample answer: Help people save money

Tips & strategies

The #1 way to improve your solutions

Why CIRCLES is terrible

What to do when you're stuck 

Improving communication

The one tip that will instantly improve your communication

What to do when asked a follow up question

What to do if you realize you're wrong halfway through

Bonus: Ask David a question

Execution

The three types of execution questions

The one thing you need to get right

Goal setting

About goal setting questions

How to pick the right metric

The goal setting framework

The one cheat code nobody tells you about

Sample answer: You're the PM for Groups, what goal would you set for the team?

Sample answer: You're the PM for Reactions, what goal would you set for the team?

Cheatsheet

Troubleshooting

About troubleshooting questions

The troubleshooting framework

Sample answer: Uber rides are down 20%

Sample answer: Comments are down 10%

Tradeoffs

About tradeoff questions

The tradeoff framework

Sample answer: People You May Know (PYMK) vs. Ads

Sample answer: Photo resolution in news feed

The three common types of tradeoffs

The most common tradeoff types

Leadership & drive

The #1 mistake people make in behavioral interviews

Fundamentals

Overview

Stories

People over process

Tell me about yourself

Greatest weakness

Handling conflict

Sample answer: How do you work with designers?

Personal Attribute Worksheet

L&D Story Worksheet

Project questions

Tell me about a project you're proud of

L&D Project Description Worksheet

Facebook values

Before we dive into the values...

Getting started

Be bold

Focus on impact

Move fast

Be open

Build social value

Practice on your own

Let's practice

Bonus: Product Management Leadership Interview

Product leader interview format

Project retrospective strategy

Project retrospective interview questions example

People management in the context of your interview

Worksheet: Managing a poor performer

Cross functional partnership and influence

Operating at Facebook

Learn the insider tricks & frameworks Facebook wants to see — directly from a Facebook PM and one of the most sought after interview coaches.

The ultimate guide to the Facebook product manager interview

As you'd expect from a trillion-dollar company, Amazon has a rigorous and unique recruiting process. We worked with former Amazon bar raisers and recruiters to put together the curriculum : 

Navigate the process with ease with practical suggestions from Amazon recruiters

 Learn what each principle means and adopt the repeatable framework that top candidates use — and ditch STAR 

This course covers the Amazon behavioral interview across all roles and includes access to our community where you can view interview question answers separately.

The most common interview questions asked at Facebook, Google and more

Roles

Companies

Roles

Companies

Learn

The secret tricks to getting promoted at FANG

The ultimate guide to the Facebook product manager interview

Amazon interview course: from A to Z

The ultimate guide to the Google product manager interview

Interview questions

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Salary negotiation strategies everyone in tech already knows — but you don’t