I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Asana in Jun 2021
Interview
The initial interview is a quick screen to see the fit.
The second interview was with the Product Lead.
I could sense that right off the bat, the Product Lead wasn't a people person. Their camera was off (even though it was a zoom call) and they were pretty monotone. To be honest, the entire intro felt scripted.
We then hopped into 2 product questions which I thought were great! Sometimes companies can ask really peculiar questions but I could see (as a PM) why the questions they asked would help them identify the right candidate.
One thing I didn't really enjoy was the way in which we worked through the product cases. Personally, I am a big fan of a collaborative product case. This helps the candidate and the interviewer understand how they will work with one another.
At the end, they left room for questions and I asked away. The final part of the interview was my favorite. It really felt like the interviewer was finally being candid. Up until then, I didn't even think I wanted the job.
Context: You just joined an E-Comm company. Developers built a Product Recommendation section.
Question: Would you launch the feature? If so, how would you measure success?
Not too bad. Thought it would be worse given the founder's background. Liked the people. All very nice. Expected some brain teasers like they have for Google interviews. Showed my portfolio of prior work
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Asana (Jakarta)
Interview
Technical and smooth, the interviewers knows his thing and stuff, they can analyze us, from mbti and solar system birthmark, what i like is how the conversation went from start to finish.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was your most challenging situation and how do you solve that
Start with phone interview and then you have to do a presentation followed by 1:1 with key xfn stakeholders. Interviews are pretty standard PM rounds and the presentation is the most important -- spend a good chunk of time preparing for it -- if you nail that down, rest of the interviews become just about selling you on Asana.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Presentation was about showing my favorite project -- make sure to nail this presentation.
Product Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Asana with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 43% positive. To compare, the company-average is 48% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Manager roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 30 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Asana overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Asana as a Product Manager according to 30 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 25%
Presentation: 14%
Group panel interview: 13%
Background check: 7%
Skills test: 7%
Personality test: 3%
Drug test: 1%
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