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App AssistantHow does the application assistant work?The application assistant is applies to 30 jobs per day (5 days per week) for students, without ever having to apply themselves. The assistant saves students time and they can focus 100% on interviewing. You can learn more about the App Assistant in the Student Portal, drop down under Applications
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App AssistantHow do I pay for the application assistant?Please visit the payment link you were sent to remit payment for the application assistant.
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ApplyingDo we change bullet points in our resume or change our cover letter before applying to each job?No. The resume and cover letter are designed to be mass-market. You should never alter it for any specific company.
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ApplyingWhen I'm applying to other cities, it's okay that I keep my address and location as is right?Yes. You will always keep your address and location as it is. For example, if you are in NYC and are applying in SF, you will keep your NYC address. If asked, you are simply relocating because your fiancee accepted a job in that city.
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ApplyingDo I apply to cities outside of my own location?Yes, you want to start practicing your pitch and refining your interviewing skills by applying to jobs outside of your current location first.
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ApplyingWhen should I apply to my home location?Once you've conducted: 10+ R1 interviews, 6+ R2 interviews and 3+ R3 interviews.
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ProgramsWhere do I find the course slides?Login to the student portal and go to "Class Schedule". Once a class is completed, the corresponding video and presentation are uploaded.
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ProgramsHow can I record my interviews?If you are recording a phone call, you can use many apps with Android. For iOS, our favorite is TapeACall. If you are recording a video call, download SnagIt, or you can simply use QuickTime.
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ProgramsWhen is the next class? If I don't start the class tomorrow, when would be the next round of classes, estimated?Login to the student portal and go to "Class Schedule". You'll be able to see the entire class schedule. Alternatively, check your calendar, as you should have been added to the Tuesday/Saturday classes via a Google Calendar invite.
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ProgramsI didn't receive a calendar invite. What do I do?You should be automatically added to all of our events. Please make sure you check your email for the invite from community@productgym.io.
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ProgramsHow do I login to the student portal?Simply visit productgym.io, click the Shamrock, and it will redirect you to this link (https://productgym.io/student-portal/). If you haven't logged in previously, your username and password was sent to your email address.
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ProgramsWhere do I get feedback on my LinkedIn profile?Read the entire page of Branding in the Student Portal. when you have made the necessary changes, email coach@productgym.io
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ProgramsWhich channel is the best to communicate (Mattermost, email, call)?Mattermost or Email. For recruiting or product management questions, feel free to ask it on the 'general' Mattermost channel
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ProgramsWhat is the class topic and who is teaching?This information will be on the calendar invite which you are added to. Additionally, you can view the course schedule in the student portal, under "Class Schedule".
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ProgramsHow do I sign up for the cohort mentoring sessions?The weekly coaching calls are posted under "coaching" tab in the student portal.
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Programs/FeedbackWhere do I get feedback on interviews?Log into the student portal, and go to "Recordings". There, you can fill out the form and submit feedback.
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Programs/FeedbackHow soon can I receive feeback on my interviews/how can we expedite?It can take from 5-7 business days. At this time, we cannot expedite this at this time.
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Programs/FeedbackHow do I schedule office hours with Cody or Roman?You can post in the channel #officehours to request them.
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Programs/FeedbackHow do I do a coaching call with Cody?You can post in the channel #officehours to request this.
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Programs/FeedbackWhat do I do when I have rejection feedback, who do I send this to?If you received a rejection email, there is no need to forward it to us. Most of them are generic anyway. If you received specific feedback, you can post in the #feedback channel.
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Programs/OnboardingWho do I send my resume & cover letter to?Read the entire page of Branding in the Student Portal. when you have made the necessary changes, email coach@productgym.io
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Programs/OnboardingI just signed up. What do I do next?You should have received an email confirmation from us with your welcome packet. There should be another email with your username and password for you to access the student portal. Additionally, you have been added to the Slack channel. Login to the student portal, and read all of these dropdowns (https://productgym.io/student-portal/).
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Programs/OnboardingShould I submit my resume/cover letter to you before applying to jobs?Yes. Do not apply to jobs until we review your resume, cover letter and LinkedIn.
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TechnicalHow do you prepare for a full day on-site?
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TechnicalHow do you determine your product roadmap?
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TechnicalHow do you introduce research into your product development lifecycle?
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InterviewingHow far do we take these practice interviews? Do we try to get offers for the jobs we are not going to take? Or break off the conversation after R2?Yes. Get the Offer. That is the purpose of the practice interviews.
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ProgramsHow long, on average, is the coaching call session?The weekly coaching call session is roughly an hour. It will end early if there are no submitted questions
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ProgramsWhat will I be working on, on days other than Saturdays? Applying, assignments?Yes. The assignments are not graded. They are purposefully designed to help you become better job applicants and PMs. Other than the classes you should be refining your pitch, creating PM stories for the interviews, reviewing past classes and slides, and immersing yourself in Pm lexicon + Applying
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ProgramsCan you tell me what is the nature of the assignments? As I learned from other schools, their student will work on a single product, as their course project. Is this similar at PG?Single Product Assignments are ineffective. No one will hire you for a side project. You need to demonstrate competency in PM during the interview.
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ProgramsHow much I will learn about working as a PM, since the focus is on job coaching?All the Saturday classes, with the exception of two, is focused on Product Management Skills
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ProgramsDo I have a realistic profile, without the PM title previously?Yes, but you need to find the bandwidth to edit your title OR highlight Product Management tasks you've performed in the past
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ProgramsShould I apply for/ take product adjacent roles? (Product marketing, product ops, et al)It depends on the company you want to work in. Smaller companies have all those product roles roll into the PM role. Larger companies have responsibilities better defined. It depends what you are looking for in what stage your career is in
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ProgramsIf I am unemployed, how fast in this process can I move?This process is as fast as you are able to start sending out applications in large quantities
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ProgramsWhen do I consider actual preferences for companies I want to work at? Only at the offer stage?Only at the Offer Stage. Beggars cannot be choosers.
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ProgramsIf I've already been applying and applied to the best places and gotten rejected, what do I do?Depends on which specific companies. Some companies have a 6 month blackout for rejected candidates. Others do not.
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ProgramsWhat happens if I get a job I'm already working towards quite soon? Do I need to just wait to see what happens, or can we get started now with some sort of break clause / prorated refund?Our Refund Policy is posted in our Student Agreement. You can view it on the first page of the Student Portal
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