PMPrep - Product Strategy and Vision (Post 7-9) with Ankur Upadhyay

The PM interview questions that make brilliant engineers freeze up.

You've nailed the product sense questions. You can design features like a pro. But then they ask:

"How would you size the market for enterprise collaboration tools?" "Who are Slack's real competitors and why?" "Walk me through your 18-month product roadmap and vision."

And suddenly, your mind goes blank.

This is where 80% of PM candidates fail.

Not because they're not smart. Because they think tactically, not strategically.

Posts 7-9 fix this:

🎯 Post 7: Market Sizing That Makes Sense

• Why "top-down TAM" gets you rejected instantly
• The bottom-up framework that impresses interviewers
• How to handle markets that "don't exist yet"
• Real examples from successful PM interviews

💥 Post 8: Competitive Analysis That Shows Strategic Thinking

• Stop saying "we have no real competitors"
• The 3-layer competitive framework senior PMs use
• How to turn competitive threats into opportunities
• Why most candidates get this completely wrong

🚀 Post 9: Building Product Roadmaps That Get You Hired

• Why feature lists aren't roadmaps
• The vision-driven approach that works
• How to prioritize when everything is "high priority"
• Selling your strategy in 60 seconds or less

What makes this different: ✅ Real questions from Google, Meta, Amazon interviews ✅ Strategic frameworks that show senior PM thinking ✅ Specific examples and scripts you can adapt ✅ Common mistakes that instantly disqualify candidates

Perfect for:

• Engineers/analysts transitioning to PM roles
• Current PMs targeting senior positions
• MBA students breaking into tech product
• Anyone who's strong on execution but weak on strategy

This isn't theory. This is the strategic thinking that lands $150K+ PM offers.

Your competition isn't studying this level of strategic depth.