UWPM is back on campus for the spring term, and we have many exciting things planned. For those of you not on campus though, make sure to join our Discord and subscribe to this newsletter to stay connected with us!
Also, recruiting for S24 is underway — for those of you who have applied, you can expect to hear back sometime next week! Keep an eye on your inbox for an email from us :)
This edition will be brief and include product opportunities and resources for anyone looking for their next co-op.
🗓 Upcoming Events:
UW Product Management Ice Cream Social 🍦 — Thursday May 30th:
Join us for an exciting Product Management Ice Cream Social! This event is a perfect blend of networking, professional development, and fun. Whether you have current PM experience or are aspiring to become a PM, this is a great opportunity to connect with others in the field, enhance your resume, and practice your interview skills.
Come join us for:
Free Ice Cream: Enjoy a variety of delicious ice cream flavours.
Networking: Meet and mingle with current Product Management members.
Resume Review: Get valuable feedback on your resume from experienced PM co-ops.
Mock Interviews: Participate in mock interviews to hone your skills, with options for behavioural and case study formats.
If you’re interested in coming to our first event of the term, please fill out this interest form. We look forward to seeing you there!
📍DC Fishbowl 1301 (5-6 pm)
🎙️ Podcast Update:
Make sure to follow the UW PM podcast on Spotify and YouTube and check out our latest podcast episodes from last term if you haven’t already! There’ll be many more episodes to come this term :)
📰 Tech News:
The iOS 17.5 update introduced a bug causing old deleted photos to reappear in users’ phone libraries.
Google I/O, Google’s annual developer conference, took place on May 14th 2024 last week, mainly covering Project Astra and several upcoming updates to Google Gemini.
🚨 PM Resources
In every newsletter, we feature one resource for the Resource of the Week section; with recruiting and interview season well underway though, we’re sharing a list of useful resources to find PM jobs, stay up-to-date with tech news, and prep for interviews!
APM Season: Updated list of APM and PM internships.
Simplify: A useful site for filtering and finding jobs you’re interested in. They also have a Chrome extension to autofill job applications.
Exponent: Useful for interview prep, and many people submit real interview questions and answers.
TLDR Newsletter: A daily tech newsletter so you can stay up-to-date with the most interesting tech news! They also have a TLDR Product Management Newsletter.
Product 5x: For templates, sample case studies, and interview questions.
Product Management Subreddit: This subreddit has a pretty active community and many interesting posts from PMs of all experience levels. They also have a quarterly career thread for anyone to post career-related questions.
UW PM’s Resources: We also have many resources for the PM community at UW, such as this newsletter, our Discord server, and the many events we host each term (varying from social & networking events to case competitions/conferences like ProdCon)! Make sure to follow our Instagram and check out our website for the latest updates from us :)
🔍 Product Opportunities:
Product opportunities for Fall 2024 are rolling out! Check out some of the top opportunities on our radar:
Scotiabank Velocity — Project/Product Management Co-Op
Dayforce Product Manager Internship
QuadReal Data Product Analyst Co-Op
Magnet Forensics Product Management Co-Op
Spotify Product Manager Internship (Summer 2024)
Withum Product Development Innovation Internship (Summer 2024)
Keep checking your target companies for info-sessions and opportunities. Good luck!
🧑💻 Thinking Like a PM:
In this last segment, we will leave you off with an activity to practice your analytical minds. In a Product Interview, you’ll often be asked questions in the format: How can you make X product better for Y consumer. A general structure to answering this question is to ask any clarifying questions, identify the current user pain points, ideate design solutions to these pain points, and prioritize them using a prioritization framework. Walk the interviewer through the process from design to implementation to launch, and consider how you would measure the success of your solutions.
Feel free to reply with your answers!
📌 Join our Discord Community
Want to connect with other students such as yourself interested in Product? Join our Discord Community, Invite Link Here. Use our Discord Community to connect with other students and alumni to learn more about different opportunities in Product, practice mock interviews + resume critiques and more!
👋 Feel free to reach out
Thanks for following us along this journey! We hope you learned something from this edition of the newsletter. Feel free to drop a line to introduce yourself and reach out if you have any questions.
Until next time,
- UWPM Team