Product Gym is a great product. If I could answer an interview question “What is your favorite product?” by talking about product gym, I would. My pain points were translating my earlier career into PM responsibility not only helped me build consistency in my resume throughout 3 different industries (including nonprofit & city agencies), but it helped me see that consistency as the bigger picture for myself. I was feeling intimidated by the male-dominated industry, and where women interviewers sound as rough as Mad Men characters. I no longer fear these type A people. 💪🦾 Prior to PG, I worked with an individual career coach and spent $2K. I took a popular PM certification course and spent $5K. I still felt like I was too alone in this scary process of applying and not knowing what doesn’t sound right in my resume, how my pitch sounds. Now I know that these were luxury services, and PG is the essential survival course. The branding process helped me build a strong resume that got me more than enough interviews. I capped my interviews at 20-22 per week (that was exhausting), and had to push anything beyond to the following or 2 weeks from the day of an interview request. The community/ cohort and coaching calls helped me define my pitch and eliminate details that I thought were proudly transparent, but made me sound like a victim of the circumstances, or too industry detailed that would lead me to lose the interviewer’s attention. For that, friends and family might not be enough (I didn’t have many PM close enough friends to ask for feedback), so practicing my pitch with the cohort was essential. Although I do have some experience working as a PM (less than 2 years), I took my time rebuilding my resume, cover letter and pitch based on the things I learned using the resources like the lectures that helped me recall all the things I did but didn’t see as important to include. Then, I enrolled in the application assistant program within PG, and that led me to discover many amazing companies I would overlook. Thanks to that, I was able to focus on preparing for the interviews while getting more interview requests each day. In one month, I’ve applied to close to 600 positions, 35 round 1’s, 17 round 2’s, 5 round 3’s and 1 offer so far. Plus, I still have 2-3 more weeks of interviews scheduled. For my next career chapter, I struggled finding the perfect combination of tech and what I am passionate about, and thanks for the volume of interviews for a wide range of industries, it helped me realize what I do not want to be doing, and in which industries, as well! PG definitely helped me feel stronger about my PM capabilities, and they continue to support me on every step of the process. I recommend this methodology. | 