Office Hour Rules 

During office hours, everyone MUST have their prepared answers ready, including both behavioral and case mock interviews.

How to Prepare for a Case Mock:

For case mocks, you must write down your answers and share your screen—no freestyling. This allows our coaches to quickly assess your readiness.

Once you’ve done a few written mocks and shown strong performance, you may do a freestyle (cold turkey) mock, where you’ll answer a random case live in 30 minutes.

▶️ Follow this step-by-step guide:

5.4 ✅ How to Prepare for Google/Meta Case Interviews and Case Interviews in General

How to Prepare for a Behavioral Mock:

Write down your answers (or key points), time yourself, and aim to keep each response under 2 minutes (max 3). If it’s too long, our coaches will help you trim it.

✅ Before the mock, tell us how long it took you—this shows your self-awareness and preparation.

🎯 Make sure to study Module 2 Behavioral Interview Framework before attending a mock session:
Module 2: Behavioral Interview Framework

Sr. PM and Directors must watch Module 2.14✅ Sr. PM Behavioral Interview

Requirements Before or After Your Mock Interviews:

If you attend office hours to prep for a real interview, you must contribute your interview questions to our shared Alumni Interview Database. This helps everyone grow.

If you can’t contribute, let our team know why.

🔗 Alumni Interview Questions Database Input Form

📊 Alumni Interview Questions Input Results

What Type of Questions You Should and Shouldn’t Ask During Office Hours

✅ What You SHOULD Ask:

• Portfolio-related questions
• Any questions related to Sunday Group Training
• Job-hunting strategy questions whenever you are stuck
• Networking script review or related questions
• PM Mock interviews (both case and behavioral questions)
• Have our coaches predict the type of interview questions. However, study all prep materials in Modules 2.1–2.12 ahead of time, as many answers are already covered there.
• AI Product Management Questions: If you already have AI experience or are enrolled in the AI PM Bootcamp, you are welcome to ask AI PM questions. HOWEVER, do not ask questions like:

"What AI model should I use for my home renovation AI product?" → This will only be answered after our tech advisor evaluates your AI product.

🚫 What You SHOULDN’T Ask:

• Technical AI Questions
  If you're in the AI PM Bootcamp, direct technical AI questions to Nicolas and Austin’s AI PM Bootcamp Office Hours—not PMA office hours. AI coaches are only available to AI PM Bootcamp students, not general PMA students.

• 1:1 Resume Review
  This is handled by resume coaches during your dedicated 1:1 session. In office hours, we can give a quick 30-second scan—no more.

• Math Questions
  Not covered in office hours.

• The SAME Questions You’ve Already Mocked With Other Coaches

  • All coaches are trained under the same framework to ensure consistent guidance.

  • You may not bring the same question to multiple coaches just to get different opinions.

• Showing Up Without Progress or Independent Work

  • After receiving feedback, you’re expected to take action.

  • If you’re making minimal progress (1% or less) after repeated feedback, coaches may end the mock to prioritize students who are ready.

• Asking Coaches to Complete Take-Home Assignments for You
  We can review your answers, but we will not do your homework.

• Asking to Be Spoon-Fed Answers
  🚫 Don’t do this:

  • Week 1: “How do I answer ‘Why Capital One?’” → We teach you the strategy.

  • Week 2: “How do I answer ‘Why American Express?’” → You’re expected to apply the same strategy yourself.
    👉 Learn the framework once—don’t ask the same question with a different company name.

• Exceeding Practice Limits

  • Max 3 behavioral mocks

  • Max 2 case reviews

  • Max 1 full case mock
    We host daily office hours—you’ll have plenty of opportunities. But one person cannot occupy the entire session.

Choose the Right Coach in Your RSVP Form

Some coaches specialize in specific types of interview questions. To make the most of your session, please sign up with the coach best suited to your needs:

Dr. Nancy Li

Specialties:

• Product Strategy

• AI PM questions

• Final-round interview prep (all companies)

• Any other questions, if time allows

Note:

• If a student shows only marginal improvement after multiple mocks, I may ask them to first implement my feedback and work with other coaches.

• You may return to my office hours only after other coaches confirm you’ve improved.

• Why? My focus is on advanced questions that others cannot address—not repeating what I already coached you on last week.

Soumya Suman

Specialties:

• Behavioral and Case Mocks

• Product Design & Execution

• Networking and Job Search Strategy

• Portfolio Reviews

• HR Screens and 1st-Round Interview Prep

Sowmya Rao

Specialties:

• Product Design

• Product Strategy Mocks

• Behavioral Mocks

Ke Du

Specialties:

• Product Design

• Execution Mocks

• Behavioral Mocks

• Amazon Interview Deep Dive

Anthony Janicas

Specialties:

• Behavioral Mocks

• (Will soon offer Case Mocks after completing training)