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True, agreed!

hi skylark - thanks for sharing. This makes my job easier, I really don't have to build it since its already there :-)) Thanks for your info,

True. Lets say John applies to Product Manager position at Google.

Question 1 - Do you think there is any value in connecting the John to PM's from Google, Facebook, Uber, Salesforce etc so they can do a mock interview and give first hand feedback to John. Each interview is time boxed and the questions are composed by those PM's. The PM's get paid to do the mock interview.

Question 2 - will a Google PM be ok in doing this mock considering that it may be considered unethical? What about the non Google PM's who are equally competent but work for other companies?

Thanks a lot for your time @RandomOpinion

Hi @mindhash - excellent point. I completely agree that supply is key. However that is the side I am much confident about. I have been fortunate to work for some of the best silicon valley companies so have built a network of talented professionals overtime. Some of them would definitely not do it for $50 but a lot more may be willing to spend their free time doing this. Also the way I am thinking of implementing it (if I ever do depending on the demand), is very non-intrusive. In my mind, the mock interviews do not need to be face to face all the time, they can be done in an asynchronous way (I can share details if you'd like). I created a landing page to gather the interest but not sure where to share the link so I can get people to give me feedback.

I know tripple byte and you are right, they depend on their YC network. I am also dependent on my personal network hoping if there is enough demand I can convince my talented friends to do it :-)) Thanks a lot for your feedback

Hi @smt88 - thanks for your reply. Makes sense to what you said. I can imagine some people may be uncomfortable taking the mock interview. However I have a different way to implement it, which is pleasant for both interviewer and interviewee. I started two companies so know very well how difficult is it to sell products to users. Thats why I want to get some feedback before starting a new idea. I am a developer so I put one pager website (I am not sure if I am allowed to share links here so did not) to seek interest but your suggestion of posting on craigslist is excellent. Thanks a lot for your thoughts.

Thanks @throwaway_374 for your comment. Are you speaking from an hiring manager perspective or from the perspective of an interviewer? As an interviewer, personally I ask my friends to do mock interview before I go in for the real one. That helps removing blind spots specially if I ask multiple friends to interview me on the same job position and I ask them time box it to max 45 mins. Personally that gives me a simulator environment of sorts. However I may be a one off case as I may not be super confident about my interviewing skills.

I wanted to know if there are other people who are nervous about going to the interview without doing a test run in a pressurized environment. Could they use a service where they get connected to professionals from tech companies to do mock interviews for them.

Thanks again for your awesome feedback

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