Guided plan
30-day interview prep
Four weeks of reading plus practice out loud: about 60 to 90 minutes most days and 2 to 3 hours on 8 longer days. Tick each day as you go.
How this plan works
Each day pairs a little reading with practice out loud, with a partner mock at the end of weeks 2, 3 and 4. Treat the long days as your weekend, whatever the calendar says, or pick a start date that puts them there.
Before day 1, record a 25-minute answer to one random interview question, unprepared, and compare it with your day-30 recording. Your ticks are saved in this browser and, when you're signed in, on your account. Lessons marked kit are in the full kit.
Why the plan is built this way, a 7-day version and how to compress it: the study plans lesson.
Day 1
About 60 to 90 minutes
Day 2
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- How to practice, using the question bankkit, the framework0 of 3 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- Set up your practice log. Write your three weakest rubric dimensions at the top
Day 3
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- Clarify the promptkit, pick a userkit0 of 2 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- Five openings only, 90 seconds each
Day 4
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- Generate solutionskit, prioritizekit0 of 2 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- One full product sense answer, 25 minutes
Day 5
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- Measure your designkit, favorite productkit0 of 2 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- Prepare your favorite product answer and say it twice
Day 6
Long day: 2 to 3 hours
- Read
- Worked answers 1 to 4kit, 5 to 8kit0 of 2 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- Attempt each prompt for five minutes before reading its answer. Then two full answers
Day 7
Long day: 2 to 3 hours
- Read
- Worked answers 9 to 12kit, common trapskit, drills by weaknesskit0 of 3 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- Two full answers. 20 minutes of drills on your weakest dimension
Day 8
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- North-star metrics, metric treeskit0 of 2 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- Choose a north-star metric and draw a tree for three products from the bank
Day 9
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- Setting goalskit, diagnosing a dropkit0 of 2 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- One diagnosis question, 20 minutes
Day 10
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- A/B testskit, trade-off decisionskit0 of 2 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- One metrics question plus one product sense question
Day 11
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- Worked cases 1 to 5kit0 of 1 lesson marked complete
- Practice
- Attempt first, then read. One new metrics question
Day 12
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- Worked cases 6 to 10kit, common trapskit0 of 2 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- Two metrics questions
Day 13
Long day: 2 to 3 hours
- Read
- Estimation in five steps, round numberskit, top-down and bottom-upkit0 of 3 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- Three estimation questions, ten minutes each
Day 14
Long day: 2 to 3 hours
- Read
- Worked cases 1 to 4kit, 5 to 8kit, sanity checkskit, mock scriptskit0 of 4 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- Two estimation questions. First partner mock: product sense
Day 15
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- What behavioral rounds test, build a story bankkit0 of 2 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- List ten candidate stories in a grid
Day 16
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- Structure an answerkit, conflictkit0 of 2 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- Write three stories in note form; tell each in under two minutes
Day 17
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Practice
- Three more stories
Day 18
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- Ownershipkit, why PM and why this companykit0 of 2 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- Draft and say both "why" answers
Day 19
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- Model answers 1 to 10kit, 11 to 20kit0 of 2 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- Tell every story once, recorded
Day 20
Long day: 2 to 3 hours
- Read
- Strategy approach, market entrykit, competitive responsekit, build, buy or partnerkit0 of 4 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- Two strategy questions
Day 21
Long day: 2 to 3 hours
- Read
- Monetizationkit, growthkit, worked cases 1 to 3kit0 of 3 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- Partner mock: behavioral
Day 22
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- Technical or AI module, first three lessons (whichever your target role needs). If neither, strategy worked cases 4 to 6kit and trapskit
- Practice
- One question of that type
Day 23
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- Lessons 4 to 6 of the same module. If neither, re-read the worked answers of your weakest module
- Practice
- One question of that type plus one metrics question
Day 24
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- Lesson 7, its worked lesson and common traps. If neither, a second pass on metrics worked cases 6 to 10kit
- Practice
- Two questions of that type
Day 25
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- How loops differ, large techkit or startupskit, APM programskit if applying0 of 4 lessons marked complete
- Practice
- Start researching your companykit: about an hour today, the rest tomorrow
Day 26
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- Tailor your storieskit0 of 1 lesson marked complete
- Practice
- Finish your company research. Map stories to the company
Day 27
Long day: 2 to 3 hours
- Read
- Your final mock plankit0 of 1 lesson marked complete
- Practice
- Full mock loop: three rounds back to back with a partner
Day 28
Long day: 2 to 3 hours
- Read
- Your practice log, start to finish
- Practice
- Drills on whatever the loop exposed. One more product sense answer
Day 29
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- Final-week checklistkit0 of 1 lesson marked complete
- Practice
- One light mock. Re-read your story notes and summaries
Day 30
About 60 to 90 minutes
- Read
- Recaps only
- Practice
- Rest. Confirm logistics. Record one answer and compare with your diagnostic