I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at CarMax in Feb 2022
Interview
I was referred by a current employee. I had a phone screen with the recruiter, then a 1/2 hour call with a PM director and Principal PM.
From there, I moved onto the next round, which consisted of six more interviews. One interview was a live case study with two peer PMs. The rest were panel interviews with PM Directors (behavioral questions) and an interview with the VP of Product (he mainly talked).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a situation where you were effective in setting a course of action in an unclear situation.
Tell me about a time you took initiative to address or resolve an interdepartmental issue.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at CarMax in July 2022
Interview
Brief conversation with the recruiter. Asked about background, etc. Then had a call with the Hiring Manager, for 45ish minutes. Discussed background and asked a few behavioral questions. Then had a final round where there were 6 individual interviews: 3 panels, 1 case study, 2 interviews with executives. Each interview was 30-1hr. All in all, the interview process was probably 7-8 hours spread across several days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time where you worked with a challenging stakeholder.
Tell me about your biggest achievement in product.
What makes you a good product manager?
Initial recruiter phone screen followed by a hiring manager phone screen. Final round was of the super-day style consisting of many panel interviews over the course of a day. Total process took around 8 weeks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time you had to convince your team
Given a scenario, how would you decide whether or not to create/launch a product