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How does Bolt hire PMs? TPG Podcast with Mikhail Shcheglov

Covering 6 essential criteria in Bolt's Product Manager interview

🔉Welcome to the Tallinn Product Group!
We bring you insights from industry experts about Product Management.

👋Today's guest:
Corporate Waters By Mikhail Shcheglov: corpwaters.substack.com
Mikhail Shcheglov - https://www.linkedin.com/in/scheglovm1/

  • Group Product Manager at Bolt for 3.5 years

  • Previously Product Manager roles at OLX (Avito) and Yandex, PhD in Economics

  • Experience in mobility, e-scooter rentals, car sharing, and buyer experience

In this episode:

  • Mikhail's gives practical examples from experience at Bolt

  • 6 essential criteria for Bolt Product Manager

  • Business ownership: including financial metrics, influencing people, understanding business context

  • Thinking strategically, not only tactically: global and local maxima, how to set up a roadmap for maximum impact

  • Basic product mindset: user identification, focusing on problems instead of solutions, hard and soft value proposition

  • Understanding the dynamics of marketplace: liquidity and solving cold start problems

  • Thinking beyond features: how to drive business impact without features

  • Cultural aspects, motivation, and coaching within Bolt

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
1:10 About Mikhail
4:22 Business ownership at Bolt
9:11 How to influence people
11:11 Understanding business fundamentals
13:51 Key financial metrics for PMs
16:19 Access to financials at Bolt
21:26 Strategic thinking for long-term success
25:11 Global vs. local maxima in decision-making
29:05 Thinking beyond features
31:01 Bringing problems, not solutions
34:56 Why "your ideas can't go wrong"
37:57 Coaching practices at Bolt
41:41 Product mindset in large companies
46:26 Hard and soft value propositions
48:51 Understanding marketplace dynamics
55:36 Product Manager certifications
58:39 How to evaluate PMs during interviews


References in this episode:

📚Corporate Waters By Mikhail Shcheglov: corpwaters.substack.com

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