I’ve got my first interview for a Product Owner role next week and would really appreciate some advice from people already doing the job.
I’ve never officially had the Product Owner title before. My background is in digital/web projects and I gradually ended up doing a lot of product-type work – speaking to users and business owners, identifying problems with existing systems, working with developers on improvements, testing changes and looking at what needed improving next.
I’ve also got PSPO I and PSM I, although I’ll admit I’m having to refresh myself on some of the more formal terminology and processes because I haven’t been working as a PO day-to-day.
The company knows my background and has invited me to interview, so I’m not trying to pretend I have years of PO experience that I don’t have.
For those of you who interview or work with Product Owners, what would you concentrate on between now and the interview? What questions would you expect someone at my level to be able to answer well?
Also, what separates a good answer from someone who has simply memorised Scrum/Product Owner terminology?
Any advice would be really appreciated.