hey! Anthony here. This is my full interview with Sanil Rajput. Sanil Rajput is a recent grad from UC Berkeley. For the past 9 months, Sanil has been a Product Manager at Microsoft working on AI research. Before that, he was an APM at Roblox working on Machine Learning products.
We talked about a lot, including:
🛠 His experiences being a PM at Microsoft and an APM at Roblox.
💼 His advice on how to break into product
🏢 Working at a startup vs big company
🔥 And lots more!
Here’s Sanil Rajput:
🎬 Full Interview
Here’s the full video of the 31 min interview along with the transcript (link).
✂️ Snippets
Can’t watch the full thing right now? Here are a few short snippets from the interview. Hope you enjoy:
Clip #1
🤔 Sanil recalls a few mistakes he’s made at Microsoft and what he’s learned from them. He also gives advice that for new PMs a few months into their roles. (1m 54s)
Clip #2
💎 Sanil drops some advice for how to break into product. (2m 16s)
🎧 Audio
Want the audio? Just hit that play button at the top of this post.
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PM News #8: Sanil Rajput - Microsoft PM