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Cracking the PM Interview, by Gayle Laakmann McDowell and Jackie Bavaro, is a book that discusses how to land a project manager job in technology. Summary of the Book Cracking the PM Interview comprehensively explains how PM (Product Manager/Programme Manager) job role differs from one company to another, what experience you need in order to excel in an interview, how to make your already existing experience translate into your new opportunities, what the resume must look like, and how to master certain questions while preparing for a PM interview. Some of the concepts covered in the book are The Product Manager Role, Companies, Getting the Right Experience, Career Advancement, Behind the Interview Scenes, Resumes, Company Research, Behavioural Questions, Estimation Questions, Product, Case and Coding Questions, among other topics. About the Authors Gayle Laakmann McDowell is the Founder-CEO of CareerCup.com. She has authored the books: Cracking the Coding Interview and The Google Resume. She was previously associated with Google, Microsoft, and Apple and had also worked for Google's hiring committee. She is a B.S.E. and M.S.E. graduate in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania. She also holds an MBA from the Wharton School. Jackie Bavaro is a Product Manager at a leading start-up called Asana, which builds productivity software used by organizations like Airbnb, Dropbox, Uber, Foursquare, and Pinterest. She was previously associated with Google as a Product Manager, where she worked as part of the exclusive Associate Product Manager programme. She had also worked as a Program Manager at Microsoft. She completed her B.A. in Computer Science and B.A. in Economics at the Cornell University.