Hiring the right people in your Product Team

Hiring the right people; is crucial, for the success of the product. Remember!! it is our product and the team building it; is OUR team.

It starts with foreseeing and defining roles that you will need for building the product. Lets take an example of a Software Product. We will need, Architects, Developers, Testers, DevOps, SMEs, etc.

Next comes; what I call is the ‘core’ activity in hiring process i.e. writing detailed Job Description. This not just helps the talent acquisition team in sourcing the right candidate but also helps the candidate in knowing what he or she can expect. This Job Description also helps in identifying internal resource suitable for our product team.

Next crucial activity as a product manager we must do is - Interview every candidate before he joins the product team. This will give us a chance to explain what challenge we are intending to solve and evaluate if the candidate is interested in it. Because, relationship is a two way process!

Building the product is a journey and we need to be vigilant, in selecting the right people; who will make this journey worthy.

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