Hiring Product Managers: Using Product EQ to go beyond culture and skills
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Argues that hiring must weight human skills alongside technical ones, citing EQ correlates with about $29,000 more per year, hiring mistakes costing 120–200% of annual salary and replacements taking ~13 months while only ~11% leave for lack of technical skill. Recommends concrete tools: a four‑question Role Canvas (purpose, accountabilities/outcomes, human and technical skills), scripted behavior‑based questions, periodic calibration meetings during hiring and a six‑month role retro plus a “hiring batting average” metric to iterate hires.
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