Answer 'tell me about yourself' in 90 seconds — without sounding generic.
3.5 years as a PM II at a mid-size SaaS. Recruited for a Senior PM role at a YC-backed European startup. Resume looks thin for 'senior' — but your last feature drove $1.2M in upsell revenue.
Stakes
Advance to the technical round. 10 candidates in pipeline. $35k+ salary jump on the line.
VP of Product. Just flew in from Amsterdam. 8 interviews this week. Will skim LinkedIn mid-answer if you're generic. Cares about outcomes, not titles.
You passed the recruiter screen. This is the hiring-manager gate — the only thing between you and the technical round.
At minute ~4 he'll pretend to take a phone call mid-answer. Test: do you panic, apologize, restart? Or hold the thread and pick up exactly where you stopped?