Gayle McDowell - Product School Instructor
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Gayle McDowell

CEO, CareerCup

Gayle Laakmann McDowell is the founder/CEO of CareerCup.com and the author of the best-selling Cracking the *interview books (Cracking the Coding Interview, Cracking the PM Interview, and Cracking the Tech Career). She consults with large and small companies on their engineering hiring process and teaches interviewer training workshops to improve

hiring effectiveness.Her background is in software development, with a BSE/MSE in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School. She previously worked as a software engineer at Google, Microsoft, and Apple.

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ProductCon: The Product Management Conference

ProductCon: The Product Management Conference

  • Tuesday, March 20th, 2018
  • 8:00AM - 7:00PM
  • 750 Kearny Street, San Francisco / 4500 Great America Parkway, 3rd Floor, Santa Clara Product Management Event
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Cracking the Product Manager Interview with Gayle McDowell

Cracking the Product Manager Interview with Gayle McDowell

  • Thursday, October 26th, 2017
  • From 6:30pm to 8:30pm
  • 415 Jackson St., Suite B, San Francisco San Francisco
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Cracking the PM Interview with Gayle McDowell

Cracking the PM Interview with Gayle McDowell

  • Wednesday, September 27th, 2017
  • From 6:30pm to 8:30pm
  • 4500 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara Silicon Valley
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Perfect for Aspiring Product Managers from any professional background:

Learn how to build digital products from end to end, lead cross-functional teams, bulletproof your resume and practice mock interviews.

Product Manager Certificate™
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August 2nd - September 22nd
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Product Manager Certificate™
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August 3rd - September 23rd
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Tuesdays and Thursdays,
10:30am - 12:30pm.
Pacific Time Zone
Instructor: Jochen Simon - Sr. Product Manager at eBay
Product Manager Certificate™
Live Online 2 Spots Left!
August 3rd - September 23rd
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Tuesdays and Thursdays,
5:30pm - 7:30pm.
Pacific Time Zone
Instructor: Alex Alwan - Top Instructor & Director of Product at Walt Disney.
Product Manager Certificate™
Live Online 1 Spot Left!
August 3rd - September 23rd
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Tuesdays and Thursdays,
5:30pm - 7:30pm.
Pacific Time Zone
Instructor: Kanakshila Tandon - Top Instructor & Product Leader at Facebook. Formerly at Amazon
Product Manager Certificate™
Live Online 2 Spots Left!
August 7th - October 2nd
No Class on Sep. 4th
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Saturdays,
8:00am - 1:00pm.
Pacific Time Zone
(1 hour break)
Instructor: Stephanie Neill - Sr. Director of Product at Amazon
Product Manager Certificate™
Live Online
August 9th - October 4th
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Product Manager Certificate™
Live Online 3 Spots Left!
August 9th - August 13th 1-week full-time
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Monday - Friday,
8:00am - 5:00pm.
Pacific Time Zone
(1 hour break)
Instructor: Rocky Sharma - Top Instructor & Product Leader. Former Head of Product at Home Depot.
Product Manager Certificate™
Live Online 3 Spots Left!
August 9th - October 4th
No Class on Sep. 6th
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Mondays and Wednesdays,
6:30pm - 8:30pm.
Pacific Time Zone
Instructor: Cori Shearer - Sr. Product Manager at Headspace. Formerly at Shazam
Product Manager Certificate™
Live Online
August 10th - September 30th
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Product Manager Certificate™
Live Online 5 Spots Left!
August 21st - October 9th
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Saturdays,
12:30am - 5:30am.
Pacific Time Zone
(1 hour break)
Instructor: Felipe Vieira - Top Instructor & Sr. Product Manager at TripAdvisor

Perfect for PMC graduates or existing Product Managers with 3+ years of experience:

Operate as a senior-level Product Manager by digging deeper into every aspect of the product development cycle, and designing your product strategy.

Product Leader Certificate™
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July 31st - September 18th
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Product Leader Certificate™
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August 3rd - September 23rd
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Tuesdays and Thursdays,
10:30am - 1:00pm.
Pacific Time Zone
Instructor: Felipe Vieira - Top Instructor & Sr. Product Manager at TripAdvisor
Product Leader Certificate™
Live Online 2 Spots Left!
August 3rd - September 23rd
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Tuesdays and Thursdays,
5:30pm - 8:00pm.
Pacific Time Zone
Instructor: Quaseer Mujawar - Product Leader at Facebook. Formerly at Amazon
Product Leader Certificate™
Live Online 3 Spots Left!
August 7th - October 2nd
No Class on Sep. 4th
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Saturdays,
8:00am - 2:00pm.
Pacific Time Zone
(1 hour break)
Instructor: Priyanka Upadhyay - Top Instructor & Sr. Product Manager at Salesforce
Product Leader Certificate™
Live Online 4 Spots Left!
August 9th - October 4th
No Class on Sep. 6th
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Mondays and Wednesdays,
6:30pm - 9:00pm.
Pacific Time Zone
Instructor: Karthi Chinnaswamy - Sr. Product Manager at Amazon.
Product Leader Certificate™
Live Online
August 21st - October 23rd
No Class on Sep. 4th & Oct. 9th
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Saturdays,
8:00am - 2:00pm.
Pacific Time Zone
(1 hour break)
Instructor: Debankur Naskar - Top Instructor & Product Lead at Apple. Formerly at eBay.

Perfect for PLC graduates or existing Product Managers with 5+ years of experience

Our most advanced certificate is restricted to proven product leaders who want to learn to scale products and manage dynamic teams

Product Executive Certificate™
Live Online
August 9th - September 1st
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Product Executive Certificate™
Live Online 3 Spots Left!
August 21st - September 18th
No Class on Sep. 4th
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Saturdays,
8:00am - 2:00pm.
Pacific Time Zone
(1 hour break)
Instructor: Gowri Sivanathan - Product Leader at Zillow
Product Executive Certificate™
Live Online
August 24th - September 16th
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Product Executive Certificate™
Live Online 6 Spots Left!
September 13th - October 6th
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Mondays and Wednesdays,
10:30am - 1:00pm.
Pacific Time Zone
Instructor: Felipe Vieira - Top Instructor & Sr. Product Manager at TripAdvisor
Product Executive Certificate™
Live Online
September 25th - October 23rd
No Class on Oct. 9th
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Saturdays,
8:00am - 2:00pm.
Pacific Time Zone
(1 hour break)