Growth PM Interview Process

Hiring a Growth PM is one of the highest-stakes product decisions a Director or VP makes. Most processes produce noise — candidates who interview beautifully but can't run an experiment loop under real constraints. This template fixes that. Adapted from Japna Sethi's framework at Calendly, the Growth PM Interview Process gives you a 5-stage, competency-mapped hiring loop with a pre-roll panel calibration guide, independent scoring before any debrief, and a Final Presentation that replaces take-home assignments with an in-session evaluation of applied growth judgment. The workspace includes a Candidates sheet tracking every candidate across the full pipeline, a Competency Scorecard for independent post-round scoring across eight Growth PM competencies, and a Panel Calibration Guide that documents what each round is evaluating and what bias to watch for. Built for Directors and VPs of Product at Series B–D companies building or scaling a dedicated Growth PM function — people who've hired generalist PMs before and know that Growth PMs require a different bar.