Inside Product Interviews: How to Ace System Design Rounds

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System design interviews are one of the hardest parts of AI Product Manager interviews—especially when the system involves ML models, LLMs, data pipelines, and evaluation.

In this lightning session, Mahesh breaks down how AI PMs should approach system design interviews, focusing on how interviewers think and what signals they’re really looking for.

What this session covers:
-How AI PM system design interviews differ from traditional PM interviews
-A clear framework to structure your answers
-How to think about training vs inference systems
-Key components: data, models, evaluation, latency, cost, and scaling
-Common mistakes AI PM candidates make
-How to explain tradeoffs without going too deep into code
-How to communicate clearly with engineers, ML teams, and leadership

This session is part of a Maven lightning workshop designed to help PMs prepare for real AI product interviews, not theory-heavy ML discussions.

👉 Ideal for:
-Aspiring AI Product Managers
-PMs transitioning into GenAI / ML roles
-PMs interviewing at Big Tech, startups, or AI-first companies

🔗 Learn more about the session:
https://maven.com/p/694d75/cracking-s...

00:00 – Introduction & session context
02:10 – Why system design is hard for AI PMs
05:00 – How AI PM system design differs from traditional PM interviews
08:20 – What interviewers are actually evaluating
12:30 – The AI PM system design framework
16:10 – Training vs inference: how to think about both
20:30 – Core components: data, models, pipelines
24:40 – Evaluation, metrics & failure modes
28:30 – Latency, cost & scalability tradeoffs
32:20 – Communicating clearly without going too technical
36:10 – Common mistakes AI PM candidates make
39:40 – How to structure your interview answers
43:00 – Final advice & next steps

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