#17 - Martim Maia - (Amazon) | Technical Product Manager

In this episode, I speak with Martim Maia who went from London Business School, to being a senior technical manager at Amazon and then to Whartom for his MBA.👊Ace your PM and tech interviews with Exponent 👊► Use code RARELIQUID to get 20% off!► https://www.tryexponent.com/courses/pm/?ref=rareliquid💧rareliquid💧► Sign up for my investment banking course► Sign up for my how to get into MBA course (NOW LIVE)► Sign up for my management consulting course► Youtube► Instagram► TikTok► LinkedIn► Business Inquiries: ben@rareliquid.com------🧑‍🎓Career Resources👩‍🎓► Buy My Banking Recruiting Guides► Wall Street Prep (Use code RARELIQUID for 20% OFF!)► TTP - The BEST GMAT prep resource► Books I recommend► My filming equipment------⏱Timestamps⏱00:02:01 - Background00:04:32 - LBS experience00:06:31 - Comparing Wharton and LBS courses00:07:56 - LBS culture00:11:20 - Path to Amazon00:14:49 - Amazon recruiting00:16:56 - First role at Amazon00:18:24 - Vendor management responsibilities00:20:05 - Enjoying vendor management00:21:53 - Reason for role switch00:25:58 - Treasure Truck project duties00:27:28 - Treasure Truck success00:28:55 - Amazon culture00:32:29 - Example of a meaningless artifact00:35:02 - Switch to product management00:36:02 - Transition process00:39:00 - Number of interviews00:40:03 - Interview questions00:46:35 - Excellent answers to behavioral questions00:49:00 - Enjoyment of PM role transition00:49:45 - Reasons for loving PM role00:52:55 - Less enjoyable PM aspects00:54:53 - Additional PM challenges00:57:08 - Experiencing frustrations00:58:21 - Multi-stakeholder project01:06:05 - Technical PM project01:12:00 - Qualities of a great PM01:15:11 - Amazon working hours01:19:37 - Amazon role compensation01:25:01 - Discussing rising Amazon stock01:31:11 - Reasons for MBA01:32:15 - Post-MBA PM plans01:33:34 - Advice to younger self~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~📱Interact With Me📱► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rareliquid► Twitter: https://twitter.com/rareliquid► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rareliquid► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-chon-8b0ba34a/► Business Inquiries: ben@rareliquid.com🔎Disclaimer🔎Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning that at no additional cost to you, I may earn a commission if you cl