How to Ace Your Product Sense Interviews in the AI Era

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How to Ace Your Product Sense Interviews in the AI Era

Hosted by Sherveen Mashayekhi

Thu, Oct 23, 2025

5:00 PM UTC (30 minutes)

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What you'll learn

What’s Changed: AI-era signals and pitfalls in product sense

The role of product has changed, as has the priority of companies (in using it, in $$, etc.) -- adapt accordingly!

Timeless Tactics: Framing, trade-offs, gating, exploration

But product sense still has its foundational nuances -- we'll cover how to approach the challenge with style.

Showcase Readiness: Demonstrate future-proof AI mindset

Even if it's not the context of the challenge, demonstrating AI use or AI industry awareness is key. Let's dig in!

Why this topic matters

Product management has changed foundationally as the tech market has transformed and AI has centered itself on stage. Interviewers still want crisp problem framing, but now expect more awareness of relevant strategies, de-risked-yet-upside-oriented exploration, and different approaches to data, UX, collaboration, and product development. Let's dive in!

You'll learn from

Sherveen Mashayekhi

Founder & CEO of Free Agency. Helping people reach the height of their ambition.

Sherveen has been an AI product leader and founder in tech for over a decade, but more importantly, is a long-time obsessive about startups.

He's a first adopter of AI tools and sits in exclusive circles of founders + venture capitalists building the cutting edge of applied AI products. As the founder and CEO of Free Agency (backed by investors like Maveron, Bloomberg Beta, Kevin Durant, and Kygo), he now helps tech professionals navigate the modern hiring landscape.

Since 2019, clients of Free Agency have won over $400M in job offers and landed at top companies like OpenAI, Amazon, American Express, Stripe, YouTube, Netflix, and hundreds more.

He's the host of three shows + podcasts about early stage tech: The Feedback Loop, Three Course Founders, and The Sherveen Show, where he talks multiple times a week with the most exciting technologists, CEOs, and investors building the future.

See more: https://youtube.com/@sherveenshow

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