Senior Product Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Toptal with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 38.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Product Manager roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Toptal overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Toptal as a Senior Product Manager according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Presentation: 17%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Toptal in Jul 2025
Interview
Had a very negative experience due to the interviewer's lack of time awareness in the product sense interview round. This made me rush through the interview and made the experience less collaborative, resulting in me performing poorly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your favorite product and why? What do you like and hate about product management?
The screen call with the recruiter was odd and uncomfortable. The recruiter said that I need to know each metric I've achieved for every role and company, even if it was 5 years ago. It felt like the recruiter was trying to verify whether I knew every detail of my CV. If I was wrong about any metric or number, this person would point it out
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell about your experience and metrics that you achieved for each of company in your CV?
I hadn’t expected a case study to be part of the initial HR and culture-fit round, so I wasn’t fully aware of the next steps in the process after clearing the first stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
PLG case study - didnt expect a case study in the first HR and fitness round