Stephen Cognetta, MBA

Tech Interviewing Coach

Stephen Cognetta is the co-founder and CEO of Exponent, a learning platform that helps people prepare for and ace their tech interviews. Stephen specializes in coaching for product management, software engineering, product marketing, management, technical project management, and data science interviews. Stephen holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Princeton University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, and an MBA from Stanford University. Prior to founding Exponent, Stephen worked as a Product Manager for Google and co-founded HackMentalHealth.

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What is product management?

Product management is being in charge of the creation and shipping of the best product possible. It requires a multi-faceted skillset involving communication, technical know-how, collaboration, the ability to intuit customer's needs and wants, and product design sensibilities.

What should I expect in a coding interview?

After a brief icebreaker, you'll be asked to do a coding type of exercise. Usually you'll get an algorithm, data structure, or system design question. Data structures are the building blocks of programs, algorithms are sets of rules or procedures to solve complex problems, and system design is core to the foundation of an application or website. After you answer the question, there'll then be discussion about the code you built.

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