In this last part of her interview, Ellora Nath takes us through the selection process for Booking.com. She talks of the different rounds, including the ‘on-site' round, where candidates fly to Amsterdam and have interviews with the HR, and the Director of Booking.com. She tells us how she managed to crack these rounds, and what it was that really helped her get through. Having worked in India, for an MNC like eBay, and then a start up like Practo, her move to Amsterdam was what she calls 'writing a new book' in her life. She explains how life and work culture in Europe is different from life and work culture in India, going on to tell us what skills and abilities you need to develop to be able to thrive in a foreign workplace. She gives us a glimpse of her responsibilities as a Product Manager.
She talks of how the travel industry is affected by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, and how being in travel now is like being a banker in 2008 (during the financial crash). She then talks of her favourite applications that she loves to consume, giving us a Product Manager's perspective. Lastly, she tells us about where she sees her career heading.
This is part 3 of Ellora Nath's full interview.
You can watch Part 1 here and Part 2 here
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Key Takeaways:
1. Being in the travel industry today is like being a banker in 2008. There are far-reaching consequences of the pandemic, and the travel industry is one of the first to face it.
2. You can have a great idea, but you need to have data to back why your idea worked.
3. For data-driven companies, you need to pay attention to your hypotheses and how you intend to measure the collected data.
4. As a Product Manager, you have to “ask the right t questions” and “get it all done”.
5. You need to understand all the disciplines and be strategic as you climb the ladder.
6. The work culture in Europe requires you to be proactive and have opinions.
7. The diversity in the stakeholders in India and abroad differs, but the expectations from you (as a Product Manager) remain more or less the same.
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