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What this posting asks for

Level: Manager — The title says "Manager".

Main responsibilities

  • Drive the cross-team programs that build billing platform foundations, from scoping and tradeoff decisions through delivery
  • Standardize how new commercial work enters billing: a framework driven intake, clear owners, and sequenced dependencies across billing teams and their stakeh…
  • Own the promotions program end to end: one repeatable path from proposal to configuration to reconciliation, for both self-serve and sales-led programs
  • Own commercialization and launch readiness for billing: no new product or SKU launches without pricing, metering, invoicing, and reporting in place
  • Own the change process for the charge pipeline
  • Run payments operations programs in partnership with finance and treasury, including currency and FX
  • You may be a good fit if you
  • Have 6+ years of technical program management experience, with a track record of owning cross-functional programs end to end
  • Can reason about metering, invoicing, and payment flows, and the data pipelines behind them
  • Have run launch readiness programs where a new product needed its commercial and billing path in place before it shipped

Competencies an interviewer will look for

  • Teamwork and collaboration Core
    In the posting: “We're hiring a Technical Program Manager to own the cross-functional programs in this space.” · “Have 6+ years of technical program management experience, with a track record of owning cross-functional programs end to end” · “In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic.”
    Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
  • Ownership and accountability Core
    In the posting: “We're hiring a Technical Program Manager to own the cross-functional programs in this space.” · “Own the promotions program end to end: one repeatable path from proposal to configuration to reconciliation, for both self-serve and sales-led programs” · “Own the change process for the charge pipeline”
    Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.
  • Technical skill Core
    In the posting: “New products, new regions, and new channels all need to be metered, priced, invoiced, and reconciled, and the work to make that happen crosses billing engine…” · “You'll partner closely with billing engineering, GTM systems, finance and treasury, product, and support, and give leadership a single clear view of prioriti…”
    Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
  • Communication Core
    In the posting: “If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links—visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings.” · “As such, we greatly value communication skills.”
    Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech.
  • Data and analysis Core
    In the posting: “Own commercialization and launch readiness for billing: no new product or SKU launches without pricing, metering, invoicing, and reporting in place” · “Can reason about metering, invoicing, and payment flows, and the data pipelines behind them”
    Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
  • Attention to detail and quality Core
    In the posting: “Your safety matters to us.” · “This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, S…”
    Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
  • Stakeholder management Core
    In the posting: “Standardize how new commercial work enters billing: a framework driven intake, clear owners, and sequenced dependencies across billing teams and their stakeh…” · “Can build trust with engineers, finance and treasury partners, GTM systems, product, and support teams, and translate between them”
    Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.
  • Leadership and mentoring Supporting
    In the posting: “You'll partner closely with billing engineering, GTM systems, finance and treasury, product, and support, and give leadership a single clear view of prioriti…”
    Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
  • Planning and organisation Supporting
    In the posting: “You'll partner closely with billing engineering, GTM systems, finance and treasury, product, and support, and give leadership a single clear view of prioriti…”
    Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
  • Adaptability and learning Supporting
    In the posting: “We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely…”
    Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.

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Practice questions

  1. Tell me about yourself. Dedicated step-by-step practice.
  2. If an interviewer asks something improper How to respond to questions about age, family, origin or health.
  3. Built from this posting (8):
  4. Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
  5. Tell me about a task you took from start to finish without anyone asking you to. From this posting
  6. Walk me through a piece of work where you used your strongest technical skill. What exactly did you do? From this posting
  7. Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. From this posting
  8. How have you used training in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
  9. Tell me about a problem you solved using sales. From this posting
  10. Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
  11. You have three urgent tasks due today and time to finish only two. How do you decide? From this posting
  12. This posting reads as Product management: its questions come first.
  13. Tell me about a product decision you made based on what users told you. Product management
  14. You have ten feature requests and capacity for three. How do you choose? Product management
  15. Describe a time you had to say no to a senior stakeholder. Product management
  16. How do you decide whether a feature you launched worked? Product management
  17. Tell me about a launch that involved several teams. What was your role? Product management
  18. A key feature is late and the launch date is fixed. What do you do? Product management
  19. How do you write requirements so that engineers and designers build the right thing? Product management
  20. Tell me about a product failure you were responsible for. Product management
  21. Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
  22. Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
  23. Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
  24. Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
  25. Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
  26. Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
  27. Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
  28. Describe a process you improved.
  29. Do you have any questions for us?
  30. Why do you want to work here?
  31. Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
  32. Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
  33. Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
  34. What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
  35. What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
  36. You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
  37. Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
  38. A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
  39. How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
  40. Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
  41. You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
  42. Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
  43. How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
  44. Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
  45. How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
  46. Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
  47. A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
  48. How do you keep your pipeline organised?
  49. Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
  50. You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?
  51. Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.