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Product Management Essentials

A quick check that someone understands the core ideas and everyday language of product management before moving into a product role or working closely with product teams.

  • 20 questions
  • 20 min
  • 4 areas
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Code PRDES · Product Management series

1 Answer 20 questions 20 min with a timer, on phone or laptop.
2 Get your report instantly Scores, strengths and what to work on, the moment you finish.
3 Share your certificate Add it to LinkedIn or your CV, with a link anyone can verify.

What it measures

Overall product management essentials Average of the four areas: the product role, customers and problems, prioritisation and user stories, and delivery and metrics.

1 The product role What a product manager does, who they work with and how a product moves through its life.
2 Customers and problems Understanding users, their needs and the problems worth solving.
3 Prioritisation and user stories Choosing what to work on first, keeping a backlog and writing clear user stories.
4 Delivery and metrics Working in agile teams, launching features and measuring if they work.

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  • Overall score and band
  • Scores for each of the 4 areas
  • Strengths and tips for each area
  • Certificate of completion

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Who it is for

Students, fresh graduates, engineers, designers, analysts and business staff who want to move into product management, and anyone who works with product managers. No prior product experience needed.

A beginner check of product management basics: what a product manager does, understanding customers and their problems, prioritising work and writing user stories, and shipping and measuring a product. 20 questions in 20 minutes.

  • Product management
  • Product manager
  • Agile
  • User research
  • Roadmaps
  • Career switch
  • Beginner
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How it runs

  1. Practice1 questionWarm-up, not scored
  2. The product role5 questions
  3. Customers and problems5 questions
  4. Prioritisation and user stories5 questions
  5. Delivery and metrics5 questions

Question types

Instructions shown before starting

20 questions in 20 minutes, across 4 areas of product management basics. Most questions have one correct answer. For 'Select all that apply' questions, choose every correct option. For situation questions, pick the best action: some other options get part marks. There is no penalty for a wrong answer.

Version 2, published 27 Oct 2026.

The Product Management series

Take them in order to build up step by step. See the whole series

  1. Level 1 · You are hereProduct Management Essentials
  2. Level 2Product Management PractitionerCode PRDPR
  3. Level 3Product Strategy & LeadershipCode PRDLD

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