Skills Level 1
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
Code PRDES · Product Management series
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.
Your instant report
- Overall score and band
- Scores for each of the 4 areas
- Strengths and tips for each area
- Certificate of completion
Taking it on your own? The report and certificate open the moment you finish. When an organization runs it, the organization decides when to share them.
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.
How it runs
- Practice1 questionWarm-up, not scored
- The product role5 questions
- Customers and problems5 questions
- Prioritisation and user stories5 questions
- Delivery and metrics5 questions
Question types
- 36Multiple choice, one correct answer
- 8True / false
- 8Multiple select, several correct answers
- 8Situational judgement (score per option)
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
- Level 1 · You are hereProduct Management Essentials
- Level 2Product Management PractitionerCode PRDPR
- Level 3Product Strategy & LeadershipCode PRDLD
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