Product Manager Jobs at Joby Aviation

Joby Aviation PM interview guide

Joby Aviation's PM loop runs about four rounds (recruiter intro, hiring manager, a case study, and a cross-functional panel), each 45 to 60 minutes, and the whole process averages roughly 55 days. The defining trait: it is open-ended and experience-led, with no published rubric, so panels probe how you reason through ambiguous, real Joby problems (scaling production, air taxi operations, internal manufacturing software) rather than running a scripted product-sense gauntlet.

The interview process

1. Recruiter screen (30 to 45 min). A recruiter walks through your background, the role, and logistics, and stays in regular contact afterward. They check baseline fit, motivation for Joby specifically, and whether your PM scope matches the team (air taxi product vs. internal manufacturing software).
2. Hiring manager round (45 to 60 min). A conversation with the hiring manager mixing casual discussion and behavioral questions about your product work. They probe depth of ownership, how you used data and metrics to drive product improvements, and how you operate with high ambiguity and no definitive answer.
3. Case study (45 to 60 min). An open-ended product or problem-solving case tied to Joby's domain, sometimes run as a group exercise where you lead others through it. Candidates report the format is loosely structured with little visibility into how it is scored, so they watch your structuring, prioritization, and how you handle an underspecified prompt. Caution flag: some candidates report being asked to solve a real problem the company needs, so scope and protect any take-home work.
4. Panel interview (multiple back-to-back, 45 to 60 min each). A cross-functional panel of peers, engineers, and sometimes an executive, spanning 10 to 12 topic areas. Candidates describe it as thorough and at times grilling, testing cross-functional collaboration, technical fluency with software and manufacturing systems, and team-dynamics fit.
5. What they're really testing. Three signals carry the most weight: (1) reasoning under ambiguity, structuring a vague, open-ended problem without a clean answer; (2) using data and metrics to justify product decisions and ship simple, elegant products at scale; and (3) cross-functional fit, working credibly with engineering, design, and manufacturing in a hardware-plus-software, safety-critical environment.

Likely PM interview questions

1. Lead a group of people through solving an open-ended operational problem (for example, how to collect a fleet of distributed electric scooters across a city). Walk us through how you would structure it.Execution
2. Walk us through a product you owned where you used data and metrics to decide what to improve. What did the metrics tell you and what did you ship?Execution
3. Describe a time you had to make a product decision with high ambiguity and no definitive answer. How did you move forward?Behavioral