A community for product managers who want peers, not a feed.

Product Circle is a by-application community for product managers in India, and the founders they work with. More than 250 PMs and founders have joined. Members get a weekly AMA, product teardowns every two weeks, a PM jobs board, a monthly chai meetup and office hours, in a group small enough that people know each other.

Why product managers join a PM community

Product management is a job you mostly learn on the job, and often alone. You might be the only PM at a startup, or one of many at a large company where nobody has time to talk through your problem. Either way, a few things are hard to find inside your own company:

• Someone who has made the call before. How do you say no to the CEO's pet feature? When do you kill a project that's half built?
• Honest feedback on your product thinking. Colleagues have a stake in the answer. Peers outside your company don't.
• Visibility into what's out there. Roles, salaries and teams, from people rather than job sites.
• People to grow with. The PMs you know today are your future hiring managers, co-founders and references.

A good community for product managers gives you all four. If you're comparing options, our overview of product management communities in India covers what to look for.

What Product Circle gives product managers

Product sense, practised every two weeks

Product sense is the judgement to know what to build and why. You build it by looking closely at many products and arguing about them. Teardowns give you exactly that: one product, taken apart together, with notes under "Works", "Doesn't" and "Steal this". Our guide on how to do a product teardown explains the method.

Answers from people who've been there

The weekly AMA is with a PM or founder, and the questions come from members. It's the place to ask how someone handled a reorg, a launch that flopped, or their first year as head of product.

Career moves through people you know

PM roles are often filled through referrals and personal networks. The board puts roles shared by members in front of members, so there's usually someone you can ask about the team before you apply. Pair it with our guides on PM interview questions and product manager salary in India.

Product Circle for PMs at different stages

If you're new to product

The fundamentals matter most early on: writing a clear PRD, choosing between prioritisation frameworks, and building a product roadmap people trust. In the circle, teardowns and AMAs show you how experienced PMs apply them in practice. If you're still making the switch, see how to become a product manager in India and say where you are in your application.

If you've just changed jobs

Your first 90 days as a product manager decide a lot. Peers outside the company are useful here: someone to sanity-check your read of the team, your first priorities and the metric you've chosen to focus on.

If you're senior

At senior levels the hard problems are about people, strategy and organisational design, and there are fewer people to ask. The AMA and chai meetup give you peers at similar stages. Your experience is also what makes the circle useful for everyone else, and the product decision you describe when you apply is a good way to show it.

If you're thinking about starting something

Many PMs consider founding at some point. Office hours with VCs and founders who have raised, built and hired, and conversations with founders in the circle, help you test the idea early. Our post on going from product manager to founder covers the shift, and the page for founders explains what founders get from the circle.

What makes Product Circle different from other PM communities

• By application. Every application is reviewed by hand by the team. That keeps the circle focused on people who'll contribute.
• Small enough that people know each other. You're not one of tens of thousands in a group chat.
• A steady rhythm. Weekly, every two weeks, monthly. Something useful is always coming up.
• Run by the team behind Mehman. More on that on the about page.

Frequently asked questions

Is Product Circle useful if I'm already in other PM communities?

Often, yes, because it does a different job. Large open communities are good for content and reach; a small by-application circle is better for relationships with people who know your context. Our guide to product management communities in India compares the options so you can decide which mix suits you.

Is Product Circle only for experienced PMs?

No. Product managers at any level are welcome, from APM to CPO, and the form's experience options start at 0–2 years in product. The main thing the team reads is one product decision you're proud of and why, so a small decision explained well works at any level.

Can Product Circle help me find a PM job?

Members get an always-open board of PM roles and founder openings, shared by members for members. You also meet people across the circle who may know about roles before they're posted elsewhere.

What will I learn in Product Circle as a PM?

Mostly judgement: how experienced PMs and founders make calls, through weekly AMAs, and how to read products critically, through teardowns every two weeks. It complements, rather than replaces, learning the fundamentals.

Can Product Circle help me prepare for PM interviews?

Indirectly. Teardowns every two weeks are good practice for product sense and design questions, and the weekly AMA lets you ask PMs how they think about decisions. For the questions themselves, see our guide to product manager interview questions.

Join a community for product managers

If you want PM peers you actually know, the next step is a short application. Tell us your role, one product decision you're proud of and what you want from the community; the how to join page lists every question.