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Shrey Marathe
Applied: PMRank #8 of 45 PM applicantssquad_5@pg27.mesaschool.cono phone found24_shrey_marathe.pdf
PM
67
ReviewSPM
38
Below the lineBrief · PM
The candidate is a Product Associate with over three years of experience across consumer tech, student housing, and fintech, as well as four years managing product and business operations for a D2C food brand. The candidate earned this ranking primarily through hands-on operational ownership managing supply chain, manufacturing, and P&L at Freggie Fermentary, alongside a proven ability to build internal tools from observed pain, such as building an in-house ticketing tool that saved twenty thousand dollars annually. Their biggest gap is an absence of candour around failures, post-mortems, and killed features, as the CV reflects an entirely success-only narrative.
Probe in interview
- Can you walk me through a specific product launch or operational initiative that failed, detailing the post-mortem analysis and what you ultimately decided to sunset or re-architect?
- Can you give an example of a project where you held sole end-to-end accountability for product decisions without a senior product manager or leadership layer validating your direction?
- Can you describe a specific instance in your supply chain and manufacturing operations where logistics broke down, detailing how you personally resolved the issue on the ground?
PM rubric (applied role)67.0 / 100Review
| Criterion | Score | Weight | Points | Evidence | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM-1 Hands-on logistics operations experience | 4/5 | 30% | 24 | owning manufacturing, supply chain, pricing, and P&L; reduced costs by ~50% and launched 8 products. | Clear evidence of personally managing supply chain and manufacturing operations for four years at Freggie Fermentary. |
| PM-2 Builds from observed pain; peers adopt it | 4/5 | 20% | 16 | Shipped an internal ticketing tool from concept to production by defining product flows and validating a production-ready POC with engineering; replaced a third-party solution (Suptask) and saved ~$20K annually. | Clear evidence of shipping an internal tool that replaced third-party software across the company, alongside driving adoption for an internal CRM chatbot. |
| PM-3 Sole ownership with no layer in between | 3/5 | 20% | 12 | Product Associate with 3+ years of experience in B2C. | Tech product experience is as a Product Associate owning specific features and workflows within larger teams. |
| PM-4 Discovery directly with operators | 4/5 | 15% | 12 | Improved adoption of an internal CRM chatbot by shadowing 20+ users to understand daily workflows, identifying key friction points around bot placement, performance, and accuracy, and shipping targeted fixes that increased active usage from 3 to 200 users. | Direct discovery through shadowing frontline internal CRM users led to specific fixes and measurable active usage growth from 3 to 200 users. |
| PM-5 Candour: kills, post-mortems, owning what went wrong | 1/5 | 15% | 3 | none | The CV presents an entirely success-only narrative with no mentions of killed features, failures, or post-mortems. |
SPM rubric (other role)38.0 / 100Below the line
| Criterion | Score | Weight | Points | Evidence | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPM-1 Hands-on logistics operations experience | 3/5 | 25% | 15 | worked closely with data and inventory teams. | Shows adjacent operational collaboration with inventory teams without hands-on logistics operations experience. |
| SPM-2 Senior-most owner, no one above them in the function | 1/5 | 25% | 5 | Product Associate with 3+ years of experience in B2C. | Candidate has held junior Product Associate titles acting solely as a team member. |
| SPM-3 Turns fixes into standing practice | 3/5 | 20% | 12 | Shipped an internal ticketing tool from concept to production by defining product flows and validating a production-ready POC with engineering; replaced a third-party solution (Suptask) | Built an internal tool adopted to replace third-party software, but lacks evidence of an institutionalised practice running independently. |
| SPM-4 Judgement under pressure, stated plainly | 1/5 | 15% | 3 | none | Presents a success-only narrative with no mention of hard calls, trade-offs, or failures. |
| SPM-5 Grows people who then get promoted | 1/5 | 15% | 3 | none | Contains no evidence of mentoring, managing direct reports, or facilitating promotions. |
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Redacted CV (exactly what the model saw)
Product & Growth Fampay | June 2023 - Sept 2023 Product Associate with 3+ years of experience in B2C. I maximize my impact on driving product scalability and business growth by solving user problems while balancing revenue and operational impact. I work through systematic problem-solving frameworks, qualitative research, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams. I’m currently looking to apply these skills in a high-growth company environment. * Product Associate Ran A/B experiments for a revenue project “missions”, by testing varied UI copies that led to 4x more user adoption & 3x increase in revenue. Spoke to 70+ users to diagnose drop-offs on the Custom UPI feature, that lead to UX tweaks driving a 3x revenue lift. Led early GTM execution for NamasPay (UPI for foreigners) by identifying acquisition channels and building partnerships with travel aggregators, helping onboard the first 3,000 active users. Community Experience Director & Founder Raडा | June 2020 - Aug 2024 Built an offline discussion community focused on under-explored and polarized topics; drove 5→600+ attendee participation by designing structured discussion formats across 30+ monthly Raडा sessions. Product & Business Operations Freggie Fermentary | June 2020 - May 2024 Built and scaled a food D2C brand, making ₹1L in profits; owning manufacturing, supply chain, pricing, and P&L; reduced costs by ~50% and launched 8 products. Product Associate amberstudent | March 2024 - current Led research, discovery, and PRD for a University white-label solution by identifying university websites as a key decision-making touchpoint for students; scaled it across 30+ university pages, unlocking a new acquisition channel with ~50% user conversion and zero paid CAC. Improved conversions for low-performing property listings by diagnosing property images as a major drop-off driver and optimizing UI using user behaviour insights, resulting in a 18% lift in booking conversions- worked closely with data and inventory teams. Shipped an internal ticketing tool from concept to production by defining product flows and validating a production-ready POC with engineering; replaced a third-party solution (Suptask) and saved ~$20K annually. Led migration of key content sections from CSR to SSR, optimizing page load time, improved SEO crawlability & page rankings as a PLG project. Improved adoption of an internal CRM chatbot by shadowing 20+ users to understand daily workflows, identifying key friction points around bot placement, performance, and accuracy, and shipping targeted fixes that increased active usage from 3 to 200 users. Drove release execution of a new web-view mobile app, identifying and closing 80+ issues, supporting rollout strategy, and setting up dashboards to monitor post-launch health. M ixPanel Analytics certification Technology for Product Managers Business Development foundations 2019-2023 | MIT ADT University, Pune B.Tech. Mechatronics & Automation Experience Design Gut Health Communication Product Design Google sheets Tableau Figma JIRA Notion Skills Certifications Tools Education Interests | Product Lifecycle Management: Roadmaps, Agile systems, & Go-to-Market Strategy (GTM). User Experience & Design: User Research (Qualitative & Quantitative) & Prototyping MVPs. Cross-functional Collaboration: Stakeholder Management, & Team Facilitation. Written Communication: PRDs, & User stories. Keynote Speaker at MIT SOE on Product Management Speaker at TEDx VIT Pune and TEDx PVG COET Keynote speaker at Pune Rotary club Keynote speaker at MIT orientation ( on fermentation & gut health. on Allyship & Inclusivity. 5,000+ attendees) Featured on Zee24 Taas for an interview on inclusivity. Wrote articles for Sakal, TOI, & Femina Magazine. 3 times trophy winner at ADT Talks; oratory championship. Won 2nd prize in amber hackathon- Built a Property Comparison Tool. Achievements [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] +91 97182 60437 97182 60437 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED]-[REDACTED]