👀 Intuit Rotational Product Manager: Application to Offer – iykyk

UT Austin & Product Management

Hi there 👋 — Who are you and what’s your background?

Hi! I'm Kaci, a current second year Rotational Product Manager at Inuit. I work on the Inuit Assist for QuickBooks team, where we get to work on a generative AI-powered financial assistant for small business owners.

I went to school at UT Austin, and I studied Management Information Systems and Informatics. Originally in college I was actually interested in being a UX designer, but after a friend of a friend introduced me to a product management club and I learned what PM is, I realized the work in product seemed a lot more intellectually fulfilling and meaningful for me. I then went on to try my hand at PM through a PM internship at Redfin, loved it, and now I’m in a great program at Intuit continuing to develop my product knowledge and skills with some amazing people!

Also a quick disclaimer: All views are my own and not reflective of Intuit’s views.

Program Structure, Rotations & Buddies

For those who are unfamiliar, how is the program structured and run?

So there are three total rotations, with the first rotation being one year, and the second and third rotations being six months each. Some people end up rolling off and staying within the team for their second or third rotation though, and others continue to rotate through the whole program.

Because Intuit has multiple products including TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and MailChimp, you could even end up working in three different products with three different types of customers. As the driver of your own career, you get to decide what skills you want to build in each rotation, what career you want to have, and what kind of PM you want to be in the future. The Intuit RPM program is very personalized and tailored to your interests and development areas, and will take all of this into account when matching you with each of the rotations.

To help you get acclimated to the new job, you also get an RPM buddy–another RPM who is a year ahead of you. I happened to receive two buddies: one RPM in the cohort above me (shout-out to Tumi!) to help answer any questions I had about Intuit and RPM and another RPM two cohorts above me (shout-out to Eric!) to help answer any questions I had about the specific team and rotation I was in during my first year. Having a second team-specific buddy doesn’t always happen though–I got pretty lucky.

Community & Small Businesses

Is there anything the program landing page doesn't tell us about the program?

I think the strong sense of culture and community definitely surprised me. In the RPM program, you’re surrounded by super kind, wonderful people who you can always reach out to when you need help with anything or just joke around and have lunch with . Because Intuit’s RPM cohort size is small, you get to meet and connect with a lot of RPMs who are one year, two years, three years, X-years ahead of you and feel like you can go to them for anything. My cohort has 11 people (with 2 based internationally), and I’ve had the chance to become really good friends with everyone both inside and outside of work because it’s just the 9 of us. The community is such a huge perk, because you don’t feel like you’re alone when you’re navigating these big, scary hurdles such as moving to a brand new city and straightening out your finances.

More broadly at Intuit, it’s been cool to see its mission of “Powering prosperity around the world” especially for small businesses embodied on-campus. I’ve seen a ton of local businesses and pop-ups hosted on campus and some of the food we eat for lunch is even catered by small businesses. I think Intuit really cares about its customers, especially small businesses, and so they’ll do things like host small businesses, buy their products to support them, and give them out to employees to increase small business brand exposure.

Interview Structure

What did your interview structure look like and what will it look like for this year?

I had two rounds of interviews. My first interview consisted of a project walkthrough, live case study, and some behavioral questions. My second and final interview consisted of another project walkthrough and a take-home case study.

For this year’s full time interviews, my understanding is that there will be a phone screen and two rounds of interview, subject to change.

Tailor Your Resume

What do you think made you stand out as an applicant and what recruitment strategies would you recommend to others?

While I’m not entirely sure, my best guess would be the breadth of experiences I’ve had. I came from a design background and was a business major with some technical knowledge, and I also had some leadership experience within various clubs. While not everything I did was directly product management related, I do believe the skills I’d picked up from my various experiences indicated I could be successful in the RPM role at Intuit.

In regards to standing out, definitely tailor your resume based on the company. I speak not just for Intuit, but for all the companies that you apply for. Every company is going to be different in terms of their values and what they look for, so do your research and think about how you can exhibit and showcase shared company values and product competencies on your resume.

Salary Range

What is the average starting salary for program participants?

The current starting salary ranges from $117,000 to $158,000. It’s heavily dependent on a lot of different factors and individual circumstances. Regardless, general tip: always negotiate! :)

AI Product Management & Future Plans

What’s your next play after graduating from this program? Has this program impacted your 5-10 year career plan?

The current plan is to continue at Intuit, and I think AI Product Management is my next move. That’s technically what I’m doing right now in my current rotation, but I’d love to continue building domain expertise, become a thought leader in this space, and help others become AI PMs too since that’s where we’re all headed. In terms of 5-10 years, I think it’s hard to give you a definitive answer because of how quickly things have been changing in the past couple years (thank you, ChatGPT), so for now I’ll leave that TBD :)