Ranked #1 of 8 PM applicants, above the shortlist line (top 2). Recommendation: advance to interview. Also strong for SPM.
Recommended role
PM
Final tier
INTERVIEW
PM score
70.0 / 100
Why ranked here
The system ranked them top because of demonstrated execution discipline and peer initiative, evidenced by killing two underperforming features to redirect resources to a workflow driving 3x higher weekly active use, alongside building an unprompted shipment dashboard at Mahindra adopted across two other regional teams.
Product Manager fit
Score 70.0 / 100 · Rank #1 in PM
PM1 · [TEST] Ground-level ops exposure 3/5 · 18.0/30 pts | Spent 3 years in carrier operations and planning at Mahindra Logistics, though the CV does not explicitly detail how that hands-on ops work shaped specific product decisions. |
PM2 · [TEST] Built unasked, adopted by peers 4/5 · 20.0/25 pts | Built a daily shipment visibility dashboard in Excel/Tableau tracking 500+ shipments that was adopted across operations by 2 other regional teams. |
PM3 · [TEST] Shipped, measured, killed 4/5 · 20.0/25 pts | Shipped 6 features, killed 2 after low adoption data, and redirected capacity to a workflow that drove 3x higher weekly active use within 30 days. |
PM4 · [TEST] Discovery inside workflows 3/5 · 12.0/20 pts | Ran client discovery uncovering a slot booking workflow mismatch leading to a feature pivot, but lacks evidence of on-site workflow observation or ride-alongs. |
Senior PM fit
Score 66.0 / 100 · applied PM
SPM1 · [TEST] Integration / platform ownership 4/5 · 24.0/30 pts | Sole PM for carrier integration who wrote the first formal API documentation, reducing customer integration timelines by 2 weeks. |
SPM2 · [TEST] Owned area with no senior PM above 4/5 · 20.0/25 pts | Operated as the sole PM responsible for dock scheduling, carrier integration, and freight visibility product areas at Portwise. |
SPM3 · [TEST] Platform work tied to revenue 2/5 · 10.0/25 pts | API docs reduced customer integration times by 2 weeks, but there is no concrete evidence of platform work tied to revenue numbers. |
SPM4 · [TEST] Set standards and practice 3/5 · 12.0/20 pts | Established first formal API docs and ran outage post-mortems, plus built an operations dashboard adopted by two other regional teams. |
Probe questions from scoring
- Test whether their discovery methods extend to direct on-site field observation and ride-alongs with operators, as their CV shows client interviews and ticket triage but lacks evidence of physical workflow immersion.
Interview brief
The candidate is currently the sole product manager at Portwise Technologies, a Series A logistics SaaS startup, following three years of hands-on carrier operations and supply chain planning at Mahindra Logistics. The system ranked them top because of demonstrated execution discipline and peer initiative, evidenced by killing two underperforming features to redirect resources to a workflow driving 3x higher weekly active use, alongside building an unprompted shipment dashboard at Mahindra adopted across two other regional teams. Test whether their discovery methods extend to direct on-site field observation and ride-alongs with operators, as their CV shows client interviews and ticket triage but lacks evidence of physical workflow immersion.
Shortlist decision (human — the last thing you touch)
The system recommends Advance (above the line). Advance or Reject prepares that email and asks you to confirm; nothing is sent until you press Send now.
Interview invitedraft
To: anmay_surie@pg27.mesaschool.co (test mode)
CV as the AI saw it (personal details removed)
[REDACTED] [REDACTED] | [REDACTED] | Bengaluru | [REDACTED] Summary Product Manager with 2 years in PM roles, preceded by 3 years in supply chain planning and carrier operations at a national 3PL. Domain-native understanding of freight forwarder and logistics operator workflows — built before product, not from a desk. Own product areas independently. Ship fast, kill what doesn't work, document why. Experience Product Manager · Portwise Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Series A, Port & Logistics SaaS), Bengaluru · Apr 2023 – Present — Sole PM responsible for dock scheduling, carrier integration, and freight visibility product areas — Shipped 6 features across 12 months; killed 2 after early usage data showed low adoption despite strong qualitative demand in discovery — redirected the sprint capacity to a workflow that showed 3x higher weekly active use within 30 days — Running 3 ongoing discovery tracks in parallel with freight forwarder clients — led one session that uncovered a workflow mismatch in how carriers confirmed slot bookings; the resulting feature pivot reduced support tickets from that account by 60% — Wrote the product's first formal API documentation in collaboration with the engineering lead — reduced integration timelines for new logistics system customers by 2 weeks — Drafted and sent the post-mortem after a 4-hour platform outage — wrote the internal and customer-facing versions, ran the retrospective, and owned the follow-up action items to closure — Last performance review note from engineering lead: "[REDACTED] is the first PM here who has made calls we trusted immediately. She doesn't hedge." Senior Supply Chain Analyst · Mahindra Logistics Ltd., Chennai · Sep 2021 – Mar 2023 — Managed carrier allocation, capacity planning, and exception management for 3 FMCG client accounts across South India — combined throughput of 800+ shipments monthly — Built a daily visibility dashboard for the operations team tracking 500+ active shipments across carriers; started in Excel, migrated to Tableau after the team outgrew it; adopted by 2 other regional teams — Ran a quarterly carrier performance review process for the first time at the branch — developed scorecard methodology, ran the first 2 review cycles, and renegotiated rates with 2 underperforming carriers based on data — Led onboarding of a new FMCG client's inbound supply chain onto Mahindra's TMS — coordinated across the client's procurement, warehousing, and finance teams over 8 weeks; first shipment on time Supply Chain Analyst · Mahindra Logistics Ltd., Chennai · Jul 2020 – Aug 2021 — Demand planning, carrier scheduling, and exception management for 2 client accounts in last-mile delivery — Handled daily coordination with 8 carrier partners on route planning, pickup scheduling, and delivery exception resolution — Reduced unresolved delivery exceptions by 28% over 12 months by implementing a same-day triage process that hadn't existed before Education B.E., Industrial Engineering · NIT Tiruchirappalli · 2016–2020 · CGPA 8.1/10 · Gold Medalist, Industrial Engineering batch Certifications & Tools APICS CSCP – Certified Supply Chain Professional (2022) · Product Management Certification – Product School (2023) · JIRA · Figma · Mixpanel · SQL · Tableau · Notion · Miro · CargoWise One (working knowledge) · SAP TM (user-level)
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Applied Product Manager · uploaded 1/10/2026