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Hey friends 👋

One of my mentees just landed her first PM role.

We've been meeting one a month for a little while now. She came from data engineering. Strong technical background. Smart. Capable.

But she kept saying the same thing: I know my stories, but I can't tell them under pressure.

So we practiced. Over and over.

And it worked. She got the offer.

Nobody says this out loud, but it's true:

Every stakeholder update is an interview.
Every roadmap presentation is an interview.
Every time you try to convince engineering to prioritize your feature? Interview.

You're constantly proving:

And if you can't tell that story clearly, you lose the room.

I learned this the hard way.

A few months ago, I gave a roadmap update to leadership.

But I didn't structure the story well.

I started with context. Then metrics. Then customer feedback. Then the proposed solution.

By the time I got to "here's what we're building," half the room had checked out.

One leader interrupted: "Wait, what problem are we solving again?"

Ouch.

I had all the right information. I just didn't tell the story in the right order.

The fix: Start with the problem. Make it tangible. THEN show the data.

Here's what I've learned: storytelling in PM isn't about being charismatic or eloquent.

It's about structure.

And the same structure works for almost everything:

Situation: Set the context (briefly)
Task: What needed to happen
Action: What you/the team did
Result: What changed

STAR isn't just for interviews. It's for:

The structure keeps you focused. It keeps your audience engaged. And it forces you to connect your work to outcomes.

Here's how storytelling shows up in different PM contexts:

In customer calls:
You're not just collecting feedback. You're listening for the story they're telling about their problem. What's the situation? What did they try? What didn't work?

Then you repeat that story back to your team so they understand why it matters.

In roadmap planning:
You're not just listing features. You're explaining: "Here's the customer problem. Here's why it's urgent. Here's what we're building to solve it. Here's how we'll know it worked."

In design reviews:
You're not just giving feedback. You're connecting design choices back to the user story. "This flow works because users told us they struggle with X. This solves that."

In stakeholder updates:
You're not just reporting status. You're showing progress as a story: "Here's where we started. Here's what we learned. Here's where we're going next."

Same skill. Different audience.

I made a quick reference guide for storytelling in different PM contexts.

It's not a framework. It's a cheat sheet.

One page. Different scenarios. The structure that works for each.

Grab it here

Pick one meeting you have this week. Any meeting.

Before you go in, write down:

Then tell that story in 60 seconds.

You don't need to be polished. You just need to be clear.

See you next week,
Stef

P.S. If you're navigating a career transition into PM and need help reframing your experience or tightening your interview stories, I do free 30-minute sessions on ADPList. Book a session here.