#11 - Exploring Beyond Our Curriculum: PME, NOC, Internships
ft. Henry Khoo and Jorelle See • 16 May 2025
ft. Henry Khoo and Jorelle See • 16 May 2025
In our season premiere, we delve deep into the perspectives of Henry and Jorelle, two of our most senior Curriculum Team members in our organising committee. They discuss their motivations behind joining NUS Product Club, how PME has evolved over the semesters, how their experience with our club has provided value in other experiences including NOC Munich and NOC Paris, as well as their respective internships at GovTech and Workato.
Summary and key points
Introduction to PM: Henry and Jorelle share their journeys in discovering PM
Joining the Curriculum Team: Henry and Jorelle reflect on their experiences in joining our Curriculum Team and running its programmes
NUS Overseas Colleges: Henry and Jorelle compare their NOC experiences
Product Internships: Henry and Jorelle delve into how PME and NOC have contributed to their internship experiences
Timestamps
0:39 First Introduction to Product Management
2:51 Key Qualities of a Product Manager
5:11 Reasons for Joining the Curriculum Team
8:12 Interesting PME topics
9:46 Experience with PME
14:25 NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) Experiences
24:39 NOC Interview Tips & Recommendations
28:39 Product Internship Experiences
33:00 How to Land a Product Internship
36:10 Favourite Product and Why?
Catch the key moments from this episode below!
With his background in data, Henry has spent his first year and a half in NUS contributing actively to student life, including conducting an SQL workshop as a Workshops Executive in NUS Statistics and Data Science Society. Besides his prior stint as a data analyst intern at United Overseas Bank in Thailand, Henry has also pursued a product role at SimpleAI, before progressing onto his latest product internship at GovTech. In addition, Henry completed his stint as a Software Engineer Intern at Re:Drink, as part of his NUS Overseas Colleges experience in Munich. As one of the original Curriculum Team members in our founding year, Henry previously organised various sessions of PME: Exposure to Product Management and other technical workshops, before taking on his current role as Co-Head of Curriculum.
Having completed his Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Jorelle is presently pursuing his Master's degree in Business Administration at NUS. Throughout his undergraduate career, Jorelle has primarily pursued software engineering internships at Heron Technology and PARAMETRIKS - the latter being a part of his NOC Paris experience. He later transitioned to product roles, starting off at PRISM+ before continuing this at Workato. As a Curriculum Executive in NUS Product Club, Jorelle has assisted in organising various sessions of PME: Exposure to Product Management, including conducting the metrics session to his fellow students.