#24 - Software Product Management: What PM Interns Actually Do
ft. Foon Yi Teng • 16 June 2026
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What does a product internship actually look like beyond the buzzwords? Yi Teng shares her experience as a Software PM Intern at Savant Degrees, where she worked across product documentation, testing, and different stages of the software development lifecycle. In this episode, we explore the realities of day-to-day PM work and what students should expect in their first product internship.
Too busy to listen to the full episode? Here's the short version on what a software PM intern actually does. For Yi Teng, she worked across documentation, testing, client requirements gathering, and the software development lifecycle, gaining a firsthand look at how software products are built behind the scenes.
Timestamps
00:58 Background of Yi Teng
3:03 How Yi Teng found out about PM
4:58 Roles and Responsibilities as a PM Intern
6:59 Brief overview of the SDLC
8:28 Components of a good BRD and FSD
14:27 Leveraging on hall experiences during interviews
16:53 Tips of those who may lack prior experiences
23:42 Takeaway from the PM internship
Highlights
Highlights
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About the Guest
About the Guest
Foon Yi Teng
Foon Yi Teng
Yi Teng is a Business Administration and Business Analytics double degree student at NUS who previously interned as a Software Product Manager at Savant Degrees. During her internship, she worked across product documentation, frontend testing, workflow design, and multiple stages of the software development lifecycle.
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