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Discovery Interview Prep vs OKR Builder

Two product management skills. Which one fits your job? Side-by-side below.

The short version

Discovery Interview Prep

By Dean Peters (PM)

Plan customer interviews that uncover real problems instead of confirming your assumptions.

OKR Builder

By Mohit Agarwal (PM Skills)

Create ambitious, measurable quarterly goals that connect your work to company strategy.

What each one does

Discovery Interview Prep

  • Asks adaptive questions about your research goals, target customers, and constraints
  • Recommends the right interview methodology based on your product stage and what you need to learn
  • Generates a tailored question framework with bias warnings and success criteria
  • Helps you avoid leading questions and confirmation bias during customer interviews
  • Outputs a ready-to-use interview guide for qualitative customer research

OKR Builder

  • Transforms rough goals into structured OKRs with inspiring objectives and measurable key results
  • Flags common mistakes like task-based goals, vanity metrics, and missing baselines
  • Connects your quarterly goals to your company's North Star metric
  • Provides a complete scoring guide so you can track progress throughout the quarter
  • Includes templates with baselines, targets, owners, and measurement methods

When to pick each one

Reach for Discovery Interview Prep when…

  • You're validating a new product idea and need to confirm the problem is real
  • You're investigating why customers are churning or not activating on key features
  • You need to prepare for customer development interviews but aren't sure where to start
  • You want to understand what jobs customers are trying to get done before building features

Reach for OKR Builder when…

  • You're planning quarterly goals for your team or startup
  • You need to turn a vision or roadmap into trackable milestones
  • You're reviewing existing OKRs that feel too task-focused or vague
  • You want to align product work with company-level objectives

Quick facts

Discovery Interview PrepOKR Builder
Made byDean Peters (PM)Mohit Agarwal (PM Skills)
CategoryProduct ManagementProduct Management
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