Notion
A flexible all-in-one workspace for docs, wikis, and project tracking — widely adopted at startups and remote-first teams.
Notion has become the default documentation and knowledge management tool at startups and modern product companies, replacing older wikis and document tools. It's used for everything from company handbooks and meeting notes to project tracking and OKRs. Notion proficiency signals comfort with remote-first collaboration tools and modern workplace practices.
Typical time to job-readiness: ~1 week.
Learning Notion
Beginner
Create pages, build simple databases, and use different views (table, board, calendar, gallery). Use templates to manage personal and small-team projects.
Intermediate
Set up linked databases with relations and rollups, build team wikis with nested page structures, and use formulas for computed properties.
Advanced
Architect a company-wide knowledge base, build workflow systems with API integrations, and manage permissions at organizational scale.
Key concepts
- Databases — structured collections of pages with properties; the core building block beyond simple docs
- Views: table, board, calendar, gallery, list, timeline — different ways to display the same database
- Relations and rollups — link databases together and aggregate data across them
- Templates — pre-built page structures for repeatable workflows
- Blocks — modular content units: text, headings, toggles, callouts, embeds
- Permissions: Full Access, Can Edit, Can Comment, Can View — set at page or workspace level
Common interview topics
- How would you organize a team wiki in Notion for a 50-person company
- What is the difference between a database property and a rollup
- How do relations between databases work in Notion
- How would you use Notion to track a project with multiple stakeholders
- When would you use Notion vs Jira for project management