"My least favorite product is a desktop software solution called Marg, which is used frequently at our family business. Its an inventory, bookkeeping, and accounting software for small businesses in India and integrates with the official government tax portal. The general journey to accomplish any task, say adding a new product type, is very unintuitive and requires someone to be hands-on and familiar with the product to actually do this. Getting there is pure hit and trial. Like most desktop sof"
Shankhadip M. - "My least favorite product is a desktop software solution called Marg, which is used frequently at our family business. Its an inventory, bookkeeping, and accounting software for small businesses in India and integrates with the official government tax portal. The general journey to accomplish any task, say adding a new product type, is very unintuitive and requires someone to be hands-on and familiar with the product to actually do this. Getting there is pure hit and trial. Like most desktop sof"See full answer
"This is an Improve a Product question. Let's first go over the Improve a Product formula:
Ask clarifying questions
Identify users, behaviors, and pain points
State product goal
Brainstorm small improvements
Brainstorm bolder improvements
Measure success
Summarize
Now, let's begin!
Ask clarifying questions
Before we begin listing off recommendations, it's important you ask questions to ensure you and the interviewer are on the same page"
Exponent - "This is an Improve a Product question. Let's first go over the Improve a Product formula:
Ask clarifying questions
Identify users, behaviors, and pain points
State product goal
Brainstorm small improvements
Brainstorm bolder improvements
Measure success
Summarize
Now, let's begin!
Ask clarifying questions
Before we begin listing off recommendations, it's important you ask questions to ensure you and the interviewer are on the same page"See full answer
"Clarifying question:
Is there a goal that we have in mind?
Fb mission: empower people to create community and bring the world closer together
IG shops as I understand are the marketplace on IG, where users can view items listed for sale by creators/businesses and also search for specific items or categories. Users can actually buy through shops instead of getting navigated to the original business website.
IG shop goals: Businesses continue to face the challenges of selling onli"
Aimable - "Clarifying question:
Is there a goal that we have in mind?
Fb mission: empower people to create community and bring the world closer together
IG shops as I understand are the marketplace on IG, where users can view items listed for sale by creators/businesses and also search for specific items or categories. Users can actually buy through shops instead of getting navigated to the original business website.
IG shop goals: Businesses continue to face the challenges of selling onli"See full answer
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"Product Understanding -
Push notifications are pop up notifications received on the device (phone, tablet etc.) sent by various Meta apps whenever a new post has been made or a new message is received
Clarifying Questions -
Is is specific to one device?
Is it specific to one product?
Is it specific to one region?
Is it specific to one OS?
Is this as a result of changes to algorithm/UI?
Existing or a new feature?
Assumptions -
KPI calculation will only be for users who h"
Vishal S. - "Product Understanding -
Push notifications are pop up notifications received on the device (phone, tablet etc.) sent by various Meta apps whenever a new post has been made or a new message is received
Clarifying Questions -
Is is specific to one device?
Is it specific to one product?
Is it specific to one region?
Is it specific to one OS?
Is this as a result of changes to algorithm/UI?
Existing or a new feature?
Assumptions -
KPI calculation will only be for users who h"See full answer
"If it's a product end to end, then there's a lot to say. If it's just a feature on top of a product then I will focus on the complexity and how I break complex tasks into small milestones to partner with XFN teams to nail it. Focus on situation, task, actions and results"
S G. - "If it's a product end to end, then there's a lot to say. If it's just a feature on top of a product then I will focus on the complexity and how I break complex tasks into small milestones to partner with XFN teams to nail it. Focus on situation, task, actions and results"See full answer
"Followed
Clarifying questions - why this product - competition - Meta's mission - product vision - user segments - prioritize and Why - pain points for prioritized segment - prioritize pain points - list solutions - tradeoff - North star - summerize
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A B. - "Followed
Clarifying questions - why this product - competition - Meta's mission - product vision - user segments - prioritize and Why - pain points for prioritized segment - prioritize pain points - list solutions - tradeoff - North star - summerize
"See full answer
"Clarify:
First, is there a budget or timeline I should be aware of? This will allow me to understand if we should build an MVP version of X product, or if we have the freedom to make it a bit more layered/complex.
No budget/timeline
Next, I want to define child care: we can be talking about after-school day care many private and public schools provide. We can also be talking about child care businesses that will look after children during business hours. There are some education"
Anand K. - "Clarify:
First, is there a budget or timeline I should be aware of? This will allow me to understand if we should build an MVP version of X product, or if we have the freedom to make it a bit more layered/complex.
No budget/timeline
Next, I want to define child care: we can be talking about after-school day care many private and public schools provide. We can also be talking about child care businesses that will look after children during business hours. There are some education"See full answer
"Clarifications:
Netflix is a streaming service and homepage serves the first entry point after a user has been logged in to their respective profile. Homepage helps users find a relevant content for them to watch, among other features like "Continue watching" or games.
Mission: Netflix's mission is to entertain the world.
Goal: As a PM of homepage, the goal of the feature is to let the users find relevant content of their interest. This feature ties to the mission in a way that lets the user"
Simran M. - "Clarifications:
Netflix is a streaming service and homepage serves the first entry point after a user has been logged in to their respective profile. Homepage helps users find a relevant content for them to watch, among other features like "Continue watching" or games.
Mission: Netflix's mission is to entertain the world.
Goal: As a PM of homepage, the goal of the feature is to let the users find relevant content of their interest. This feature ties to the mission in a way that lets the user"See full answer
"Question: You'e a PM at Meta. Design a product for users to find a handyman.
Clarifying questions:
Why does Meta want to build this?
A: Up to you to decide that, hoping to here you say why.
When: No fixed duration for release.
Market: I'd like to focus on a developed market, where technology reach is wider and people are more at ease with using online platforms for tasks. Maybe focus on the US market to start with.
Standalone app - We will need to distinguish ourselves and create an identity"
Varun S. - "Question: You'e a PM at Meta. Design a product for users to find a handyman.
Clarifying questions:
Why does Meta want to build this?
A: Up to you to decide that, hoping to here you say why.
When: No fixed duration for release.
Market: I'd like to focus on a developed market, where technology reach is wider and people are more at ease with using online platforms for tasks. Maybe focus on the US market to start with.
Standalone app - We will need to distinguish ourselves and create an identity"See full answer
"Clarifying questions and assumptions:
Personalised news feed is the culmination of curated posts, events, ads , videos, etc that is unique to each user. potentially this means that no 2 feeds are the same.
I am assuming we are talking about the Facebook Blue app, since the term Newsfeed is generally associated with this app although the feed on Insta too is personalised.
Thank you for this question.
here is how i would structure my thoughts on arriving at success metrics for Personalised Ne"
Sneha S. - "Clarifying questions and assumptions:
Personalised news feed is the culmination of curated posts, events, ads , videos, etc that is unique to each user. potentially this means that no 2 feeds are the same.
I am assuming we are talking about the Facebook Blue app, since the term Newsfeed is generally associated with this app although the feed on Insta too is personalised.
Thank you for this question.
here is how i would structure my thoughts on arriving at success metrics for Personalised Ne"See full answer
"I would structure my answer in the following way:
What's the situational context?
Mission of Uber
Making transportation easy by creating a platform for connecting drivers and riders
Key market trends: In top tier cities there are players in the food delivery market and the size of the pie is growing fast
What would feed into the decision-making?
The new platform should be able to connect customers and restaurants. The key things needed to make this platform success"
pmpractice - "I would structure my answer in the following way:
What's the situational context?
Mission of Uber
Making transportation easy by creating a platform for connecting drivers and riders
Key market trends: In top tier cities there are players in the food delivery market and the size of the pie is growing fast
What would feed into the decision-making?
The new platform should be able to connect customers and restaurants. The key things needed to make this platform success"See full answer
"Some clarifying questions:
Is this going to be a part of exciting Meta product or completely new one? you choose
Is there a particular sport or range of sports that the product should cater to? all sports, should be agnostic.
What is "athletes"? pros? amateurs? fitness enthusiasts? you can decide
Is there a specific problems or challenges faced by athletes does he want the product to address? feel free to make assumptions
Is there a specific goal that we want to achieve"
R K. - "Some clarifying questions:
Is this going to be a part of exciting Meta product or completely new one? you choose
Is there a particular sport or range of sports that the product should cater to? all sports, should be agnostic.
What is "athletes"? pros? amateurs? fitness enthusiasts? you can decide
Is there a specific problems or challenges faced by athletes does he want the product to address? feel free to make assumptions
Is there a specific goal that we want to achieve"See full answer
"Clarify:
Across all platforms? - Yes
Specific geographies? - No
Any specific users? Like >60 years - No
Benefits of profile picture:
User can find their friends by identifying them through profile picture.
Helps in understanding if the profile is genuine. Also establishes trust in the platform.
Users checking profiles is also a way for users to engage on the platform.
Possible decisions:
Remove profile upload feature
Make it optional
No change
Approach to make decis"
Nishant V. - "Clarify:
Across all platforms? - Yes
Specific geographies? - No
Any specific users? Like >60 years - No
Benefits of profile picture:
User can find their friends by identifying them through profile picture.
Helps in understanding if the profile is genuine. Also establishes trust in the platform.
Users checking profiles is also a way for users to engage on the platform.
Possible decisions:
Remove profile upload feature
Make it optional
No change
Approach to make decis"See full answer
"· Support team members to grow, people oriented, have ability to deal with underperformers, influential and motivational skills
· Can deal with multiple releases and able to manage resource crunch"
BePostive - "· Support team members to grow, people oriented, have ability to deal with underperformers, influential and motivational skills
· Can deal with multiple releases and able to manage resource crunch"See full answer