PayPal Product Manager Interview Questions

Ani T. - "User Need Not Being Met by the Market: Instant, Seamless Cross-Border Refunds Identifying the Gap- One major gap in the digital payments industry is the lack of instant, seamless cross-border refunds for consumers. Currently, international refunds take days or even weeks due to exchange rate fluctuations, banking delays, and compliance checks. This creates frustration for users, especially in e-commerce, where consumers expect instant refunds like they receive for domestic transactions. Pain Poi"See full answer

Pratik H. - "You're a PM for Uber Eats. Cart conversion has dropped by 10% in the last 3 months. How would you find the root cause? Clarify- 1) What is conversion? Is it where they complete the order after adding it to cart?- Yes 2) Has this drop been sudden or over an extended period of time?- Its been over the past month 3) Is this localized to somewhere? Seems to be only in the US Uber Eats is a business that delivers food and various goods to customers that buy them. Its a 3 sided marketplace wher"See full answer

Abhijit B. - "I would start with the User feedback- both explicit (from surveys) and implicit(from Product insights on app usage/drop offs). Then understand the business direction/priorities that Paypal wants to take with Venmo and come up with a Iteration plan that starts with "low hanging fruit" first and then builds to more ambitious products. The goal is to find features that are at the intersection of "valuable(to users), feasible(for dev) and usable(to users) . Once we prioritize these features, I would"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a classic Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. With many acquisition strategy questions, we can first look at core competencies and synergies before offering more complex reasoning. > I remember that - it made huge headlines around late 2019. I definitely think there are a few solid reasons why your team may have made this acquisition, for example:Incentivize retailers to use PayPal > Leverage PayPal tech resources to grow Honey > O"See full answer

Exponent - "This is one of the core behavioral questions that you should expect to cover in any interview. In particular, it asks you to justify why you want to work at a specific company that you've applied for. There's no right answer for this, however we do recommend you list at least three distinct reasons. Here's an example of what you might say: > Great question! There's so many reasons, but I'll keep it to my top three.I love how intricate and delicate the payments space is and I want to work in this"See full answer

Tanu M. - "When it comes to Metrics, I always think of one thing " What cannot be measured cannot be done". The product that I am managing goal is on enabling the products for our partners so that our partners can have a seamless experience of doing business with us which in turn will increase the revenue. The user segment for my product is mainly resellers who can resell the product to another customer so that the reach of the customers is more. The metrics which I am tracking are revenue, referrals, an"See full answer