Pinterest Product Manager Interview Questions

WaterBuffalo - "One of the most challenging situations was joining a new startup to realize that they did not figure out their core product and that customers were dissatisfied and leaving in droves. I worked together with the leaders to understand the core issue and the reasons that the customers were leaving. Then together with the team, we set out to map out those core issues and the gaps that we had in our product. We then worked towards designing a new solution to address those gaps and build an MVP. W"See full answer

LateArriver - "A mature manager. Great conversational answer. I wish more sessions with him"See full answer

Vikas T. - "Too much talk nothing concrete to know about the person that I am interviewing."See full answer

Niaz - "Assumption about the teleportation machine: Teleportation is instantaneous like Star Trek The product does not take too much space maybe 6 ft by 6 ft and 10ft high is good enough Teleportation works vertically both above ground and underground as well as going 100 meters horizontally If possible you can combine multiple teleportation machine to repeat teleportation Users groups A product like this can be leveraged for almost everyone but I think I want to focus on users who ha"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a pretty straightforward 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 interviewe"See full answer

Srisha K. - "I answered taking Restaurant as a sub product area and built the strategy around that."See full answer

Manaswini D. - "Something not mentioned in my resume is my hobbies. I have a strong interest in analyzing situations, which I enjoy as a mental exercise. I'm also skilled at painting and have a passion for reading books, which helps me broaden my perspective."See full answer

Hl M. - "Clarifying Slack is a mature product in markets with millions of users B2B platform Expand customer base to school boards SWOT Technology is mature and well reputed Good privacy practices Threats Google school Microsoft learning education Zoom Journeys User Users for slack - for - school School boards 12 school boards Primary Secondary High Universities - Remote learning / Distant educations - Incumbents MooCs - Existing platform End Users: Students Teachers Administrators Ed"See full answer

Aiden L. - "clarification define a handyman: someone who's paid to do minor renovations or domestic repairs. define the app: standalone or within facebook or meta's app family? why are we designing this? should I come up with a goal (engagement, monetization)? constraints (financials/timeline)? goal: adoption. since it's a new app, i want ppl to adopt first and then monetize the users. I'd define a handyman as someone who's paid by app users to do minor fixes, such as unc"See full answer

Exponent - "You should be able to identify this as a clear Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. One thing to note is the interviewer said "briefly". Be concise and to the point. Here are some good arguments for the Youtube acquisition: > There are a few reasons why Google would want to acquire YouTube. I'll go over a few of the main reasons why I think they went ahead with such a large acquisition. At the time of the YouTube acquisition, Google and You"See full answer