Product Manager Analytical Interview Questions

Henil S. - "Clarifying Questions Goal - What is the goal for launching a new recommendation algorithm? (Assume an increase in user engagement) User Persona Using a recommendation system to explore new artists/songs in the same genre Using a recommendation system to explore new genres of songs Using a recommendation system to explore to format of content(Podcasts, Comedy, Stories) Metrics to look at to analyze if we need a new algorithm or not. Metrics Number of songs listened to"See full answer

Rishi P. - "Optimizing Booking.com to improve conversion rates involves a strategic and holistic approach that considers various aspects of the user experience, website functionality, and marketing. Here are several strategies that could be employed: \\User-Centric Design:\\ \\Mobile Optimization:\\ Ensure the website is fully optimized for mobile devices, given the increasing number of users booking on smartphones. \\Intuitive Navigation:\\ Streamline the booking process with a cl"See full answer

PTL - "Clarify the default pick up location/pin feature - I'm assuming it lets you define a location in settings that is used for pickups unless you over ride it. this is a rider feature. It is not used by the driver to specify where they want to pick up riders Feature goal Make it simpler for the user to book a ride as they no longer need to type in an address when going to the default location User Journey assuming they have already set the default location they open the app cl"See full answer

Kiran M. - "The primary objective of Instagram Stories is to share fleeting moments and engage with followers in a more casual way, through photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours. Its also used to showcase all ongoing Instagram Live events. There are 4 user segments Story Viewers Story Creators (who posted the story) Live event creators Live event viewers No of stories posted per user per day -> How to nudge users to post more stories and tag their friends/location. No of stories view"See full answer

Anonymous - "Why it is important to solve the problem: Mission of open table is to help restaurants grow and run their businesses and to enable diners to discover and book the perfect table every time they dine. If the conversion is down that is directly impacting the problem that OpenTable is trying to solve. Big boulder reason why conversion can drop a. Number of reservations are down b. The supply on open table app has gone down causing more number of customers to bounce from the App I will do a"See full answer

Exponent - "We should follow the Measure Success formula for this type of question. Do you remember it from a couple days ago? If not, it's: Ask clarifying questions State the goal of the feature Apply a UX flow to drive analysis of what to measure Provide criteria to prioritize metrics Prioritize metrics Summarize With that, let's get into it! Ask clarifying questions We want to make sure we are 100% sure of the scope of the feature and ask. What does the p"See full answer

Joohi M. - "Think about 3 types of users - 1) User who only uses Google photos and no other Google product. What is the value that Google gets out of such user? 2) User who uses all the google products including photos but does not spend a penny on google photos (think of storage fee, buying photo albums etc.). How do photos increase the value provided by that user in conjunction with other Google products? 3) Use who spends money on Google photos. The value provided by the first user is through their pho"See full answer

Piya B. - "You are planning to start a grocery store. How many manual checkout and automated checkout aisles would you have? Clarify: Is this in an urban or a rural city ? For instance is this for NY, where population is 8m Densely populated? Not a franchise of walmart.or. A big brand Which means no restrictions? Approach This will definitely depend on my budget but also the target segment . For instance, for an older population, self checkout may not be very popular. Hence, I will be making some sweepi"See full answer

Cody M. - "Q1: You're the new head of the Google Hardware division. What is the next big product we're going to build and why? (Pretend you're on stage to unveil this to us.) Q2: How does this fit into the Google ecosystem? Q3: Estimate how many units you will sell in the first year in the US. (Q4: Also asked about pricing.) Q1: You're the new head of the Google Hardware division. What is the next big product we're going to build and why? Clarifying Questions: Clarifying question: Hardware is a very broa"See full answer

Exponent - "You should be able to easily identify this as a Measure Success question. These kinds of questions are used to test your analytical skills, as well as your ability to track project progress post-launch. Recall the strategy for tackling them methodically and thoroughly: Ask clarifying questions State the goal of the feature / product Behavior Mapping / UX Flow Mapping Provide criteria to prioritize metrics Prioritize metrics Summarize Let's begin! "See full answer

Neha A. - "What is the goal of FB as a company, how does marketplace help. Who are the different users (Sellers and buyers. Also mention advertisers). Sellers can be artists or small/ home business owners. they also also be infrequent sellers who come to FB marketplace when they are moving cities or moving to a new location. Buyers can be low and high engagement. We will focus on sellers - if more sellers come on the platform, it will attract buyers, generate sales, and spin the flywheel. Also, if a sel"See full answer

Palak A. - "By looking at QPS prolly! I mean that's the success metric for it after all, right? Maybe not, love to know your thoughts down below."See full answer

RestlessMonk - "Below data was given in a an excel. Data of 6 weeks, at a weekly level of COVID samples collected and tested Age Group, Population size, # tested, # positive, gender My approach: Tried to understand the trend of positivity rate of each group across weeks and cumulative level There is no variation across weeks, and each cohort exhibited similar pattern in all the weeks. So looked at cumulative data of 6 weeks. No clear goal/objective set by the interviewer for vaccine distributio"See full answer