Product Manager Interview Questions

Arthur Y. - "Clarifying Questions/Statements: Clarify understanding of Fundraisers: My answer: product that lets users create fundraisers for a particular cause, and invite/share it with other users to donate to that cause. Usually set for a certain target donation amount to be met, and a timeframe for which a user can donate to the cause Are we assuming the lifecycle of the Fundraisers product today? If so, then I’d focus on engagement, since we have a meaningful amount of users on FB ap"See full answer

Harshit G. - "Great. I will start by understanding the goal of Google Photos and how it aligns with the goal and mission of Google. After defining goals, I will talk about the user actions which will contribute towards this goal. Based on these actions, we will define metrics. Check-in with the interviewer on the approach here. Assuming that this looks good for the interviewer to proceed. Google Photo - Helping users organise & manage their pictures. Completely in line with Google's mission. Thinking ab"See full answer

Kiley S. - "Great question. As a Product Manager, it is common to have to have difficult conversations with clients, stakeholders, or co-workers. This question actually reminds me of a time that I was faced with having to tell a client that the original estimate we gave them was much lower than it should have been and would, therefore, take much longer and cost a lot more as well. In this scenario, we had to work within a client's legacy codebase and didn't realize the limitations, roadblocks, and barrie"See full answer

Ben G. - "Situation - A time I dealt with conflict while on a team was while I was working at Shopify on physical and digital gift card refund point of sale solutions. The situation was that we were dealing with complex technical constraints including not changing particular UI components behavior to act as they should be intended. On the refund screen, the existing design was using a toggle on the same screen to bring up a modal for gift card selection to either select digital or physical options. Thi"See full answer

Naga M. - "PS: Below is my solution. Appreciate if you can provide feedback to improve Followup Questions: Are you referring to Credit Cards or Debit Cards? Assuming it's about Credit Card Why does Capital One want to issue Virtual Cards? (want to know any specific goal in mind) Want to improve security standards which will result in more usage (user purchases) Which user segments do you want to target? (Want to if they are focusing value from a specific user segment)? Assuming they are focu"See full answer

Eshan P. - "Background A. Objective Lyft has a presence in Toledo, Ohio. At our current revenue per ride of $6, we can match 60% consumers requesting a ride with a driver. Our goal is to maximize net revenues in the next 12 months by figuring out the optimal revenue per ride. B. TLDR Summary · With a target market of (~100K-138K) consumers, on a $25 charge to consumers, Lyft should pay $20.75 to drivers and fix its share at $4.25 to maximize its net revenues over a 12-mont"See full answer

Anonymous Bird - "Here's my structure: Align with interviewer on understanding of the product and state key assumptions Product rationale What is the product (1-2 sentences)? Why does it exist? How does it fulfill Meta's mission? Who are the key stakeholders and users of the product? Business goal: Key Users and value User type User flow (high level) Intersection of value North Star Metric Supporting metrics for different user types Counter-metrics"See full answer

Rani Y. - "I would start with clarifying questions : Are we building this feature on existing meta apps like Facebook / Instagram ? Yes AM I building this in Meta suite of products or a standalone app ? Inbuilt app with in Meta product like Fb/Instagram Timeline - 1 year Geography - USA Structure : Why -> Meta Mission -> Business objective -> User segmentation -Need ( Prioritization) -> Painpoints ( Prioritization)-> Solutions ( RICE prioritization) -> Metrics / NSM -> Risks - Summary Why : WIth multiple"See full answer

Umang S. - "Situation- I was leading a product through a complete overhaul to a new replacement product, and at the same time had to maintain the old product. Concern - In the old product, the team was usually stuck 40-50% of the time in bug fixing This could have hampered the velocity and GTM of the new product Action Localised the problem to one major component - Export and Import Function- had 90% contribution to the issues Worked with the engineering team to diagnose the issue, the issue was i"See full answer

Anonymous Fox - "In what terms we need to improve the quality? Is there any focus on any particular host/customer experience? - Let’s consider that we need to improve the customer engagement on Airbnb platform. Airbnb has both - web interface as well as mobile interface. So, I am assuming the experience on both the platforms. I will brief about Airbnb - Airbnb provides homeowners to rent their spare rooms/properties to travelers/visitors and at the same time, travelers/visitors can get accommodation at budget"See full answer

Pratik H. - "Clarify- 1) How much time do we have to do this?- 2 years 2) Is there a goal for this product?- We are looking toward engagement towards the Olympics 3) Are we building this for a global auidience or just the US- Up to you 4) Should I keep Meta's mission in mind here? Not necessarily...thinking through the Olympic committee lens Lets understand the Olympics. Its the games that are hosted once every 4 years. Its a global event that hosts many different athletes from various countries. There a"See full answer

Upasana S. - "Clarifying question: normally when we say design for , we mean the same product with features for the user segment. Here, is it okay to assume the meaning to be design a product from Netflix for dogs? Assumption: yes. Reason for assumption: an OTT app in its current form with movies and web series is not very suitable to dogs. We will start by analysing who the stakeholders are in the users. Dogs Pet owners Shelter workers. We will now explore some of t"See full answer

Neeraj K. - "Clarify 10X -> usage or revenue Approach What is Msft Copilot & key capabilities Understand the space in which Copilot operates : Target segments & use-cases serve Competitors (alternatives) Leverage microsoft has : Understand the stack (infra -> application layer) -> leverage Understand Microsoft ecosystem & leverage we have Define : 10X growth strategy (for whom -> & what? -> distribution (acquire & retain)) MSft Copilot & key capabilities Cons"See full answer

EssGee - "I think i would start by asking what's driving the strategy for testing new ad formats? Possible options could be Increase monetization? Improve ad effectiveness? Any other objectives? Assuming that its both 1&2 - we want to test new ad formats to gauge if these are more effective and lead to higher monetization Ground the conversation into current scenario Instagram Reels is aa short form video platform that users use to showoff their creativity Reels is a relatively new addition to"See full answer

Rani Y. - "Design a Fundraising product Clarifying questions : Are we creating this a standalone product or creating this within Meta apps ? Global product ? Lets say global product What is fundraising ? Raising money for cause Why is it imp ? Allows individuals to see bigger changes with small contributios why now? increased social causes, creator economy, or global crises. Want to make it accessible for everyday person rather than limiting to bigger organizations Ties into Metas mission to give"See full answer

Mohammed H. - "First i will collect relevant data,Actual problem,Necessary input and raw material then i will start design drawing,modeling,Callibration and finally handing over my work."See full answer

Maggie Y. - "8 Questions in 1 hr. no additional info is available from the interviewer, not much interaction. I still don't quite understand their objective."See full answer

John F. - "Currently, I do a lot of data analysis using Azure Databricks and PowerBI. In Databricks, I write some basic SQL queries to retrieve the data and then pull that data into PowerBI for analysis. While this is sufficient, I believe there is room to make this skill set stronger. One way that I mitigate this currently is to maintain a strong relationship with our data analytics team. Whenever I have issues massaging or querying the data, I will reach out to one of those team members to help me get to"See full answer

Singer29 - "Let me tell you about a time when my manager was on a two week PTO and I was building the post-MVP roadmap for a newly launched product. Being a SaaS platform for supporting restaurants, I'd led the conception, planning, development and launch of the MVP for an online ordering solution for diners in restaurants. After the launch of the MVP, our original plan was to build features which supported table-service restaurants like keeping an open tab. But while looking at the data, I realized that a"See full answer