Product Design Interview Questions

Pranav M. - "Statement: Improve the music experience at youtube Is the goal to improve the experience for any particular kind of user/music genre? Ans: No, nothing in particular Goal: I’m going to assume the goal is to improve the experience of listening to music generally Google’s mission is to organise the world’s information. Youtube is a platform that lets people discover videos, interesting content as tailored to their interests, thus serving Google’s mission Music on Youtube also contributes to"See full answer

Takashi M. - "Me: First of all, I’d like to have some clarification about this project. Me: What is the current product line design of the vending machine? Is this a traditional vending machine? Customers pay money cash or credit card, and select products and receive the product. Interviewer: Yes, that is the correct assumption. We make vending machines for canned drinks and bottled drinks. Another product line is for selling small packaged snacks. Me: What is the goal of this project? Is"See full answer

Asset T. - "Ask clarifying questions: There are a few different products within Coinbase platform - Coinbase, Coinbase Pro, Coinbase Wallet. Which one would you like me to focus on? Let’s assume it is Coinbase main app Coinbase has both desktop and mobile apps - is it ok if I focus on one of them first, and if time permits, extend it to another? Let’s assume we focus on the mobile version Coinbase is available in 100+ countries, can I focus on the US version? Let’s assume yes. Is"See full answer

Amit T. - "Question Design a product for P2P borrowing & lending money Clarifications Is this only P2P borrowing/lending or can financial entities participate too? - P2P only Is it to borrow/lend physical cash/digital money/cryptocurrency? - digital fiat money Are we focusing on specific geography? - US What’s the goal of this product? - Retention Are there any resource constraints? - No What’s the timeline to launch MVP? - 6 months FB Mission Empower people to build commun"See full answer

Adarsh S. - "Hey, Thanks for the question - it’s an interesting real-life existing problem wherein a few of my friends and colleagues who have tried to work and travel have faced these issues at their respective airBnBs. Cool so this is the rough backbone structure that we can follow and ofcourse we can add meat later on to it and pivot if required. So here it goes: First would like to lay out the broader mission of Airbnb + WHY this is needed as to why we are doing this and then some clarific"See full answer

Talles S. - "Me: Thanks for the question. I have a clarifying question, how the actionable data points are arriving? Is it based on direct user feedback or from the iPhone integrated with the Airpod Pro? Interviewer: You can consider both. Me: Ok, let me take a minute to structure my approach. Me: First, I would begin by establishing the types of users of Airpod Pros, and I come up with two: 1) the casual user that goes for a run once in a while or listen to music 1-2 hours a day. 2) the pretty intense"See full answer

Tracy C. - "CQ: TikTok is a short-form video platform Elderly here means older than 65 years age? Retire folks with more leisure time. Do we currently have elderly viewers and or creators on our current platform? Mission: TikTok's mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. Strategy: For elderly, they are retired with more free time to enjoy life and consume entertainment content. The elderly also have lost creativity as they age and we see higher levels of creativity with younger folk"See full answer

Anonymous Hummingbird - "Q: should this be part of FB or a standalone product? A: no hard requirements, it just has to be something that FB would launch Q: is there a specific region we should be designing for? is it ok that we focus on the US as its the current epiccenter of the pandemic? A: Yes that's fine Q: fighting covid-19 is a very broad goal, what if we translated this into decrease the spread of covid-19 - there's multiple ways we could do that but it makes it a bit more concrete. A: Yes that sounds good "See full answer

Sumit P. - "CQs: Uber - which business? → Ride hailing Business - B2B or B2C? → B2C Geo - India Revenue/profit → revenue Revenue sources Rides - bike, car, shuttle Ads Partnerships Rides revenue = number of rides x average price Ads revenue = ad impressions x conversion rate x CPC Partnerships = number of partnerships x average income Considering I am a PM, do you want me to focus on tech focused enablement only? No, assume you are a VP of product *"See full answer

Anonymous Flamingo - "Handling projects out of my expertise: When faced with a project that falls outside of my expertise, I take the following steps: Identify my skills and knowledge gaps: I assess my own strengths and limitations, and determine which areas of the project may be outside of my comfort zone or expertise. Seek guidance and mentorship: I reach out to colleagues or subject matter experts who have relevant knowledge or experience, and ask for their advice and guidance on the project. Learn and adapt"See full answer

Rohan S. - "I got to play with a VR for the first time a few weeks ago at my friend’s house and I loved it, so this is a really fun question. Clarifying Questions Is this something we are looking to create Microsoft or are we a startup company etc? > Education can refer to elementary, high school, university, or even self-learning (e.g. Udemy). Is there a specific area we want to focus on? << What do y"See full answer

Samuel S. - "Clarification questions: What is the time frame we want to build this? MVP 6 months What markets and geos are we targeting? e.g. developed markets and scope it to just US and canada Are we targeting any particular meta platform ? facebook, IG, whatsapp or i can pick ? Across mobile and web platforms. Yes Alignment with Meta's mission and vision and discusison on Product dynamics itself Meta's mission to empower people to build communities and bring the wo"See full answer

Dan H. - "Assumptions Instacart for Business is core Instacart with additional features and capabilities tailored to businesses. Users Potential user segments: Office managers (Focus here) Entrepreneurs/small business owners Restauranteurs Opportunities (pain points, needs, problems) Many places don’t offer same-day shipping. Inconvenient to physically go out and purchase these items from a store if urgent Hard to predict an"See full answer

Prashant S. - "To improve the passenger experience at a major metropolitan airport, I would focus on streamlining the pre-arrival, arrival, and post-flight stages of their journey. Pre-arrival, we could integrate flight details into the Uber app and provide predictive ETAs to help passengers plan better. At the airport, we could partner with authorities to create dedicated drop-off and pickup zones, along with clear in-app navigation to reduce confusion. Post-flight, we could implement dynamic pickup zones, vi"See full answer

Shwetang S. - "Clarifying Qs: Design meaning - UI elements, front end requests and backend system architecture GIFs = standard short animated videos of 1/2 seconds built either using images or videos Make GIFs = generate gifs from images and videos Do we want to build the system for a certain volume of requests? Do you want me to consider the scalability part? I: Assumptions 1,2 & 3 are correct, ignore 3 for now Users: User b/w age 18-45 trying to generate GIFs using images(at least 3)"See full answer