Product Strategy Interview Questions

Rahul J. - "Skype is a communication and collaboration tool used by individuals and businesses. Users can send messages, do audio and video calls, share screen etc. There are two parts to the business model: Individual user - to - individual user: users can make audio and video calls at no fee Enterprises: Organisations need to purchase the subscription for internal usage. Revenue depends on \# of paying enterprises, length of subscription, price per month/year Product objective: increase rev"See full answer

Kim L. - "Explore expanding beyond just two small roooms-- bigger rooms or a third room? Get insights from those who are teleporting about what the experience is like"See full answer

Naresh A. - "Although there is no fixed or predefined framework that I follow to prioritize, I do have a methodical criterion that is suitable to my organization and practices. The business outcome/value proposition of each project/request - try to quantitative every metric below Number of customers going to be impacted in that product vertical - item with more customers gets more weight Is this an existing feature or a new feature - existing features get more weightage especially if thi"See full answer

Rajeev K. - "Here's how I'd approach investing that $10 million over the next year and a half. The biggest chunk about $4 million would go straight into our core infrastructure because that's what everything else depends on. We're seeing massive demand for real-time payments, so I'd put $2.5 million into building instant settlement capabilities and integrating with FedNow and RTP rails. The remaining $1.5 million would beef up our platform scalability because we're hitting capacity limits during peak times,"See full answer

Katie - "Union−Find -We illustrate our basic approach to developing and analyzing algorithms by considering the dynamic connectivity problem. We introduce the union−find data type and consider several implementations (quick find, quick union, weighted quick union, and weighted quick union with path compression). Finally, we apply the union−find data type to the percolation problem from physical chemistry. Analysis of Algorithms -The basis of our approach for analyzing the performance of algorithms is th"See full answer

P D. - "Clarifying questions Define relevant? Google should keep progressing in solving customer usecases / increasing revenue and profitability over next 10 yrs Since we are discussing about 10 yr period, can i assume that we need not have any constraints in mind? Yes, do not consider any constraints Just to be clear this is about Google in specific and not about Alphabet and various companies within the group. Yes, let's focus on google Last assumption, can we assume that the overall goal / vi"See full answer

Exponent - "This may seem tricky at first, but this is actually an Expansion problem, since we're expanding to a new market. The only difference is this is specifically for small businesses within that market. This is the formula you should use when tackling these types of interview questions: Ask clarifying questions Perform user analysis Market risk analysis State goals Perform channel analysis Prioritize growth channels Strategy Summarize Witho"See full answer

Nidhi S. - "I am a book reader, so I use "goodreads" by amazon to track my reading. There are couple of things which can be done to increase user engagement on app. User engagement on goodread is creating profile tagging books - want to read, reading, completed marking up progress on daily reading. Engaging with friends and their feedback about books. Solutioning at each steps Creating profile - App respond time is 2-3 min, which is very slow as compared to any general app,its circling"See full answer

Rika S. - "Snapchat's mission is to re-create how people use camera to capture their life moments. Snapchat's user base is comprised of Gen Z and Millenials, capturing the ~ 12-35 year old age group. Snapchat's goal is to keep these users engaged so they don't leave for enticing competitors like Tic Toc and Quibi. Tic Toc and Quibi are major competitors to Snapchat and they seem to compete on original content. They've partnered with celebrities and media brands to produce really engaging, high quality co"See full answer

Anjan M. - "Product - Google Glass Undefined Core Segment & Jobs-to-Be-Done - Google pitched Glass to “everyone” but never clarified a must-have use case for any one group. Improper Category Context - It was positioned as a lifestyle product, but could not justify a use case that a mobile device could not already do. Premium Pricing of a Prototype- Explorer Edition cost 1500 usd. This gap alienated hobbyists and discouraged volume sales. Privacy Backlash- The Always-on camera r"See full answer

Vidur K. - "Clarifying Questions First, let me try to clarify what kind of self-driving car are we talking about here. Let' say, we have the following top-level assumptions: Fully autonomous Family Sedan Car US Market This technology is only available with Google In a real face-to-face interview would pause to ask the interviewer to correct assumptions or ask for other features. Consumer Family - uses the autonomous ability of the car to spend time with kids while dropping them off to"See full answer

realkimchi - "Objective: Proposal for expanding the service offerings for small restaurants and local cafes. The objective is to enhance the Instacart Business platform by integrating local vendors (Speciality Food & Beverage Business Units) to increase product selection and improve supply chain efficiencies for business customers. Market Focus: The target market includes food service establishments characterized by their need for distinct, locally sourced ingredients and their struggles wi"See full answer

Anonymous Salmon - "clarify: paid users, annual subscription user segmentation: levels; active vs dormant; age; regions use cases & pain points solution brainstorm: retention = activation + engagement + resurrection; prioritization of solutions execution"See full answer