"Vision of Amazon: One stop place for users' buying needs - products and services.
Goal of Amazon: Increase wallet share of users or engagement from users.
Why services: Services would help achieving this goal, as the users would love using services. And Users need a platform to access services.
Market in consideration: India (it is big enough. I am more familiar with this market)
Current market landscape:
Competition: A couple of marketplaces for services. Similar"
Sanchit G. - "Vision of Amazon: One stop place for users' buying needs - products and services.
Goal of Amazon: Increase wallet share of users or engagement from users.
Why services: Services would help achieving this goal, as the users would love using services. And Users need a platform to access services.
Market in consideration: India (it is big enough. I am more familiar with this market)
Current market landscape:
Competition: A couple of marketplaces for services. Similar"See full answer
"The correct answer as per the interviewer was since we have to exclude in build product engagement metrics and user feedback for the sake of this question, consulting firms/data analytics firms who do market research we rely on that data to determine how useful a competitor's feature is . again this is the answer provided by the interviewer."
Manas M. - "The correct answer as per the interviewer was since we have to exclude in build product engagement metrics and user feedback for the sake of this question, consulting firms/data analytics firms who do market research we rely on that data to determine how useful a competitor's feature is . again this is the answer provided by the interviewer."See full answer
"Clarification questions:
What is the mission of the company? To connect people together to unleash their creativity.
Is there any geographical areas that I should concentrate on? It is worldwide.
Are there any constraints? No, there is none.
Success of the usage of the app? The PM to pick.
Approach:
Establish the nature of the application.
Establish the type of users that would be on the platform.
Lay out what the user journey is.
Define the metrics that are relevant.
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Ferri T. - "Clarification questions:
What is the mission of the company? To connect people together to unleash their creativity.
Is there any geographical areas that I should concentrate on? It is worldwide.
Are there any constraints? No, there is none.
Success of the usage of the app? The PM to pick.
Approach:
Establish the nature of the application.
Establish the type of users that would be on the platform.
Lay out what the user journey is.
Define the metrics that are relevant.
-"See full answer
"This is one of the core behavioral questions that you should expect to cover in any interview. In particular, it asks you to justify why you want to work at a specific company that you've applied for. There's no right answer for this, however we do recommend you list at least three distinct reasons.
Here's an example of what you might say:
> Great question! There's so many reasons, but I'll keep it to my top three.Atlassian has some of the most impactful products in the tech space to date, inclu"
Exponent - "This is one of the core behavioral questions that you should expect to cover in any interview. In particular, it asks you to justify why you want to work at a specific company that you've applied for. There's no right answer for this, however we do recommend you list at least three distinct reasons.
Here's an example of what you might say:
> Great question! There's so many reasons, but I'll keep it to my top three.Atlassian has some of the most impactful products in the tech space to date, inclu"See full answer
"[I'm working on answering questions more concisely, so to practice, I will type this answer in paragraph form]
To clarify the question, I understand there are at least two entry points for Stories - one within Facebook (website, app) and one within Instagram. Would you like for me to focus on the Instagram experience of Instagram Stories? Would you like for me to focus on existing markets or emerging markets, or I could decide based off where I see the greatest opportunity? (Interviewer: focus"
Alice Z. - "[I'm working on answering questions more concisely, so to practice, I will type this answer in paragraph form]
To clarify the question, I understand there are at least two entry points for Stories - one within Facebook (website, app) and one within Instagram. Would you like for me to focus on the Instagram experience of Instagram Stories? Would you like for me to focus on existing markets or emerging markets, or I could decide based off where I see the greatest opportunity? (Interviewer: focus"See full answer
"Project plan --> Define the project scope, timeline, resources, risks and stakeholders.
Define the project scope and objectives
Identify the business problems the project aims to solve.
Align on goals, deliverables and success criteria.
Document in-scope and out-of-scope items.
Identify Stakeholders
Develop the work breakdown structure
Break the project into manageable tasks and milestones.
Define dependencies.
Decide the project management met"
Anonymous Dingo - "Project plan --> Define the project scope, timeline, resources, risks and stakeholders.
Define the project scope and objectives
Identify the business problems the project aims to solve.
Align on goals, deliverables and success criteria.
Document in-scope and out-of-scope items.
Identify Stakeholders
Develop the work breakdown structure
Break the project into manageable tasks and milestones.
Define dependencies.
Decide the project management met"See full answer
"Clarifying question- What exactly is this product expected to do ? - are we trying to build a community around people passionate about gardening ? or are we trying to give them better tool and seeds or something else ? Do we have any time or cost constraints ? or any specific business goal we are trying to achieve ? Is this a non profit or a for profit venture ?
2) Users: Which users segment are we trying to go after and what are the pain points ? Is it millennials and gen z or someone in Boom"
Abhijit B. - "Clarifying question- What exactly is this product expected to do ? - are we trying to build a community around people passionate about gardening ? or are we trying to give them better tool and seeds or something else ? Do we have any time or cost constraints ? or any specific business goal we are trying to achieve ? Is this a non profit or a for profit venture ?
2) Users: Which users segment are we trying to go after and what are the pain points ? Is it millennials and gen z or someone in Boom"See full answer
"For any App launch, its awareness is the first step towards adoption/Activation. and the best strategy to make it aware is to tag behind any existing applications. for example: if Amazon is launching, we could perhaps integrate it with Echo or other relatable services.
promotion plays a key role, which Amazon is brilliant at. Advertising via add films, add engines on other websites (including Amazon), feebies or discounts, promotions that can align to awareness would be my first step. I would"
Bk - "For any App launch, its awareness is the first step towards adoption/Activation. and the best strategy to make it aware is to tag behind any existing applications. for example: if Amazon is launching, we could perhaps integrate it with Echo or other relatable services.
promotion plays a key role, which Amazon is brilliant at. Advertising via add films, add engines on other websites (including Amazon), feebies or discounts, promotions that can align to awareness would be my first step. I would"See full answer
"This is a Design a Product question. For this, we'll want to follow the formula for success:
Ask clarifying questions
Identify user types, behaviors, and pain points
State the goal and use cases
List current solutions
Improvements / net new solutions
Evaluate and select solutions
Measure Success
Summarize
Ask clarifying questions
The PM interview isn't about your ability to come up with the best solution right away — it's about bein"
Exponent - "This is a Design a Product question. For this, we'll want to follow the formula for success:
Ask clarifying questions
Identify user types, behaviors, and pain points
State the goal and use cases
List current solutions
Improvements / net new solutions
Evaluate and select solutions
Measure Success
Summarize
Ask clarifying questions
The PM interview isn't about your ability to come up with the best solution right away — it's about bein"See full answer
"Determine the requirements
Perform basic checks on the frontend before submitting to the server
Length
Check for invalid or required characters
Client-side validation messaging
Perform more advanced checks on the server if required
Does the password include the user's name, etc
Handle server-side validation messaging"
Casey C. - "Determine the requirements
Perform basic checks on the frontend before submitting to the server
Length
Check for invalid or required characters
Client-side validation messaging
Perform more advanced checks on the server if required
Does the password include the user's name, etc
Handle server-side validation messaging"See full answer
"Is there a take-home exercise? How important is it and will there be questions on your take-home during subsequent rounds?"
Mitchell K. - "Is there a take-home exercise? How important is it and will there be questions on your take-home during subsequent rounds?"See full answer