Interview Questions

Anshika R. - "Functional Requirement User should be able to add review the food item/order User should be able to rate the food item delivered User should be able to Like/Dislike others reviews User should be able to see all reviews on a food item Users should be able to receive rewards based on criteria- (Quality of the reviews- Based on number of likes - Monthly cash card) OOS - Item is already ordered and exists in a separate system, User is authenticated. No Media Non Functional requireme"See full answer

Anonymous Raven - "How often do we get 15 min to answer a question? Wondering isn't the expectation to answer this in 3-5 min?"See full answer

Anonymous Aardvark - "QUESTION: Imagine that you are a PM that owns the post booking experience at Airbnb.How would you solve for the worst post-booking experience? Follow-up questions: Specific business goal in mind? (no) What is my scope? Do I own all post booking across product category? Or is there a specific product that I am focussing on (events, homes, specific home duration)? (you chose) Am I focussing on the user - renter or event goer? Or the creator - host or event creator? (your choice) Do yo"See full answer

Umang S. - "In my role as a Product Owner, I was developing a platform for a logistics company. As a PO and that too of a digital agency, my work was mostly before-end-to-after-end, it would start from pitching, strategy, product management, launch, funding deck prep. In mid of the product management cycle, the client starts adding pressure to deliver way before the deadline, as they had found the PE firm that conceptually was ready to start funding discussion, since this was not scoped before the start,"See full answer

Megha S. - "tried my best"See full answer

Glados - "Prompt - annual cost of managing Google photos (note - I believe Google doesn't ask estimation question anymore, not sure who/here/how this was asked) We will go over what Google photos is, its users, how they use photos, what costs are incurred, estimation - base case then scale it out, gut check the answers, and arrive at an estimate Google photos is a photo and video storage service. Its users are Content creators/users Google (hosting) Other service providers that provide value-add"See full answer

Ankit M. - "Clarifying questions: When we talk about a 'meditation app', are we mainly focusing on audio content? And are we thinking of this under a big brand or are we a fresh startup? Also, is our main target the US? And, are we designing mainly for individual use, or are we thinking about larger settings like schools? Interviewer: It's a startup. We're aiming for individual users, mainly in the US, and yes, an audio-based format. Summary till now: In today's digital age there's an increasi"See full answer

Glados - "Ask clarifying questions 1/ Are there any business changes to be aware of? 2/ Youtube Premium already exists so I am guessing we are not revisiting changing the prices just restarting the process from scratch 3/ Pricing for a specific market? North America, Asia, somewhere else? To tackle this I would break down the problem into a few steps, What is Google's mission and how Youtube premium fits into that Google's mission is to organize information and make it accessible to all You"See full answer

Sdn D. - "Clarifying question: AOV/USER it means that the total price paid by a user in a certain period should be more than what it is now ? Is the average taken on a daily/ weekly/monthly basis ? I would presume it to be a monthly basis , as it helps us a defined period of time to analyse user beharviour and track number of orders. Daily wont be succesfull mertric , as ocassionally only a user may order multiple times in a day , also weekly is also a viable metric but that wont help us to analyse"See full answer

Otto yhoda A. - "Context: While working as a Senior Systems Engineer at Indra on a project for BBVA, I was primarily responsible for building ETLs and optimizing data pipelines using Spark and Scala. Action: During a critical deployment phase, our QA lead had to leave unexpectedly due to a personal emergency. With no one available to manage testing coordination, I volunteered to step in — even though it wasn’t my formal responsibility. I quickly reviewed the test cases, communicated with stakeholders, an"See full answer

dreamingincode - "In the API design, the interviewer is switching between RPC style (operation based endpoints) and REST style (resource oriented). Sticking to one convention and explaining why it is preferred over the other e.g. REST if the twitter domain maps nicely to resources e.g. /tweet or /follower or /user would help to create a more consistent and unified API. It would make it easier for clients to integrate with the API as well."See full answer

Vishnu G. - "1. Understand the "Why" (Deep Dive) - Before jumping to solutions, as a PM needs to precisely understand why users are unhappy. NPS gives us a score, but not the reasons. (0 -4 weeks) Analyze Feedback: Go beyond the score. What are Detractors (0-6) saying? What do Promoters (9-10) love? Qualitative Research:(VOC- voice of the customer) Conduct user interviews, analyze support tickets, and observe product usage. Pinpoint specific pain points (e.g., slow p"See full answer

Nayla D. - "Clarify Questions: Is this app in Facebook app? or we build a different app for this? - Yes, this is in FB app now. Will we have monetization in the first launch or launch it for free first? - Free first, but there is a potential monetization in the future. Context: we will launch Facebook Jobs in two weeks, indicating that this is a new product. I want to step back a bit, why this is important for Meta. Meta mission is to make it easier to build community and bring the world closer"See full answer

Andrew B. - "Assumptions: We're looking only at a single large dealership in San Jose, per the question, not all large car dealerships New cars already come with tires; the dealer does not have to purchase them separately A couple of different ways I might approach this: Approach 1: Estimate based on # cars serviced per day Dealer intakes 10 cars for servicing per hour (based on anecdotal observation) 100 cars serviced per day (assuming service dept. open 10 hours per day) Cars that need onl"See full answer

S G. - "Clarification questions: How are these metrics calculated? Get context on why these metrics are important? Are we looking at any specific role? Benchmarking: What is the current time to hire? How does this compare to competitors? Do we have a desired goal/target for these metrics? Problem Solving: I began by analyzing the various steps in the hiring process and the number of days taken at each stage. Soon realised that the bulk of the time is taken in a few steps (80/20). Drilled down further"See full answer

Karthik T. - "Clarifying questions : I would like to confirm what type of parking spots we are talking about, should we assume cars ? Assumption : Cars Is it referring to only parking spots in non-residential complexes or public places or does it include residential too ?Assumption : both Assumptions : Places where we could see parking spots Shopping malls Parking in the park Residence spots Legal parking spots Variables in play Population = assuming a family of 4 => population / 4 (nu"See full answer

Saket S. - "I will divide my answer in 2 parts: Process I use for managing risks in any Project I will explain a real life situation where a Risk occurred and how I managed it Process for Risk Management can be broken down into 3 parts: Risk Identification: Risk identification is a team effort and is an ongoing process that happens throughout the Project. Technical Risks are usually identified during design/build/testing stage. I maintain a Risk register document to capture all the risks identified"See full answer

Manu G. - "Design an alarm clock for blind people Clarifying question: Does it have to be a physical product or software? Your call Do I need to think about the long-term implications of the product from a strategy perspective or a single product? single product What are the metrics this company will focus on? Engagement What industry are we in? (start-up, google/Amazon, etc) - Startup What do we mean by blind? - ppl who cannot see anything, or people who still have sense of"See full answer

Anonymous Minnow - "First, lets dive deeper into the question. I would ask - What are the top challenges facedtoday? What user segments work well, and what do we want to focus on? What do we know about competitors, and what can we learn from them? What user flows have the highest engagement in VR today? Are we focusing on consumer use cases or enterprise? Are we tackling activation or retention, or do we want to increase engagement? To build a strategy here I would target this from four differe"See full answer