Top Product Manager Interview Questions

Mohammad shahid S. - "We were working on a very high stake migration project where were suppose to migrate all the traffic (more than 40 million users per day) from legacy to modern micro-services based architecture. Before making this massive migration decision, company has already developed a lot of services outside monolith and we were suppose to utilise those services. Some these services there were PADs responsible to communicate the specific vendor APIs. For each vendor we had a dedicated PAD. Fast forward"See full answer

Kartikeya N. - "Let me first start with some clarifying questions What do we mean by 10x? User engagement/ revenue/ acquisition?: Revenue Are we looking at global revenue or from a particular market like USA?: Global Are there any constraints or timelines for this ask?: Not much constraints, lets aim for a 10X increase in 5 years Sure, let me first start with the Goal of Duolingo. Duolingo’s aim is to simplify language learning and make it entertaining as well as educational. It is known for it’s use of"See full answer

Neha A. - "FB Vision Why is this problem important - bad ads can drive customer churn and pose reputational risks in terms of law suits. What is a bad ad defined as - we will exclude ad relevance. any ad that is inappropriate, harmful, and misleading. What is the user journey >> Businesses creates ads, ads are verified by FB team who will remove any bad ads, ads get published after verification, user sees the ads, reports if they dont like it, and the team verifies it again and if bad, removes it. N"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

Lokesh K. - "Clarification: What are we trying to improve on Facebook Marketplace? I would like you to ponder on this. I'll take on how to monetize the Marketplace. Thus, improving it from the company's perspective Do we have any particular Demography in Mind Take India, as it is one of the biggest market available. What do I understand by Facebook Marketplace? It is a place where both buyers and sellers get a chance to connect within Facebook. The Sellers have the option of postin"See full answer

Ash I. - "Follow STAR Example: In my most recent role at x, we've been working every quarter to set our quarterly goals or even decide for the year but given in 2022 we've been through a great resignation phase there was a high attrition because of which we have overloaded engineering teams. During last quarterly planning, I started to question with my manager about giving a focus to our engineering, so we complete one thing absolutely fine which is more impactful for our customers and add immediate val"See full answer

Scott S. - " Situation In the derivatives trading domain, timely and accurate data is crucial for making informed trading decisions. Our existing data processing system was facing challenges with latency and scalability, which hindered our ability to react swiftly to market changes. To address these issues, we designed a new real-time market data processing platform. Task The task was to develop a low-latency data processing platform that could handle real-time market data ingestion, processing, an"See full answer

Sam E. - "average price per transaction would drop because we might not be considering currency exchange rates, which is much lower in India and Southeast Asia, when aggregating data globally. to define success, i'll first segment the data, separating existing markets to newer ones to check if that is the cause of the dropping average price. then i'll select a north star metric, which would be the number of completed transactions vs. attempted. i'll also track supporting metrics like usage frequency and"See full answer

Niaz - "Assumption about the teleportation machine: Teleportation is instantaneous like Star Trek The product does not take too much space maybe 6 ft by 6 ft and 10ft high is good enough Teleportation works vertically both above ground and underground as well as going 100 meters horizontally If possible you can combine multiple teleportation machine to repeat teleportation Users groups A product like this can be leveraged for almost everyone but I think I want to focus on users who ha"See full answer

Kartikeya N. - "Clarifying questions I am assuming the time frame for this question is irrelevant as this is a hypothetical question? : Yes Is IG prioritising the creator side or the viewer side more at the moment? : What do you think? I think it should be a balance for the long term sustenance of the network Are all these reels and views in a particular geography or globally? : Globally What is the duration for which these Views are measured? Assume a day Do we know anything about other engagemen"See full answer

Jay K. - "First, let’s discuss why this is important for any platform business Think of platform businesses like Amazon or YouTube as matchmakers. They connect people who want something with those who provide it, whether it's products or content. But here's the catch: users trust these platforms to make sure they're getting good stuff. They want genuine products, safe content, and no scams. So, platforms need to be like guardians. They check suppliers and content creators to make sure they're not"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

Ash I. - "Refer https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/good-product-managers-great-shreyas-doshi/"See full answer

Vaishnavi T. - "During my time as a Product Manager, we were preparing for a major product release with a tight deadline and discovered that implementing both a new feature and crucial performance improvements wasn't feasible within the timeframe. So, I organized a meeting with stakeholders to assess the impact of each option. We analyzed user data, projected ROI, and considered long-term product strategy. Ultimately, I decided to prioritize the performance improvements. As a result, the product launched on tim"See full answer

Anamitra - "Question: Design a CookBook app A few questions I’d ask the interviewer are: what’s the purpose/goal of the app, who are the user segments, and any primary geography we’re targeting as the first launch of the product. Answers/assumptions to the questions: let’s say below are the answers the interviewer provides: what’s the purpose/goal of the app: to help people to follow a recipe, follow it while cooking, and also request a recipe who are the user segments: considering people who’r"See full answer

Akshai V. - "Google Assistant is the Voice AI which converts Natural Language to Queries/Instruction , processes it and get the results and again converts it back to Meaningful Results to the User Currently Google Assistant is Integrated in Multiple End Points. Phone Google Home Chrome Cast Google Chrome Books Some of the Use Cases Google Assistant is used is Making Phone Calls/Texting Asking General Queries/Searching for Information Integration with Devices and Turning them O"See full answer

Shuly A. - "Clarifying questions: How the hiring funnel looks like, where are the main drop offs, what are the longest phases, what systems we have in place for reminders and notifications. What should be the goal (double conversion, reduce time to hire) Offered some solutions, analysed them according to ICE framework, highlighter risks linked to solution. The last question was to pitch my suggested path to management."See full answer

Balakrishnan J. - "I always strive to use feedback as a learning opportunity to enhance my skills and performance. Since I don't have recent negative feedback to share, I constantly seek constructive criticism and feedback to improve. In my experiences, I've received valuable input that has helped me refine my approach, such as enhancing communication methods or adjusting certain processes for better efficiency. Whether positive or negative, feedback is instrumental in professional growth, and I actively use it to"See full answer

Richa M. - "Before starting the answer I would align on goal, call out the structure where I cover what all am i going to talk about in the interview. Why laying out structure is important because the aprox time available to you is 35 min, so Structure shows the intent and the depth at which you are willing to go and think IMO This is how I would start- Sure before jumping in, I’ll first align on what this product is trying to achieve. Once we’re clear on the goal, I’ll define the key user segments, then"See full answer