Product Design Interview Questions

Ammro H. - "Clarifying questions: What do we mean by a video conferencing app? Zoom or Messenger? A: More like Zoom Is the app for B2B users or C2C users? A: Dealer's choice What stage is this app at? Early-stage or has been in the market for a while? A: Current Player This question will help decide if you will focus on Adoption or Engagement and retention... Is there a specific market or user group we need to focus on? A: Dealer's choice Is it a paid or free service? A: Both The structure"See full answer

Rutuja A. - "Lyft is a ride hailing platform where the users can request the rides on the app and the drivers can fulfill the rides based on their availability and willingness Goal: So here we want to design a ride hailing platform for college students for there commute From home to college College -> Home Inside campus Why do we want to concentrate specially on students? Data analysis of existing ride pickup and drop location and time analysis Hypothesis: A good share of rides are originating from"See full answer

Vijay S. - "Clarification questions - Assumption: Blind person - Generally aware about what an ATM machine is and how it works. Markets - US market and think about global expansion later Regulatory, Financial companies approval - We have agreement from the regulators and financial companies about the merits and we don’t see any kind of concerns from these companies Goal - Part of the company's social initiatives - Positive word of mouth - increase customer base Users - **Blind users with no other disabi"See full answer

Ian S. - "Clarifying Question: Are we talking about mission-oriented success or business-oriented success? [Let's assume mission-oriented] Let's start by talking about where Pages fit into the mission of Facebook. Then we'll cover some relevant metrics, identify which are most important for measuring the success of Pages, and then talk about some trade-offs as part of a final recommendation. Mission: Facebook's mission is to empower people to build community and to bring people closer togeth"See full answer

Shoaib H. - "Clarifyig questons Why do we want to re-design the feature? are there any existing problem with the existing DM feature? -- you figure out Do we have any particular goal in mind which we want to achieve? related to Engagement, Session time etc? -- Think yourself When we say DMs, this includes P2P, Message to business, Message to an open account or you have something else in mind? -- Think yourself With that bieng said lets first understand what are the core use cases of the DM as a feature P"See full answer

SweetTaco - "Understand Wikipedia Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that gives everyone access to unbiased and accurate knowledge and information. Current products: Website - people use Wikipedia to search and pull up articles written around a specific topic Integration with other products such as browsers and kindles - people highlight a word/subject and they can pull up the relevant wikipedia if it's available. Business model: It's a non-profit organization t"See full answer

Max V. - "What can be a camera ? point and shoot camera - to capture events Video camera - to record events Surveillance camera - cctv camera to monitor movements Elderly above 65 (male and female) with or without any medical condition Elderly can be tech-savvy but majority would be non-tech savvy. We can also further look to segment this customer base as elderly who are Living with their Children Living in foster care Living alone For the moment , i would restrict the geo"See full answer

Mahesh G. - "I assume I'm a Product Manager at Uber Eats and I believe we are talking about a food delivery and grocery delivery application that's part of the Uber ecosystem. Yes Before I start looking into the problem statement, I want to ask a few clarifying questions if it's fine with you. Yes Is there any specific reason that I should know why Uber Eats could look into improving the product may be reasons such as an increase in customer queries, any competitive initiatives, etc.? Nothing in spec"See full answer

Gaurav C. - "Clarifying Questions: Do we have any specific goal in mind for this new product, for example targeting new audience, expansion to new places , catering to new need etc. · I am going to assume targeting new audience Do we have any constraints? · No constraints When you say restaurants does it mean casual restaurants, pubs, food joints 5 star hotels etc. · I am going to assume all kind of restaurants who have already registered there establishments on Swiggy Structure User Segme"See full answer

Rishi P. - "Facebook's mission is to bring people closer. And sports is common language connecting people across the world. The joy of enjoying watching sports is with friends who also support the same team, cheer for them and trade facts about them. The product I would build is a live interactive sports app that a group of friends, though they are apart physically, can join into, chat and share happiness. The interactive sports app will stream live sports and allow users to create a community or group"See full answer

Ben G. - "Situation - A time when I worked well on a team was while I was working with the larger team at Blade to do the redesign before their IPO. Essentially, we had a month to launch a redesign (both visual and UX) of the entire project Task - I was tasked to direct all design efforts and strategy for the mobile and web experience on blade - being a lead in the trifecta group. Action - Through effective teamwork, we all led strategy and championed our areas of product, design and engineering. As a"See full answer

Vikas K. - "During a trip to Japan, I encountered a significant language barrier that influenced how I communicated with others. As I didn't speak Japanese fluently, I had to rely on basic phrases and non-verbal communication to interact with locals. This experience made me realize the importance of understanding cultural diversity. Despite the language barrier, I found that people were patient and understanding. They appreciated my efforts to communicate in their language, even if it was limited. This expe"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