Product Design Interview Questions

Anonymous Crab - "Clarify: Are we specifically referring to the point in time after a customer places an order to a restaurant, in the context of Doordash? Or are we talking about a generic online order? (Assume former) I am going to walk through what I think our business and product goal is, followed by the users and their painpoints in the workflow after they place an order. Then I will prioritize which pain points to solve for based on business objective and some other factors, and finally brainstorm and prio"See full answer

Product V. - "\\\Start by saying thanks for the questions\\\ Apple maps is a utility product that allows users to navigate from point A to point B and find transit. It is exclusive to Apple devices Ask Clarifying QQ - What is the definition of the business owner - <500,000 USD in revenue per year Why you are targeting this segment - Apple maps can be a platform of choice for the business owners Why the current consumer version is not suitable - Not suitable to the needs of the SMB How do you define"See full answer

Ramesh Y. - "Clarification - is it Uber that is building the feature? Answer: Yes Assuming if Uber is the one building this feature, I would start with if and how does the feature help Uber's mission and north star metrics. Uber's mission is to provide reliable transportation around the world and the primary metric that i can think on a high level is Number of rides , Number of drivers and from business revenue perspective revenue per ride, revenue per rider and driver. I picked revenue per ride because it"See full answer

Mahesh M. - "Clarification questions Is this a new app or an existing one? - new Is this going to be part of fb or stand-alone - fb app or web - app geo - any/US consider pre covid or covid - covid Grocery store - physical or online store? - physical store FB mission - connect people together The goal of the grocery store - help local stores to connect with users and drive more revenue Users Shoppers 13 - 21 - limited shopping power 21 to 50 - tech-savvy, a fb account already. 50+ - not"See full answer

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

Kunal M. - "I would apply the CIRCLES framework to this problem. Context: The mortgage industry is based on front to broken back-office operational processes, fragmented data, rates war, non-clarity on appraisal. The coming age of digital savvy Millenials who wants a one-stop shop for all their banking needs in a techno-savy way will pave the way for mortgage disruption. Goal: Metrics to optimize - increase market share in Loan origination, increase revue and increase customer stickiness on the plat"See full answer

Product V. - "Thanks for the question - What is your definition of the challenges - There can be multiple gaps and opportunities - Is there any specific opportunity you want me to look - Are free to assume My understanding of online purchase can be card not present or e-commerce - any specific you want to look Region - USA Goal - Feel free to assume - Trust Timeline - Say about a year Take a pause - Segment 1 - Online shoppers only Segment 2 - Strictly Brick and Mortar Segment 3 - S"See full answer

Devendra B. - "As a direct competitor to my favorite product, our mission is to enhance productivity for creative professionals. Targeting small design agencies, our solution offers a streamlined project management platform tailored to their specific needs. Launch feasibility relies on user feedback, ensuring impact and monetization through subscription-based pricing. Success metrics include user engagement and retention rates."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

Deric C. - "Clarification/Problem What is the timeline that we're working with? (You Choose) What is the criteria for how you'd define an improvement or success? (You Choose) Is there a specific area of the DMV experience that you want me to improve? (No) Are we thinking about this from the perspective of the DMV? (Yes) What is the market that we should be thinking about or focusing on? (US) Business Objective The DMV has a couple of key goals: To help uniquely identify which vehi"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

Adarsh S. - "Hey, Thanks for the question - it’s a fantastic challenge with real-world impact. Cool so this is the rough backbone structure that we can follow and ofcourse we can add meat later on to it and pivot if required. So here it goes: First would like to lay out the broader mission as to why we are doing this and then some clarification questions and then probably try to segment users via single or different approaches, then will pick which permutation makes sense as the target segment, then ge"See full answer

Glados - "First, why are we building the system? What are the requirements we must meet - Do customers care about data being read/written from a single set of tables or multiple tables, do they care about cost allocation, do they need backups/storage to happen slow or fast, do they foresee a lot of data movement from one table to another? Based on this, there are a few options using some common design choices. Shared disk, or Shared nothing. Both have pros and cons. Based on latency, performance, and cos"See full answer

Anonymous Mouse - "Clarify context: I'll assume that I'm a PM at Apple in this case 3 - 5 years: medium to long term thinking. So we're not just thinking about the next release. Any resource constraints? For example, any limitations on the number of engineers I have available, or can I assume that we might be able to deploy the entire iOS eng team to solve this if the problem and solutions are exciting enough? Assume no resource constraints for now, but will be thoughtful about feasibility. Any particular"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

Ramandeep S. - "If I were a Google PM in charge of the next Android keynote product announcement in 3 years, I would build the following: A more secure and privacy-focused Android platform. This is because security and privacy are becoming increasingly important to users. In the past few years, we have seen a number of high-profile data breaches, and users are becoming more aware of the risks of having their personal information online. A more secure and privacy-focused Android platform would help to add"See full answer