Product Strategy Interview Questions

Nishant V. - "Clarify: Across all platforms? - Yes Specific geographies? - No Any specific users? Like >60 years - No Benefits of profile picture: User can find their friends by identifying them through profile picture. Helps in understanding if the profile is genuine. Also establishes trust in the platform. Users checking profiles is also a way for users to engage on the platform. Possible decisions: Remove profile upload feature Make it optional No change Approach to make decis"See full answer

Jessica A. - "Clarifying Qs: Question: Would this be a standalone platform, or be integrated into the existing LinkedIn web application and mobile applications? Answer: Integrated into the existing LinkedIn web application and mobile applications. Question: What are the goals of a video conferencing platform for LinkedIn? Answer: You decide. Let's think about LinkedIn's mission statement, which is to connect the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful. LinkedIn's co"See full answer

Anjali M. - "Why? Uber is on demand platform, that leverages shared economy to power movement from Point A to B. Ubers business today is around 3 primary segments - Mobility, Deliveries, Freight. Mobility is the core product that enables riders to move from point A to Point B Using variety vehicles. Segment Users based on Usage / Frequency Daily - Prefers frequent but short trips, values convenience Occasional - Business professionals, even"See full answer

Dhirendra S. - "I will start by asking some of the clarifying questions here - Does the interviewer want me to focus on any specific region or it's a global product - What's the timeline we are looking over here - Any specific problem statement that I should be focusing on - Any specific objective that they want me to drive Some of these questions will help to get my head straight and align myself with the interviewer. (2 mins to jot down my thoughts ) Answer - Problem statement : Will focus on the cha"See full answer

Seyed rasoul J. - "I would start with the company vision then assuming we have more than one product team, craft the vision for the product through a collaboration of PMs and Tech leads, then based on that I will define the scope of each product team's milestones to achieve the product vision and go from both ends to fill the gap from what we already have and what needed to achieve the milestones."See full answer

Srisha K. - "I answered taking Restaurant as a sub product area and built the strategy around that."See full answer

Glados - "Strategy of 15 minute delivery apps. I will discuss what delivery apps are, what is their current business model, examples of some delivery apps, any market metrics/share, opportunity, how 15-minute delivery apps fit in, challenges/opps, what's next, takeaways. Clarifying questions Are we focused on North America? Any other geo? Delivery apps -> Assumed to be food/grocery/alcohol delivery not packages (Amazon)? Assumed delivery apps for end-consumers not large businesses? Delivery apps o"See full answer

Srikanth A. - "Clarify - What is the product ? Autonomous driving capability Technology as a vehicle to drive man driver capability What is the current stage of project ? Technology is ready I will start by understanding the Goal, Intention behind this initiative as I am considering myself new PM joined this team and I have to come up with go to market strategy. Goal - More users to adopt and build trust with self driving car capability. Target user persona End user Businesses -Rideshare service -Food"See full answer

Anonymous Tapir - "After clarifying the question, answered in following way: Defined what is Google Map. Discussed its history and dominant #1 current market position Aligned with the Google's mission Listed few users segments and few features for roadmap and discussed technology advancements & need to continue to innovate and differentiate aggressively"See full answer

Nishant K. - "This is the reason we PMs get bad name,lol! People are so busy in parroting the framework and answers that they don't even bother to read the question :D "See full answer

Anonymous Hawk - "A few clarifying questions: Algorithm that is specifically used to match individuals? Define better? More matches, higher likelihood of relationship? etc. Next I'd like to consider the product's goals, how users engage with the app, how we'd measure those engagements, and how they align with our goals. Considering Goals Facebook's mission is to give people the tools to build communities FB Dating's goal for the end user is to find a partner, but for Facebook it is really ab"See full answer

Sumit P. - "CQs: Swiggy? → instamart or food delivery → consider both Why do we want to increase AOV right now? Is it not at the desired level or exploration? → let’s say exploration Swiggy is a public company → goal is profit Biggest bite in profit is delivery cost hence delivery cost/unit revenue should be minimised Delivery cost = (fixed base cost + distance * x) * probability of spoil cases Can be done by Lowering delivery cost → seems challenging "See full answer