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  • Coinbase logoAsked at Coinbase 
    3 answers

    "Netflix is a OTT platform that streams content , TV shows, movies documentaries, to the subscriber's of Netflix. Netflix has approximately 90 million subscribers in USA alone and Netflix's revenue is generated based on their subscriptions. The user buys Netflix subscription, logs in , opens profile and opens the home page of Netflix. 1. Confirmation of the Assumptions Homepage Definition: The homepage is the screen users see after logging into their profile, showing tailored recom"

    Hari priya K. - "Netflix is a OTT platform that streams content , TV shows, movies documentaries, to the subscriber's of Netflix. Netflix has approximately 90 million subscribers in USA alone and Netflix's revenue is generated based on their subscriptions. The user buys Netflix subscription, logs in , opens profile and opens the home page of Netflix. 1. Confirmation of the Assumptions Homepage Definition: The homepage is the screen users see after logging into their profile, showing tailored recom"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
  • "Answering only estimation portion for practice (for some reason after submitting the formatting is unorganized) clarification and assumptions can I assume this grocery store location is called Greens can I assume that self-checkout means that customers checks out without assistance? can I assume that cashier checkout means that cashier assists customers with checkout? can I assume that ratio means how man self-checkouts should be place at this grocery store compare"

    Ama M. - "Answering only estimation portion for practice (for some reason after submitting the formatting is unorganized) clarification and assumptions can I assume this grocery store location is called Greens can I assume that self-checkout means that customers checks out without assistance? can I assume that cashier checkout means that cashier assists customers with checkout? can I assume that ratio means how man self-checkouts should be place at this grocery store compare"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Estimation
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  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    6 answers
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    "I think i would start by asking what's driving the strategy for testing new ad formats? Possible options could be Increase monetization? Improve ad effectiveness? Any other objectives? Assuming that its both 1&2 - we want to test new ad formats to gauge if these are more effective and lead to higher monetization Ground the conversation into current scenario Instagram Reels is aa short form video platform that users use to showoff their creativity Reels is a relatively new addition to"

    EssGee - "I think i would start by asking what's driving the strategy for testing new ad formats? Possible options could be Increase monetization? Improve ad effectiveness? Any other objectives? Assuming that its both 1&2 - we want to test new ad formats to gauge if these are more effective and lead to higher monetization Ground the conversation into current scenario Instagram Reels is aa short form video platform that users use to showoff their creativity Reels is a relatively new addition to"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
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  • Sierra AI logoAsked at Sierra AI 
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    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • DoorDash logoAsked at DoorDash 
    5 answers
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    "Start with OpenTable's goal: making reservations easier for customers. If user's are having bad experiences then that impacts the key metrics ( # of bookings), create a negative brand perception with the potential to lose customers. Focus on ecosystem: customers making reservations & merchants/businesses each have different pain points. For the sake of time, focus on customer's experience. Post Booking User Flow User receives a post booking confirmation (date/time"

    Danyal R. - "Start with OpenTable's goal: making reservations easier for customers. If user's are having bad experiences then that impacts the key metrics ( # of bookings), create a negative brand perception with the potential to lose customers. Focus on ecosystem: customers making reservations & merchants/businesses each have different pain points. For the sake of time, focus on customer's experience. Post Booking User Flow User receives a post booking confirmation (date/time"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
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  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
    22 answers
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    "First I will talk about this restaurant space in general. Types of restaurants, trends, think about how we can offer something that is differentiated to a viable buyer. Vision / mission of this product User segments - pick one Define user goals, user journey, needs/pain points Think about solutions to their pain points (10 min) Then I’d pick one or two of the solutions and define the features in more detail, as it ties to user journey. I’ll define tradeoffs **1.Restaurant sp"

    Yespm T. - "First I will talk about this restaurant space in general. Types of restaurants, trends, think about how we can offer something that is differentiated to a viable buyer. Vision / mission of this product User segments - pick one Define user goals, user journey, needs/pain points Think about solutions to their pain points (10 min) Then I’d pick one or two of the solutions and define the features in more detail, as it ties to user journey. I’ll define tradeoffs **1.Restaurant sp"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    1 answer

    "With $1 billion to invest in generative AI, my focus would be on addressing unmet needs in everyday life. Here's my vision: Identify User Pain Points: I would start by understanding the specific challenges a segment of users face daily. Many people are integrating AI into their routines to simplify tasks, yet there are gaps that need to be filled. Learn from ChatGPT’s Success: ChatGPT's rapid growth to 200 million users demonstrates the demand for AI solutions that genuinely solve"

    Aayush S. - "With $1 billion to invest in generative AI, my focus would be on addressing unmet needs in everyday life. Here's my vision: Identify User Pain Points: I would start by understanding the specific challenges a segment of users face daily. Many people are integrating AI into their routines to simplify tasks, yet there are gaps that need to be filled. Learn from ChatGPT’s Success: ChatGPT's rapid growth to 200 million users demonstrates the demand for AI solutions that genuinely solve"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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    "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"

    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

    Product Manager
    Analytical
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    4 answers

    "Design a product for gardeners. Assumptions / Clarifying questions -> What ? -> Why ? TAM -> Mission for Meta -> Business Goal -> User segmentation ( P) -> Painpoints (P) -> Solutions ( P -rice) ->NSM -> Risks -> Summarize Assumptions : New Embedded ( **) onto a Blue app Is there a timeline ( 1 Year ) Region ( Pilot small users group ) What : Practice of cultivating food , flowers , decorated plants in controlled environment backyard , greenhouse , front yard etc Why"

    Rani Y. - "Design a product for gardeners. Assumptions / Clarifying questions -> What ? -> Why ? TAM -> Mission for Meta -> Business Goal -> User segmentation ( P) -> Painpoints (P) -> Solutions ( P -rice) ->NSM -> Risks -> Summarize Assumptions : New Embedded ( **) onto a Blue app Is there a timeline ( 1 Year ) Region ( Pilot small users group ) What : Practice of cultivating food , flowers , decorated plants in controlled environment backyard , greenhouse , front yard etc Why"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    2 answers

    "Let me tell you about a time when my manager was on a two week PTO and I was building the post-MVP roadmap for a newly launched product. Being a SaaS platform for supporting restaurants, I'd led the conception, planning, development and launch of the MVP for an online ordering solution for diners in restaurants. After the launch of the MVP, our original plan was to build features which supported table-service restaurants like keeping an open tab. But while looking at the data, I realized that a"

    Singer29 - "Let me tell you about a time when my manager was on a two week PTO and I was building the post-MVP roadmap for a newly launched product. Being a SaaS platform for supporting restaurants, I'd led the conception, planning, development and launch of the MVP for an online ordering solution for diners in restaurants. After the launch of the MVP, our original plan was to build features which supported table-service restaurants like keeping an open tab. But while looking at the data, I realized that a"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    3 answers

    "Clarifying questions : When we speak about video buffering, are we looking at long video (more than an hour), medium video, short videos and shorts? I will assume its all video types. Is this was a steady increase or sudden one and over what time period? I will assume sudden one over last week? Has we experienced any such issues in the past or trends? I will assume no. Are we experiencing this globaly or for some region? I assume globaly The KPI we are measuring is Average Video Buffering T"

    Aeshvarya J. - "Clarifying questions : When we speak about video buffering, are we looking at long video (more than an hour), medium video, short videos and shorts? I will assume its all video types. Is this was a steady increase or sudden one and over what time period? I will assume sudden one over last week? Has we experienced any such issues in the past or trends? I will assume no. Are we experiencing this globaly or for some region? I assume globaly The KPI we are measuring is Average Video Buffering T"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
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  • Box logoAsked at Box 
    2 answers

    "Motivation / Purpose to build this integration - Summarizing from Knowledge base, extraction from existing Box docs, generating stuff from context in docs --> I will prioritize summarizing from Box docs knowledge base, why?--> because use case is straightforward, fast MVP, quick implementation, potential for fats iteration to drive and continue demand (possibility to implement using APIs already avaialble via OpenAI and Box) What's in it for Box, and ChatGPT - synergy alignment - why build"

    Priyanka S. - "Motivation / Purpose to build this integration - Summarizing from Knowledge base, extraction from existing Box docs, generating stuff from context in docs --> I will prioritize summarizing from Box docs knowledge base, why?--> because use case is straightforward, fast MVP, quick implementation, potential for fats iteration to drive and continue demand (possibility to implement using APIs already avaialble via OpenAI and Box) What's in it for Box, and ChatGPT - synergy alignment - why build"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    3 answers

    "We will not always have all the required data to make a decision quickly. We need to work with ambiguity effectively by tying up the available facts with intuition."

    Sankar S. - "We will not always have all the required data to make a decision quickly. We need to work with ambiguity effectively by tying up the available facts with intuition."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • Better.com logoAsked at Better.com 
    3 answers

    "What are you strengths -: My strengths would include my eagerness to learn. This allows me to be open to new projects, roles and products and I can give my 100% to achieve the goals expected of me Other strengths would include my collaborative approach to work. I believe a team can achieve tremendous success if shares a common goal, respects other's opinions and contribution and is built on fundamental of trust Finally my biggest strength would be my commitment and passion to solve the custome"

    Amit A. - "What are you strengths -: My strengths would include my eagerness to learn. This allows me to be open to new projects, roles and products and I can give my 100% to achieve the goals expected of me Other strengths would include my collaborative approach to work. I believe a team can achieve tremendous success if shares a common goal, respects other's opinions and contribution and is built on fundamental of trust Finally my biggest strength would be my commitment and passion to solve the custome"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    4 answers
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    "· Listen both sides and without any bias. Support or focus on the problem rather than person. Take necessary steps in case there is middle ground its well and good if both parties agree. If not be honest and support the person who is correct. Ultimate goal is to be useful for overall project and company rather individual satisfaction. The approach should be fit into overall team goal."

    BePostive - "· Listen both sides and without any bias. Support or focus on the problem rather than person. Take necessary steps in case there is middle ground its well and good if both parties agree. If not be honest and support the person who is correct. Ultimate goal is to be useful for overall project and company rather individual satisfaction. The approach should be fit into overall team goal."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    3 answers

    "Clarifying Questions Are we an EdTech company adding this as a new arm, or building a new product? → New product Is the learning mode online or offline? → User can choose Are we focusing on any specific instruments? → No, any instrument Does our product include a marketplace for purchasing instruments? → No Are we building a mobile app or web platform? → Both, for India location User Personas Music Enthusiasts – Full-time learners aim"

    Preetham m P. - "Clarifying Questions Are we an EdTech company adding this as a new arm, or building a new product? → New product Is the learning mode online or offline? → User can choose Are we focusing on any specific instruments? → No, any instrument Does our product include a marketplace for purchasing instruments? → No Are we building a mobile app or web platform? → Both, for India location User Personas Music Enthusiasts – Full-time learners aim"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    2 answers

    "Clarifying Questions What is meant by art-related product? Is it a product where art can be shared by creators and viewed by viewers? Yes What is art? It can be painting, song, video creators etc. Meta Mission: To form a worldwide community Goals: Brings creators and viewers worldwide To strengthen the Meta community Strengths Social network Users Creators (L, L, L) Viewers (L, L, L) User Journey 1."

    Shiv C. - "Clarifying Questions What is meant by art-related product? Is it a product where art can be shared by creators and viewed by viewers? Yes What is art? It can be painting, song, video creators etc. Meta Mission: To form a worldwide community Goals: Brings creators and viewers worldwide To strengthen the Meta community Strengths Social network Users Creators (L, L, L) Viewers (L, L, L) User Journey 1."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    1 answer

    "Clarifying questions What is Facebook Events How does this work Is it only desktop based or app based as well Why Meta built it Core idea/tenet for Facebook is to have user engagement & to build everything around it. While people continue to interact with Facebook and create content on it, to increase the duration of engagement, having capability to host virtual events ensures community participation and making Facebook go beyond status and photo updates and let people coordinate"

    Mohammad M. - "Clarifying questions What is Facebook Events How does this work Is it only desktop based or app based as well Why Meta built it Core idea/tenet for Facebook is to have user engagement & to build everything around it. While people continue to interact with Facebook and create content on it, to increase the duration of engagement, having capability to host virtual events ensures community participation and making Facebook go beyond status and photo updates and let people coordinate"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
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  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    3 answers

    "Clarify: I'm assuming that a workplace chat app is similar to something like Slack or Teams, which is a web app/mobile platform for employees to securely message each other directly or in a grouping (i.e. a channel). I'm also assuming that this workplace app is for a generic company, and not Microsoft or Salesforce. Goals: Workplace apps serve a vital connective tissue within enterprises to allow employees to freely message one another and collaborate on projects. These services a"

    William D. - "Clarify: I'm assuming that a workplace chat app is similar to something like Slack or Teams, which is a web app/mobile platform for employees to securely message each other directly or in a grouping (i.e. a channel). I'm also assuming that this workplace app is for a generic company, and not Microsoft or Salesforce. Goals: Workplace apps serve a vital connective tissue within enterprises to allow employees to freely message one another and collaborate on projects. These services a"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
  • Google DeepMind logoAsked at Google DeepMind 
    1 answer

    "As a leader of team, I manage projects and teammates. Above of all, I have to move all people's mind. PM should be good at many technologies and stacks. I work on schedule which is made by meeting and discussing of all team members. Everyday, Every week, I check the result of working and reorganize process of project. Thank you."

    Daniel L. - "As a leader of team, I manage projects and teammates. Above of all, I have to move all people's mind. PM should be good at many technologies and stacks. I work on schedule which is made by meeting and discussing of all team members. Everyday, Every week, I check the result of working and reorganize process of project. Thank you."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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