Product Manager Analytical Interview Questions

Exponent - "This is a Measure Success question with a slight twist. The twist here is we need to consider a hypothetical change rather than one already built. This changes our formula slightly - specifically we may not be able to apply a UX flow to drive analysis since we're unsure of the implementation. Instead, we'll look at core behaviors that are indicative of success. Here's the modified formula: Ask clarifying questions State the goal of the feature **Apply a UX flow to drive an"See full answer

Shuvam C. - "Introduce special tickets which will cover a bundle of rides. This will distribute the load over the remaining rides and reduce the queue for the particular ride as all the people will no longer try to avail the same ride simultaneously."See full answer

Bhagya D. - "Situation: Narrated about a time when the decision favored the most important customer, but appeared to be at the cost of diluting my own company's brand value. Context: Provided additional context around why the ask from the customer is very critical for the customer. And why my leadership wasn't ready to jump on the gun as it was cannibalistic to our brand value. Response: I used data to explain why it is not going to be a big blow to our brand value. Used a counter metric to show that we h"See full answer

Varun J. - "Feel free to download the full assignment (with screens) here: https://www.varunja.in/blog/assignment, cheers! Expected Outcome: Users: What do you know about the users of WhatsApp? What do they want? Features: What features will you build? Prioritization: What will be in your MVP and what will be in your 2.0 version? After you have decided on the MVP: Engineering: How hard is this to build? How long might it take? Are there ways to build a solution more quicker? Design: How does your new fea"See full answer

Nithin G. - "So the question started of with strategy on how we should approach this followed with metrics to monitor"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Technical question. It tests your ability to understand high level technical concepts. Even though your job won't have any coding involved, you'll still need to understand these concepts. Being able to cover all these topics with clarity communicates confidence in your interviewer. Unfortunately, there's no formula for technical questions, but some general tips are: Use analogies when you can Break your solution into clear, bite-size steps Don't be afraid to use examples to b"See full answer

Exponent - "This is an Improve a Product question. Let's first go over the Improve a Product formula: Ask clarifying questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Brainstorm small improvements Brainstorm bolder improvements Measure success Summarize Now, let's begin! Ask clarifying questions Before we begin listing off recommendations, it's important you ask questions to ensure you and the interviewer are on the same page"See full answer

Medha A. - "DAU and MAU: The number of active users daily and monthly to gauge the content recommended on the home page. Bounce Rate: The percentage of users who navigate away from the site after viewing only the home page. Number of Signups: The number of users who signup after seeing the content on the homepage leading to lower CAC. "See full answer

Sudhansu T. - "In Ideation phase, the below points should be concentrated on. Ideation Market research Competitor Analysis in the next phase it should be conceptualisation where we define the problem, find user persona and some of the feature priortization. Next phase has to be validation where we build the MVP, do user testing, Iterate. Then comes the prototyping, Development, QA, Marketing and Position. After which we launch the product. may be a soft launch first and the proceed to full launch"See full answer

Exponent - "This is another Diagnosis problem. To answer this question, we suggest you use our framework (along with the TROPIC method) to be as thorough as possible. The framework is as follows: Ask clarifying questions List potential high level reasons Gather Context (TROPIC)Time Region Other features / products (internal) Platform Industry / Competition Cannibalization Establish a theory of probable cause Test theories Propose solutions Summarize "See full answer

Brad G. - "I would think about the following Inventory make up Localization for Quebec Device type distribution Price comparison algorithm is tuned correctly Dealer’s ability to merchandise their products The answer is thinking through all these potential issues with the car buyer funnel to identify why potential buyers in Canada are converting at a lower rate. "See full answer

Lee F. - "Is this s shuttle service or the standard uber service? Let's assume the latter. First Uber should gather some data. Find cities similar to Bangalore in several measures that Uber already services. Al bring in cities in India that already are services by Uber, if any. With this in hand, do a multifactoral analysis to try and understand the likely demand in Bangalore. That will help the company understand how many drivers it needs to launch with, so that user expectations for service are met. Hir"See full answer

K D. - "Clarifying: How many national resources? For example is this a country with a lot of natural resources or very few we want to preserve? How are the other countries? Is there a lot of conflict around the creation of your country? (We will assume everything is perfect and we have unlimited financial resources) Goals: The two main goals of the product as I can see are preservation and enjoyment. Allowing people to enjoy our natural resources and preserving our natural resources. User seg"See full answer