Behavioral Interview Questions

Chinedu ekene O. - "After more than five years at my previous company, I had contributed significantly to many important projects and helped the team navigate critical transitions, such as our shift from a monolithic to a microservices architecture. However, over time, I realized that my goals and the direction of the company were no longer fully aligned. I felt I had outgrown the position and was ready for new challenges, where I could continue to grow both technically and professionally. Ultimately, I’m excited a"See full answer

Amit A. - "I believe the success of any product is defined by the people who build it. Thus it is very important to have them involved at all stages of the product lifecycle and not in silos. As a PM it’s important for me to have the team member work as a partner rather than just as an individual. As a result, I would like to have a shared goal with the team member which ultimately helps to achieve the product goals. However, if the described situation arises, I would like to engage with this person and"See full answer

Amruta P. - "Couple of clarifying questions here before I begin. Is my assumption right that we would like to prioritize requests/features? Do we have any specific constraints to consider before we move ahead. as in resourcing constraints, schedule or budget constraints or should we just factor in as part of our overall approach, if not then General approach for prioritization: Understand the business objectives and see if the features aligns with the business objectives. The features that have the h"See full answer

Anonymous Crayfish - "Let me tell you about a time when I solved a problem at my previous company (one of the top 10 Fortune 500 companies). This was an internship and I was coming with almost 2 years of experience and 2 semesters of my graduate program. My experiences have mostly been theoretical or with startups. I've never solved problems at scale. The first week at this team was slow and relaxed, it was just onboarding. The real work started from the 2nd week when I felt like I was pushed into the ocean with n"See full answer

Satish murthy D. - "It is very easy to shy away and not make a decision because you might feel the right information is not there to make a decision While dealing with ambiguity it is essential to remain Calm. And Establish what it is you want to achieve by asking a lot of questions to the necessary stakeholders Access the risk, analyze the data at hand, ask the right questions, and be very clear and concise in decision-making"See full answer

Mukul P. - "Here are some strategies to mitigate the effects of organizational and architectural dependencies on a team's work. Automation Where possible, automate repetitive tasks, and include appropriate controls to ensure safety. For example, automate deployments, building in all needed safety and compliance checks, and let teams perform the process themselves, rather than having them back up in the Ops team’s queue. Standardize processes Even if you can’t automate a process, make it happen the s"See full answer

Catherine I. - "I always ask to clarify if this is a brand new team. If so, then I focus on bringing in people with strong technical aptitudes(since I'm hiring for software engineering), but also team members that have experience mentoring and good communication is a must. I look for people who have leadership qualities. I emphasize that building a brand new team isn't something I can do on my own, so the initial hires of that team are very important to help me expand it."See full answer

Howard H. - "We have to work with the c-suite to understood the direct quartly outcomes or goals. This could be our epic and then we try to break that down into business value and complexity . This will allow us to prioritize whats next. From there we can structure a mvp to cover maybe some of these areas to understand the estimation of this work. After the first couple weeks we can structure a roadmap and then define when"See full answer

Praveen K. - "Manage up to set expectations and manage down with knowledge and empathy for the work they do"See full answer

A B. - "i would follow engage/ listen/understand/collaborate/engage/resolve- approach to manage conflicts. I would explain each phase in a project where I face conflict and how I used above approach to resolve the conflict"See full answer

Anonymous Angelfish - "Not at all impressed. Very simple problem he is solved"See full answer

Ash I. - "Refer https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/good-product-managers-great-shreyas-doshi/"See full answer

Sagrika S. - "The biggest factor that excites me about technology is its ever changing and dynamic trend. In my life, I have seen the transition from landlines to simple mobile to smartphones, from Cathode tube desktop screen to super slim TFT and many more. I think technology has now (with time) become integral part of human life and getting in-sync with it is like a normal and very cool phenomena."See full answer

Charu S. - "Engineering efficiency - dev time per launch developer SAT"See full answer

Anonymous Jaguar - "Code reviews, automated linting, unit tests, integration tests, validation tests"See full answer