"Advice would be really appreciated!
Clarification:
To download the app, do users need to go to the app store/or open a web browser to click download? [Assume the interviewer said it is up to me]
Approach :
summarize the overall process of sharing
listing out how could we optimize every step in the process to make sharing features effective
ranking each feature by their priorities
setting metrics, perform A/B tests and evaluate results.
**Step1: Summarize Shari"
Anonymous Chinchilla - "Advice would be really appreciated!
Clarification:
To download the app, do users need to go to the app store/or open a web browser to click download? [Assume the interviewer said it is up to me]
Approach :
summarize the overall process of sharing
listing out how could we optimize every step in the process to make sharing features effective
ranking each feature by their priorities
setting metrics, perform A/B tests and evaluate results.
**Step1: Summarize Shari"See full answer
"I'm seeking a role in which I can be continually challenged to devise innovative and streamlined solutions for complex issues, particularly with regard to the persistent soaking problem. I'm excited about the opportunity to not only excel in my own performance but also to empower and enable my colleagues to perform at their absolute best. My goal is to wield my influence and magnetic qualities to not only attract but also retain top-tier engineering talent, all in alignment with our shared objec"
Anonymous Narwhal - "I'm seeking a role in which I can be continually challenged to devise innovative and streamlined solutions for complex issues, particularly with regard to the persistent soaking problem. I'm excited about the opportunity to not only excel in my own performance but also to empower and enable my colleagues to perform at their absolute best. My goal is to wield my influence and magnetic qualities to not only attract but also retain top-tier engineering talent, all in alignment with our shared objec"See full answer
"Question: Design a product for collectors on FB
Landscape:
Collector market is growing as focus on life quality is increasing and cares more about personal interest
More information is available through online
Competitors: Ebay, Auction, local stores
Characteristics: Less price sensitive, some knowledge on collections, small TAM but with potential to expand, Individual or Small merchants, Authenticity matters, tolerant to lengthy logistics if authentic, Price can be subject"
Soodong P. - "Question: Design a product for collectors on FB
Landscape:
Collector market is growing as focus on life quality is increasing and cares more about personal interest
More information is available through online
Competitors: Ebay, Auction, local stores
Characteristics: Less price sensitive, some knowledge on collections, small TAM but with potential to expand, Individual or Small merchants, Authenticity matters, tolerant to lengthy logistics if authentic, Price can be subject"See full answer
"We've identified the problem as a Design a Product question. Use the following framework for tackling these types of questions:
Ask Clarifying Questions
Identify users, behaviors, and pain points
State product goal
Identify current solutions
Brainstorm new solutions
Evaluate solutions
Measure success
Summarize
We'll go through each of these step by step.
Ask Clarifying Questions
The PM interview isn't about your ability to come up w"
Stephen C. - "We've identified the problem as a Design a Product question. Use the following framework for tackling these types of questions:
Ask Clarifying Questions
Identify users, behaviors, and pain points
State product goal
Identify current solutions
Brainstorm new solutions
Evaluate solutions
Measure success
Summarize
We'll go through each of these step by step.
Ask Clarifying Questions
The PM interview isn't about your ability to come up w"See full answer
"I would begin by asking the following clarifying questions:
Are there any special use cases such as VIP Penthouse access, restricted floors etc?
Do we need to consider safety requirements or other technical constraints such as maximum load/capacity?
If the lobby for the entire hotel located on the ground floor? Can we assume that the majority of the guest amenities are located near the lobby and lower floors?
Can we assume that the passenger controls on the floors are purely directional"
Pathworks P. - "I would begin by asking the following clarifying questions:
Are there any special use cases such as VIP Penthouse access, restricted floors etc?
Do we need to consider safety requirements or other technical constraints such as maximum load/capacity?
If the lobby for the entire hotel located on the ground floor? Can we assume that the majority of the guest amenities are located near the lobby and lower floors?
Can we assume that the passenger controls on the floors are purely directional"See full answer
"I am the Lead PM for a product that analyzes calls made by prison inmates and looks for predictors of criminal intent. its primarily used by police investigators and the FBI. One of the main features we have in the app is Link Analysis which basically lists out all the calls an inmate has made for a specific time period.
This feature was built before my time. When I joined, the first thing I did was to implement analytics in the app. Looking at our numbers, I noticed that usage was less than 1%"
Aabid S. - "I am the Lead PM for a product that analyzes calls made by prison inmates and looks for predictors of criminal intent. its primarily used by police investigators and the FBI. One of the main features we have in the app is Link Analysis which basically lists out all the calls an inmate has made for a specific time period.
This feature was built before my time. When I joined, the first thing I did was to implement analytics in the app. Looking at our numbers, I noticed that usage was less than 1%"See full answer
"Context - I joined a large public-facing service as a PM midway through its development.
Situation - Due to the SOPs of the company the team already had a metrics framework. That included your standard DAUs, Retention and Acquisition Metrics
Concern -
As SOP metrics were publicly accepted, the team did not internalise what success actually means to the product they are developing, as the actual value was not being encapsulated in the framework
This was evident in the show and tells as the"
Umang S. - "Context - I joined a large public-facing service as a PM midway through its development.
Situation - Due to the SOPs of the company the team already had a metrics framework. That included your standard DAUs, Retention and Acquisition Metrics
Concern -
As SOP metrics were publicly accepted, the team did not internalise what success actually means to the product they are developing, as the actual value was not being encapsulated in the framework
This was evident in the show and tells as the"See full answer
"In a recent implementation of a large core banking project where we were breaking away from monolithic architecture to microservice based one we faced a situation where customer wanted to have a single repository of user and role management.
Since Micro service based architecture talks about individual entities for multiple product suite it was mandatory to maintain individual user base.
Based on the customer feedback, we had to come up with an unique design of single user base and replicating"
Snehangsu B. - "In a recent implementation of a large core banking project where we were breaking away from monolithic architecture to microservice based one we faced a situation where customer wanted to have a single repository of user and role management.
Since Micro service based architecture talks about individual entities for multiple product suite it was mandatory to maintain individual user base.
Based on the customer feedback, we had to come up with an unique design of single user base and replicating"See full answer
"I assume here that the elderly person does not have much knowledge about technology and the internet.
I would like to structure my answer in this way:
Concepts of twitter I want the elderly to know.
Take an analogy to explain the concepts.
Connect the dots between the analogy back to the app.
Twitter concepts :
A common feed to look at the tweets created by the people in your network.
Concept of retweeting.
Chatting.
Comments/likes.
Analogy :
Imagine there is an office wi"
Samiksha D. - "I assume here that the elderly person does not have much knowledge about technology and the internet.
I would like to structure my answer in this way:
Concepts of twitter I want the elderly to know.
Take an analogy to explain the concepts.
Connect the dots between the analogy back to the app.
Twitter concepts :
A common feed to look at the tweets created by the people in your network.
Concept of retweeting.
Chatting.
Comments/likes.
Analogy :
Imagine there is an office wi"See full answer
"Assumptions
Instacart for Business is core Instacart with additional features and capabilities tailored to businesses.
Users
Potential user segments:
Office managers (Focus here)
Entrepreneurs/small business owners
Restauranteurs
Opportunities (pain points, needs, problems)
Many places don’t offer same-day shipping.
Inconvenient to physically go out and purchase these items from a store if urgent
Hard to predict an"
Dan H. - "Assumptions
Instacart for Business is core Instacart with additional features and capabilities tailored to businesses.
Users
Potential user segments:
Office managers (Focus here)
Entrepreneurs/small business owners
Restauranteurs
Opportunities (pain points, needs, problems)
Many places don’t offer same-day shipping.
Inconvenient to physically go out and purchase these items from a store if urgent
Hard to predict an"See full answer
"Clarifying Questions:
Do we want to target a particular geography or location or should it be done globally? Assume global
Is there any particular platform and device we are targeting (App/web) or should it be cross platforms? Cross platforms
Can I think about it as Product led solutions or do you want to consider marketing alternatives as well? Let's start with Product led solutions & later if time permits, we can touch on the marketing side as well
Are there any constra"
Hashmina H. - "Clarifying Questions:
Do we want to target a particular geography or location or should it be done globally? Assume global
Is there any particular platform and device we are targeting (App/web) or should it be cross platforms? Cross platforms
Can I think about it as Product led solutions or do you want to consider marketing alternatives as well? Let's start with Product led solutions & later if time permits, we can touch on the marketing side as well
Are there any constra"See full answer
"Let's split the experience in four parts:
Time between order is placed and order is waiting to be prepped by the shopper.
Time between order is prepped by the shopper and ready to be picked by the driver.
Time when it's out for delivery.
Post delivery experience.
Now lets think through what can do wrong? How do we define wrong?
A wrong would be anything where a customer has a negative experience. Let's dive into the when things could potentially go wrong.
**order is placed and"
Pree M. - "Let's split the experience in four parts:
Time between order is placed and order is waiting to be prepped by the shopper.
Time between order is prepped by the shopper and ready to be picked by the driver.
Time when it's out for delivery.
Post delivery experience.
Now lets think through what can do wrong? How do we define wrong?
A wrong would be anything where a customer has a negative experience. Let's dive into the when things could potentially go wrong.
**order is placed and"See full answer