Recent Product Manager Interview Questions

Rupam S. - "Are you serious? What kind of dog is it? Why would a dog watch Netflix? What kind of movies do they like? Why are we only considering dogs? What’s wrong with cats? Are they going to play movies by themselves? Is it for pet dogs or stray dogs? Who will pay the subscription fees for them? "See full answer

Tyler V. - "This is a very interesting question. First, I would like to ask a few clarifying questions about the premise, as I am not a bird expert! (pause for polite chuckle.) For the purposes of this question, I am going to assume some priors about you mean when you say "survival" and "adaptation". If we are discussing these in the evolutionary sense, it's very difficult to understand the time scale and actual causality that would be needed to bring about any sort of assessment of how this one aspect of"See full answer

Abhi S. - "CQs Is 10x capacity any specific time or in general Any time of the day , store should be able to handle To confirm, Grocery store objective is to sell day to day grocery and vegetables? Or do we want to include any other products Day to day grocery Why is the foot traffic more than 10x the typical cap. Was the store designed poorly or did the store not predict the foot traffic correctly ? We suddenly become local's favorite We want to design this single store to handle 10X capacity an"See full answer

Brandy L. - "The North Star Metric for Google Photos should be: Monthly Active Users (MAUs) who successfully store, organize, or retrieve photos/videos. Why? This metric reflects Google Photos’ core value: helping users store, manage, and access their memories seamlessly. It ties user engagement with the platform's primary offerings: reliable storage, easy search, and organization. Supporting Metrics: User Engagement: Monthly Active User (MAU) ratio: Growth and retention trends. "See full answer

Palak A. - "By looking at QPS prolly! I mean that's the success metric for it after all, right? Maybe not, love to know your thoughts down below."See full answer

Idit G. - "To define the success metrics for Facebook Ads, I’ll outline: Who the users are What their goals and needs are How success is measured across their journey Who are the users: Advertisers: Individuals or businesses running ad campaigns to achieve business objectives. Potential Buyers: Users exposed to ads who may engage, click, or make purchases. User journey and Success metrics: Advertisers: Acquisition:Onboarding Completion Rate: % of advertisers completing"See full answer

Nikitha G. - "Context / Goal: Have we seen this decrease in response time over a while (week/month) or short time (day/hours) - Over the last few months How is Employer Response time calculated? - Average time from an employee applying for a job to an employer responding - This isn’t accounting for the increase in listings / number of applicants but does it need to? Was there a change to how response time is calculated? - No Can job listings be duplicates? - Yes, but not likely i"See full answer

Nayla D. - "Clarify Questions: Is this app in Facebook app? or we build a different app for this? - Yes, this is in FB app now. Will we have monetization in the first launch or launch it for free first? - Free first, but there is a potential monetization in the future. Context: we will launch Facebook Jobs in two weeks, indicating that this is a new product. I want to step back a bit, why this is important for Meta. Meta mission is to make it easier to build community and bring the world closer"See full answer

Takashi M. - "My approach is try to narrow down by 4W1H. When - When this happened? Still continuously happen the problem? Where - Is this happen specific region or entire customers? What - What kind of problem? One time big error or any data show the curve? Who - Is it all platform or specific platform (Web, iOS, Android) How - How serious problem? How many customer affected? Next step is to narrow down the causes is from internal factors or external factors. For internal factors: Any recent up"See full answer

Madhuri J. - "Clarifying questions Define ride sharing app: An app for people who wish to go from one place to another and they prefer to share the ride with fellow riders who are heading to the common route. This app provides a way to book a shared cab or Auto. Type of rides: Does not include luxury cars We are trying to enhance customer experience by ensuring less cancellations from user's side rather then cancellation from driver's side. No timelines involved Need to consider competitors"See full answer

Pranay N. - "Okay, so before we start discussing how to design this platform, I have a few questions I need details on. Clarification Questions: What do you mean by "Podcasting Platform"? Producing a platform and releasing it online takes several steps (Ideation, scripting, equipment selection, recording, editing, choosing a platform to release, etc.). Are we looking at any specific step here? - Free to Assume Am I PM at Google designing a Podcast Platform as a tool inside existing Google Pro"See full answer

Ram - "Clarification Are we focusing on the Amazon shopping cart specifically, or are there any other features involved? Are there any specific user groups (e.g., Prime users, international users) we need to consider? Is there a particular focus on conversion or user engagement? 1. Business Context Feature Goal: The cart serves as the gateway between user interest and the actual purchase, helping to reduce friction in the buying process. Business Model:Amazon take"See full answer