Product Design Interview Questions

M N. - "To clarify, Lyft currently uses dynamic pricing which means the price of a ride is not constant and depends on multiple factors. Let's keep only the car rides on Lyft with driver-rider as customers in the current scope and ignore other product offerings such as bikes, scooters. Should we improve the current dynamic pricing model or design dynamic pricing assuming it doesn't exist? Let's assume latter. Let's assume this dynamic pricing applies to entire US market. Now let's see what factors I"See full answer

Manas M. - "Since Experimentation is a Broad Term I would like to ask a couple of Clarifying questions What kind of Experimentation User Behavior with newly introduced Beta features AI/Image learning Based Experimentation to test out trial features Something else API based experimentation for user/Third-party experiments,with APIs for new features exposed(this has a lot of potential where devs of apps etc can integrate new experimentation features in their apps with minima"See full answer

Niaz - "Assumption about the teleportation machine: Teleportation is instantaneous like Star Trek The product does not take too much space maybe 6 ft by 6 ft and 10ft high is good enough Teleportation works vertically both above ground and underground as well as going 100 meters horizontally If possible you can combine multiple teleportation machine to repeat teleportation Users groups A product like this can be leveraged for almost everyone but I think I want to focus on users who ha"See full answer

Pree M. - "What is shopper demand? Let's say the ability to predict whether x number of shoppers are available during a certain time of day based on a some factors Variables: \# number of orders /per hour /per day /per week Shopping Time: time taken for a shopper to prep an order (how many orders can a shopper prep) $ average order value geographic factors since demand will vary by city number of stores or any other multiplying factor which help us predict order volume (which is dire"See full answer

Anjali M. - "Several reasons why eCommerce will capture a trillion$ market in the next 10 years. User consumption habits have changed and the pandemic has only accelerated user behavior to order online from the convenience of buying from home. The supply chain is becoming better with partnerships and digital products are making shipping and deliveries much more convenient. Many companies investing in automated shipping vehicles eg Drone deliveries and in near future we might see automated driving v"See full answer

Miguel C. - "Missing launch. Only design is covered."See full answer

Shankhadip M. - "My least favorite product is a desktop software solution called Marg, which is used frequently at our family business. Its an inventory, bookkeeping, and accounting software for small businesses in India and integrates with the official government tax portal. The general journey to accomplish any task, say adding a new product type, is very unintuitive and requires someone to be hands-on and familiar with the product to actually do this. Getting there is pure hit and trial. Like most desktop sof"See full answer

Nr 9. - "Assumptions: The question is for a PM working for a refrigerator startup company and for a domestic refrigerator (not industrial). The first model comes in the most commonly used form factor with fridge/freezer split, and it has standard cooling specifications. Target market is the US. The startup is for profit. Product goal: To make interacting with refrigerator easy, seamless and pleasurable for the blind. Target users and channel partners: Fully blind people between the ages o"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

Tomer B. - "Clarify What do we mean by memorialize? Are we aiming to launch a physical or software product? What is our goal with this product? Are there specific types of pets we have in mind? Assumption Memorialize means to remind ourselves about our loved pets who passed away. We would like to launch a software product. The goal is to help users cope with the lose of their beloved pets. We also focus on house pets, keeping it for dogs and cats as the biggest market for pets. User"See full answer

Abdurhman M. - "Graphic design is the process of visual communication and problem-solving through the use of typography, photography"See full answer