Product Manager Interview Questions

Surbhi G. - "Hi Team, where can I see sample answers for this question?"See full answer

Rohit K. - "First, let's align the Airbnb homepage with Airbnb's mission. Airbnb's mission is to "create a world where anyone can belong anywhere by providing healthy travel that is local, authentic, diverse, inclusive and sustainable." The homepage serves as the primary entry point for both potential guests and hosts, setting the stage for their journey and embodying this mission. Now, for the goals of Airbnb homepage, we can consider different aspects like awareness, engagement, and ultimately, driving bo"See full answer

Anonymous Salmon - "Product Bugs can be categorised by severity associated with them. Product Roadmap prioritization happens by MuSCoW technique, or WSJF for big ticket items. Suggestions from Leadership normally fall in expedited bucket. Overall, if there's a Scrum way of executing all priorities, then the PO and Team get together to decide the scope of the sprints for execution."See full answer

Kartikeya N. - "Clarifying Questions How do we define restaurants? Do only delivery/ pick up outlets qualify? : No. Consider only places where people can sit and eat Do restaurants within hotels count? : No Should I include cafes too? : Yes Can I assume the year to be 2024?: Yes Are we looking at specific areas within Bangalore or entire city ? : Entire city Here's how I will approach this question. I will divide Bangalore into places with High, medium and low population density. This is a relat"See full answer

Brajendra S. - "Clarifying Questions and Assumption: It is a Online store or a offline store ? Assuming it is an online store There would be multiple processes, for which process the CSAT score needs to be increased ? Assuming the CSAT score needs to be increased for product search & checkout process. Does this required for Mobile App or Website ? assuming mobile app Mission & goal: CSAT score of online search process for Costco needs to be increased. User personas: Working profession"See full answer

Vihari K. - "First, let me clarify a few points to ensure I understand the scope of the case study correctly: • Scope of Resources and Timeline: Are there any constraints on resources or timeline we should consider, or can we assume unlimited resources for this project? • Target Market: Is this tool aimed at a global market or specific regions? • Integration: Should the tool integrate with existing TikTok Shop features, or are we developing a standalone solution? • Technological Capabilities: Are there s"See full answer

Simer S. - "I would start by asking a clarifying question - Is there a specific problem we are trying to solve? I want to get some guidance from the interviewer around the type of answer they're looking for or if there's specific paths they want us to take. Ultimately, I would start by identifying the users and moving through the process by identifying pain points and then potential solutions. It is important to start to get into the details of the solutions and features once pain points have been identifie"See full answer

James W. - "I've recently worked closely with a product that had both the best and worst performing teams. The situation is that one team is struggling to deliver within a reasonable timeframe, a few stronger members of the team are carrying the weaker. Work is taking a long time. They aren't listening to each other. They aren't helping each other to get work over the line. They are getting stuck down rabbit holes. They aren't continually improving their processes. They are getting frustrated and at risk o"See full answer

Ashima S. - "What do we mean by grow the VC feature? I am assuming the goal to be feature adoption. Goal: Increase VC feature adoption and usage within a timeframe (say, 6 months?) User Segments: I am thinking of the following user segments for this problem - Security conscious users (mostly an overlap with high spending limit card users) Frequent shoppers with multiple online subscriptions (we could quantify this like >5 subscriptions or so) Potential CapitalOne users who have shown interest in the"See full answer

Anonymous Boa - "Clarifying questions: what exactly do we mean by travel product? Travel recommendation. Travel bookings( airlines/hotels) Itinerary planning etc. Is it going to be a completely new digital product or an extension of instagram? Assuming travel product here means recommendations/bookings, and it going to be an extension within instagram, lets dwell further: Meta's vision: To make the world a closer place by offering connections; build communities. Instagram's mission: To capture , c"See full answer

Tanu M. - "Clarifying Questions : Am I the PM at google ? Yes, For which country Airport are we designing this? Lets assume its a new product so we will design it for the US airports and later expand to other countries. GTM : When do we need to launch this product? Do we have any time constraints ? Lets assume one year I am assuming why google wants to enter in this space is because it is an untapped market and google can revolutionize the market with some of the most emerging tehnologies by e"See full answer

Adarsh S. - "Hey, Thanks for the question - it’s an interesting real-life existing problem wherein a few of my friends and colleagues who have tried to work and travel have faced these issues at their respective airBnBs. Cool so this is the rough backbone structure that we can follow and ofcourse we can add meat later on to it and pivot if required. So here it goes: First would like to lay out the broader mission of Airbnb + WHY this is needed as to why we are doing this and then some clarific"See full answer

Soodong P. - "Product and Mission To allow users to create events and host on FB pages. It can be one time or recurring. It can include FB users through feeds or referrals or can be shared out with a link. Product objective is to build strong online and offline bonding through connecting people with common interests and ensure continued engagements. Aligns with the core Meta mission. User Journey and Value + Metrics Organizers: Finds the value when the many participants share interest or"See full answer

Namu - "Provided an example from my work history where I asked to move the Go-live date to prevent launch date failure."See full answer

Matan S. - "What are your top 3 favorite apps? (after picking one) How would you improve it? YNAB - You need a budget Robinhood Chase How would you improve YNAB? Clarifying questions What's my role? I'm a product manager at YNAB Why do we want to improve YNAB? Is there any specific goal? Structure YNAB - I'll share some information on YNAB Ynab's mission is to create the best budging app and empower people to gain control over their money and their life. Ynab's business model is a"See full answer