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  • Mastercard logoAsked at Mastercard 
    3 answers

    "Imagine you're a PM for Mastercard. Design a product for restaurants to help them transition to a purchase order (PO) system that reduces their labor costs Mission & Vision : Mastercard is a payment processing fintech company, it has different payment service & products ex credit/debit cards etc. Mastercard vision and mission to to connect the world financially making payment process seamless across different industries. Clarifying questions : What type of restaurants on basis of revenue we"

    Ashutosh K. - "Imagine you're a PM for Mastercard. Design a product for restaurants to help them transition to a purchase order (PO) system that reduces their labor costs Mission & Vision : Mastercard is a payment processing fintech company, it has different payment service & products ex credit/debit cards etc. Mastercard vision and mission to to connect the world financially making payment process seamless across different industries. Clarifying questions : What type of restaurants on basis of revenue we"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    1 answer

    "One time at Lifetime Fitness 2019, One student was throwing a lot of towels in the counter which made things very disorganized, then I made a compromise with my coworker to put 2 towels at a time and then it worked well because it made the workspace very organized."

    Amparo L. - "One time at Lifetime Fitness 2019, One student was throwing a lot of towels in the counter which made things very disorganized, then I made a compromise with my coworker to put 2 towels at a time and then it worked well because it made the workspace very organized."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • PayPal logoAsked at PayPal 
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    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    3 answers

    "To answer this let's deconstruct what Amazon Prime offers Free Delivery on Amazon Same-day delivery for a few locations Additional discounts Early Access & Exclusive Deals Prime video subscription Prime music subscription Considering above let's first talk about music and video subscription Netflix, Disney, and other OTT platforms on average charge ₹120/month. Now for Music, Spotify or YT music charges an average of ₹180/month for their premium subscription. Coming the E-com"

    Aekagra S. - "To answer this let's deconstruct what Amazon Prime offers Free Delivery on Amazon Same-day delivery for a few locations Additional discounts Early Access & Exclusive Deals Prime video subscription Prime music subscription Considering above let's first talk about music and video subscription Netflix, Disney, and other OTT platforms on average charge ₹120/month. Now for Music, Spotify or YT music charges an average of ₹180/month for their premium subscription. Coming the E-com"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • DoorDash logoAsked at DoorDash 
    1 answer

    "The Doordash post-order experience is the part of the service that happens after the user has placed an order and is waiting for the delivery. This experience can be improved by providing more information, communication, and convenience to the user. Here are some possible ways to do this: Provide real-time tracking and updates: Users want to know the status and location of their order, as well as the estimated time of arrival. By providing real-time tracking and updates, users can feel mor"

    Anonymous Dove - "The Doordash post-order experience is the part of the service that happens after the user has placed an order and is waiting for the delivery. This experience can be improved by providing more information, communication, and convenience to the user. Here are some possible ways to do this: Provide real-time tracking and updates: Users want to know the status and location of their order, as well as the estimated time of arrival. By providing real-time tracking and updates, users can feel mor"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    1 answer

    "Context / clarifying questions: Should I assume this is part of Google company? Let’s assume yes Let’s assume we’re building this for Waymo, Google parent company Self-driving cars industry today It’s evolving a lot. I do not have much information on the industry but I know Waymo self driving cars are progressing and there are self-driving taxis already running. Why are we building this and why are we building this now Mainly to understand if this makes sense to"

    Sofiya H. - "Context / clarifying questions: Should I assume this is part of Google company? Let’s assume yes Let’s assume we’re building this for Waymo, Google parent company Self-driving cars industry today It’s evolving a lot. I do not have much information on the industry but I know Waymo self driving cars are progressing and there are self-driving taxis already running. Why are we building this and why are we building this now Mainly to understand if this makes sense to"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    1 answer

    "performance issues and sudden spikes on input requests by scaling techniques and optimization."

    Srini K. - "performance issues and sudden spikes on input requests by scaling techniques and optimization."See full answer

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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    5 answers
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    "When I transitioned from the Analytics team to the Product team, I faced challenges in gaining the trust of the engineering team. Having previously worked with them in a role where I provided insights rather than defining their priorities, they were initially hesitant to accept my inputs in my new role. This led to some misalignment, as they chose to focus on tasks independently rather than incorporating my recommendations. Recognizing the need to build credibility, I took a proactive approach."

    Shahrukh K. - "When I transitioned from the Analytics team to the Product team, I faced challenges in gaining the trust of the engineering team. Having previously worked with them in a role where I provided insights rather than defining their priorities, they were initially hesitant to accept my inputs in my new role. This led to some misalignment, as they chose to focus on tasks independently rather than incorporating my recommendations. Recognizing the need to build credibility, I took a proactive approach."See full answer

    Product Manager
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  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    3 answers

    "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

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
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    "Roadblocks or obstacles are common when working on projects. It's essential to navigate them and quickly find solutions to ensure timely delivery and success of your projects. Steps to handle roadblocks or obstacles: Gauge the potential imapct and decide if it's something that needs immediate solution or something that can be handled later. If it needs urgent solutions, try to understand the rootcause of the roadblock or obstacle and dig deep. If it's a already seen problem before, try"

    Anonymous Stork - "Roadblocks or obstacles are common when working on projects. It's essential to navigate them and quickly find solutions to ensure timely delivery and success of your projects. Steps to handle roadblocks or obstacles: Gauge the potential imapct and decide if it's something that needs immediate solution or something that can be handled later. If it needs urgent solutions, try to understand the rootcause of the roadblock or obstacle and dig deep. If it's a already seen problem before, try"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Coinbase logoAsked at Coinbase 
    2 answers

    "I depends on the severity of the bug and the impact of the new feature. Is the bug a blocker and is having direct impact on the business flow? Is the new feature mission critical and has a major impact on customer experience, revenue, business, etc. Conduct an analysis. Include key stakeholders in this discussion."

    Kiran K. - "I depends on the severity of the bug and the impact of the new feature. Is the bug a blocker and is having direct impact on the business flow? Is the new feature mission critical and has a major impact on customer experience, revenue, business, etc. Conduct an analysis. Include key stakeholders in this discussion."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Dropbox logoAsked at Dropbox 
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    "Assumptions: Part of the core FB product and not standalone app/ Education for children in 13-18 range Goal: To improve the education of children while building stronger social networks with their family/friends and thus further the mission of the company of bringing the world together and offering tools to form communities. Key user segments: Students (middle and high school) Teachers Parents For the purpose of this exercise, I would like to focus on the student user gr"

    P K. - "Assumptions: Part of the core FB product and not standalone app/ Education for children in 13-18 range Goal: To improve the education of children while building stronger social networks with their family/friends and thus further the mission of the company of bringing the world together and offering tools to form communities. Key user segments: Students (middle and high school) Teachers Parents For the purpose of this exercise, I would like to focus on the student user gr"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Walmart Labs logoAsked at Walmart Labs 
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    "Would consider the following factors: Customer demographic and preferences Location of the warehouse and what's the local product trends Seasonality and time of the year for trendy products Balance of volume and margin products Supply chain consideration Competition analysis Inventory turn over rate eCommerce aspects of the inventory Plus the following types: Essential and groceries Electronic and entertainment Apparel and footwear Home and lifestyle Seasonal and promo"

    onering2ruleall - "Would consider the following factors: Customer demographic and preferences Location of the warehouse and what's the local product trends Seasonality and time of the year for trendy products Balance of volume and margin products Supply chain consideration Competition analysis Inventory turn over rate eCommerce aspects of the inventory Plus the following types: Essential and groceries Electronic and entertainment Apparel and footwear Home and lifestyle Seasonal and promo"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • OpenAI logoAsked at OpenAI 
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  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
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    "If I could only talk to one customer of my product, I will pick that customer who was earlier a loyal user of my product but now engaging less or have left the product recently. As a PM, two most important metrics that show that your product is worthy for your users are retention & monetisation. If I am seeing a Loyal user not engaging any more with my platform, it shows that either that user has found 10X better substitute to satisfy the same need or that user is not liking my platform any mor"

    Krishan K. - "If I could only talk to one customer of my product, I will pick that customer who was earlier a loyal user of my product but now engaging less or have left the product recently. As a PM, two most important metrics that show that your product is worthy for your users are retention & monetisation. If I am seeing a Loyal user not engaging any more with my platform, it shows that either that user has found 10X better substitute to satisfy the same need or that user is not liking my platform any mor"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
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    Video answer for 'How do you resolve conflicting product requirements, and who determines which requirement takes priority?'
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    "Assuming I am a PM for company X and my current task for the morning is resolving a new conflicting product requirement. First I would like to inquire more about the product and about the conflict. Product: Assuming I am new and I didn’t already know what the product was, what is our product's value proposition to our customers? How does our product align with our company's goals? What does success look like for our product? Have we been successful in the past? Who are our customers? Conflict"

    Cameron P. - "Assuming I am a PM for company X and my current task for the morning is resolving a new conflicting product requirement. First I would like to inquire more about the product and about the conflict. Product: Assuming I am new and I didn’t already know what the product was, what is our product's value proposition to our customers? How does our product align with our company's goals? What does success look like for our product? Have we been successful in the past? Who are our customers? Conflict"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
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  • LinkedIn logoAsked at LinkedIn 
    6 answers
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    "Assumptions: LinkedIn: LinkedIn's goal is to sell premium to candidates and companies that recruit. It aims to have the largest number of qualified professionals in creative intellectual professions, who spend time on the platform and share content. LinkedIn's strategic direction:grow the Talent pool, encourage the Talent pool to better qualify themselves, to facilitate Talent search by recruiters in return, the more recruiters on LinkedIn, the more they can sell premium to talents who are"

    Adaneir W. - "Assumptions: LinkedIn: LinkedIn's goal is to sell premium to candidates and companies that recruit. It aims to have the largest number of qualified professionals in creative intellectual professions, who spend time on the platform and share content. LinkedIn's strategic direction:grow the Talent pool, encourage the Talent pool to better qualify themselves, to facilitate Talent search by recruiters in return, the more recruiters on LinkedIn, the more they can sell premium to talents who are"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • "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"

    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

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  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    1 answer

    "Clarification: Lender Focus: We'll cater to mortgage lenders, specifically smaller institutions or those specializing in a particular loan type (e.g., first-time homebuyer loans). 1. User Personas and Pain Points: Create two user personas: Persona 1: A loan officer at a small credit union overwhelmed with manual paperwork and slow communication with borrowers. Persona 2: A loan manager at a company specializing in FHA loans, struggling with cumbersome pre-qualification"

    Deepak V. - "Clarification: Lender Focus: We'll cater to mortgage lenders, specifically smaller institutions or those specializing in a particular loan type (e.g., first-time homebuyer loans). 1. User Personas and Pain Points: Create two user personas: Persona 1: A loan officer at a small credit union overwhelmed with manual paperwork and slow communication with borrowers. Persona 2: A loan manager at a company specializing in FHA loans, struggling with cumbersome pre-qualification"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • LinkedIn logoAsked at LinkedIn 
    4 answers
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    "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"

    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

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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