Product Manager Interview Questions

Inae L. - "Question: If Meta Pay did not exist, would you recommend that Meta develop its own payment solution internally or seek a partnership? Justify your decision. Answer: Given Meta's position as a leading technology company with a vast ecosystem of applications and services, I would recommend that Meta develop its own payment solution internally. My decision is based on several key factors: Strategic Control and Flexibility Developing an internal payment solution would gran"See full answer

Shashikant A. - "I followed STAR format"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

Greg L. - "From chatGPT: If Coinbase's net income is 10% less than it was last month, several actions can be considered to address the decrease in profitability. Here are some steps that might be taken: Conduct a Detailed Analysis:Investigate the reasons behind the decrease in net income. Analyze key financial metrics, transaction volumes, fee structures, market conditions, and any external factors impacting revenue. Expense Review:Review and analyze operating expenses. Identify areas where"See full answer

Bharat D. - "Went through scenarios where a user Interviewer asked me to select a scenario, mostly outside of the control of the app. The interviewer saw me rattled and suggested the need to get to a venue as an experience. I designed a solution and suggested an MVP. The goal was to select a scenario, design MVP and suggest user journey/cohort selection and demonstrate measurement."See full answer

Abhijit B. - "I would start with the User feedback- both explicit (from surveys) and implicit(from Product insights on app usage/drop offs). Then understand the business direction/priorities that Paypal wants to take with Venmo and come up with a Iteration plan that starts with "low hanging fruit" first and then builds to more ambitious products. The goal is to find features that are at the intersection of "valuable(to users), feasible(for dev) and usable(to users) . Once we prioritize these features, I would"See full answer

Dee - "Clarify the question: Is this team for a specific part of JPMC or all of JPMC? Did we already have a DevOps team and we want to introduce the element of security? Steps to build a solution: 1: Define the company and team goals 2: Define the landscape What is the toolchain we want to use? What should the CI/CD lifecycle look like? 3: Define guiding principles for internal builds and third-party software/services which could include: Deployment frequency Traceability/observa"See full answer

Riku H. - "Before I start, can I ask some clarifying questions? Is Facebook Reels the same as Facebook Watch where a user can go to Watch and consume short clips, react, comment and share them? In terms of measuring success, are you looking at a segment of users like the reel creators or viewers, or is that up to me? (Assume interviewer will say it's totally up to me) Can I also assume that I am looking at the product across platforms as well? Android, iOS, desktop (Assume answer is yes) Thanks fo"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

John F. - "Recently, I was listening to an episode of Lenny Rachitsky’s podcast (aptly named Lenny’s Podcast), where he interviews Christian Idiodi, talking about the essence of product management. In the open sequence, Christian talks about the essence of this job being “you wake up on behalf of someone else, and you have to do it well enough that they give you something back in return.” This statement really struck a chord with me and resonated with why I love being a product manager. Customers and their"See full answer

Rev - "Clarify: Product: physical/ digital? - digital chefs as a profession? what kind of restaurant setting do they work in? speed up cooking why/ objective? - serve customers quickly? reduce their fatigue? help them spend time on other important activities? what is cooking process - getting order - knowing recipe - executing - placing in dish - should I consider serving or that will be including in the waitor's job? By how much do we want to speed up? who are we? any constraints?"See full answer

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

Adam M. - "This is a great question! If you don't mind, I'd love to list 3 strengths and weaknesses then dive a little deeper on one of each of them. I think my three greatest strengths are: Empathy Openness to feedback Drive And three weaknesses I have been working to strengthen are: Sometimes my desire to achieve can put me at risk of overcommitting Communicating status to the right stakeholders at the appropriate time Creating detailed and strategic lists of priorities so I can meet th"See full answer

Aditi N. - "Clarifying question: Why would google want to sunset Youtube? What would the business objective be? Based on how the interviewer responds this could go down multiple paths: If they said just because, then I would address the current state data for the YouTube business. Material benefits: XX Million active users $$ in Annual revenue $$ in subscription revenue $$ monetization through influencers Non-material benefits that align to google core values: Democracy on the web works"See full answer