Product Manager Interview Questions

Shashikant A. - "I followed STAR format"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

Dewansh Z. - "It's fair to assume a tech lead is an experienced person, especially in bigger organizations like Google. How we shape our thought process is part of our past experiences of default nature. I will first give it some time before I react/respond. I will try to understand the pattern where the tech lead is being devil's advocate. Eg. If he is being negative about PRD everytime, that means he had past experiences where the PRD was incomplete or scope was change; if is negative about testing scena"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

Pooja G. - "Goal: Maps should reflect reality of places especially with places like hospitals Ecosystem : Maps User Usecases: Daily Commute Explore places Critical situations like emergency - hospital visits, work emergencies, family Businesses using Google Business Profile: Medical & Health Hospitals Clinics Gyms Restaurants Salons Mom & Pop stores, SMB - Retail Enterprises These can be online, physical or both Local guides Downstream usecases for other google products: Google Search Google Gemini "See full answer

Ishan G. - "Clarification Question I am assuming this is a new platform What kind of skills are we talking about here ?Open for interpretation What kind of mentorship are we talking about ? Offline vs Online , Group or 1:1 We are open to utilize Meta ecosystem products There are time and cost constraints Geo - Starting with india Why ? Alignment with Meta mission: Building communities and bringing people closer together, building communities connecting mentors with mentees aligns with th"See full answer

Atit P. - "I'd start by clarifying the purpose of the in-flight experience. Get more travelers? (adoption) Reduce customer churn? (retention) Gain additional revenue? (revenue) Lets say we want to offer an in-flight experience that drives revenue. It is intuitive that, customer expectations for an in-flight experience will vary based on the duration of the flights: Short haul flights (1 hour or less): Self-help options are better suited. While seating may be important, a slight inconvenience for"See full answer

Elle Z. - " why do we want to improve the DMV? we’re a startup and we want to improve the experience at the DMV what is the DMV? my assumption is that this is for the US only, and is the department of motor vehicles. and this is where folks go to get IDs, register their cars, etc. is that correct or am I missing anything about what the DMV is? is there a timeframe to launch? are there any other constraints that I should be aware of? context: what is the DMV - the DMV is a something of a"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

Sneha S. - "Clarifying Questions Candidate : What is the objective we want to achieve? Interviewer : Enhance User Experience, User Engagement and add value Candidate : What platform are we looking at Mobile App or Desktop? Interviewer : Platform independent Candidate : Have we conducted any product discovery experiments at this point? Interviewer : Not yet Candidate : Can we assume the new features will cater to all professionals across different industries? Interviewer : Yes Candidate : A"See full answer

Sumit P. - "CQs Restaurants - brick and mortar only, cloud kitchens are not included Movable/unorganized ones are also not included. Bangalore city only, suburbans are not included. Approaches Demand - N number of people eats out Y types of food Z times a week - how many restaurants are required to fulfill their need. Supply/Positioning - There are X type of zones where there are A,B,C number of restaurants (∑ Popular brands x avg # of outlets) x 100 / % mar"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

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

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

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

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

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

Dhruv M. - "During my internship at Lumora Analytics, I was tasked with creating a dashboard to track supplier performance using real-time data. Midway through the project, I hit a roadblock when one of the key data sources was delayed due to access issues with the external vendor’s system. Despite the delay, I had to ensure that the dashboard development stayed on schedule so it could be presented to leadership by the end of the week. Instead of waiting passively, I immediately informed my supervisor and o"See full answer