Product Strategy Interview Questions

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  • "LinkedIn is a Corporate/Professional Networking platform. We will analyze the following factors before the launch: How many people of the demography are on LinkedIn I will make sure Learning platform content is approved, verified and required for interviewing for a specific role in a corporate Create a Learning Community where people who opt for the LinkedIn learning platform share their experience of the completed course and how it helped them get an interview opportunity with the comp"

    Akshat A. - "LinkedIn is a Corporate/Professional Networking platform. We will analyze the following factors before the launch: How many people of the demography are on LinkedIn I will make sure Learning platform content is approved, verified and required for interviewing for a specific role in a corporate Create a Learning Community where people who opt for the LinkedIn learning platform share their experience of the completed course and how it helped them get an interview opportunity with the comp"See full answer

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  • "Let's start by describing a time machine, which is a device that allows somebody to move backwards or forwards in time. The movement could be physical movement, wherein the user gets physically transported to a different timeline, or it could be getting a glimpse into a different timeline, like wearing a VR headset and getting to experience a different timeline without physically being there. For the purpose of this exercise, I will assume, this time machine allows a person to physically trans"

    Akshay R. - "Let's start by describing a time machine, which is a device that allows somebody to move backwards or forwards in time. The movement could be physical movement, wherein the user gets physically transported to a different timeline, or it could be getting a glimpse into a different timeline, like wearing a VR headset and getting to experience a different timeline without physically being there. For the purpose of this exercise, I will assume, this time machine allows a person to physically trans"See full answer

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  • Pinterest logoAsked at Pinterest 

    "You should be able to identify this as a clear Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. One thing to note is the interviewer said "briefly". Be concise and to the point. Here are some good arguments for the Youtube acquisition: > There are a few reasons why Google would want to acquire YouTube. I'll go over a few of the main reasons why I think they went ahead with such a large acquisition. At the time of the YouTube acquisition, Google and You"

    Exponent - "You should be able to identify this as a clear Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. One thing to note is the interviewer said "briefly". Be concise and to the point. Here are some good arguments for the Youtube acquisition: > There are a few reasons why Google would want to acquire YouTube. I'll go over a few of the main reasons why I think they went ahead with such a large acquisition. At the time of the YouTube acquisition, Google and You"See full answer

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  • DoorDash logoAsked at DoorDash 
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    "Let's define the term "everybody" to start with. I can think of a few things: business users want it for certain feature Blackberry had consumers (non-business) users want to use or keep using Blackberry for certain features Interviewer: Business users wanted it. Okay. My assumption would be that business users wanted it for the security features that Blackberry so famously promoted. Here, business users could be the organization buying the phone (such as HP or Google) or the actual e"

    Ayan H. - "Let's define the term "everybody" to start with. I can think of a few things: business users want it for certain feature Blackberry had consumers (non-business) users want to use or keep using Blackberry for certain features Interviewer: Business users wanted it. Okay. My assumption would be that business users wanted it for the security features that Blackberry so famously promoted. Here, business users could be the organization buying the phone (such as HP or Google) or the actual e"See full answer

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  • "Feel free to download the full assignment (with screens) here: https://www.varunja.in/blog/assignment, cheers! Expected Outcome: Users: What do you know about the users of WhatsApp? What do they want? Features: What features will you build? Prioritization: What will be in your MVP and what will be in your 2.0 version? After you have decided on the MVP: Engineering: How hard is this to build? How long might it take? Are there ways to build a solution more quicker? Design: How does your new fea"

    Varun J. - "Feel free to download the full assignment (with screens) here: https://www.varunja.in/blog/assignment, cheers! Expected Outcome: Users: What do you know about the users of WhatsApp? What do they want? Features: What features will you build? Prioritization: What will be in your MVP and what will be in your 2.0 version? After you have decided on the MVP: Engineering: How hard is this to build? How long might it take? Are there ways to build a solution more quicker? Design: How does your new fea"See full answer

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  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 

    "This is another Strategy question, which means finding good reasons for strategic decisions. A few reasons for the GitHub acquisition are listed here. Competition > With the GitHub acquisition comes a lot of data on which companies are getting huge, or which technologies are cutting edge. Microsoft can adopt these technologies faster than others by having a pulse on this. It's also a defensive acquisition, since GitHub belonging to Microsoft means it can't be bought by Facebook or Google"

    Exponent - "This is another Strategy question, which means finding good reasons for strategic decisions. A few reasons for the GitHub acquisition are listed here. Competition > With the GitHub acquisition comes a lot of data on which companies are getting huge, or which technologies are cutting edge. Microsoft can adopt these technologies faster than others by having a pulse on this. It's also a defensive acquisition, since GitHub belonging to Microsoft means it can't be bought by Facebook or Google"See full answer

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  • "Start at 4.01 pm Clarifying question: A non-profit food bank is responsible for providing food to people who cannot afford it. The food bank is engaged with world-level food problems, or is there a particular geography that gets all the focus? Are we interested in particular demographics like only kids or only adults? What is the goal of this food bank? Objective: Coming up with a framework to prioritise different channels where this money can be spent to achieve the large goal that"

    Anubhav A. - "Start at 4.01 pm Clarifying question: A non-profit food bank is responsible for providing food to people who cannot afford it. The food bank is engaged with world-level food problems, or is there a particular geography that gets all the focus? Are we interested in particular demographics like only kids or only adults? What is the goal of this food bank? Objective: Coming up with a framework to prioritise different channels where this money can be spent to achieve the large goal that"See full answer

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  • Zynga logoAsked at Zynga 
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  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 

    "There are many things salesforce can do better as compare to the competitor, you can take salesforce online training at OnlineITGuru https://onlineitguru.com/Salesforce-training.html and learn complete features of salesforce"

    Neelesh C. - "There are many things salesforce can do better as compare to the competitor, you can take salesforce online training at OnlineITGuru https://onlineitguru.com/Salesforce-training.html and learn complete features of salesforce"See full answer

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  • Tesla logoAsked at Tesla 

    "Clarifying Questions: Is this a Direct-To-Consumer Model or Peer-to-Peer? Assumptions: Direct-To-Consumer Will take place in the United States Primarily Desktop Experience Goal: We are trying to generate leads for Sales Reps Potential Customers: Younger Urban Dwellers Pros Tesla overall age skews younger Generally more Environmentally Conscious Users will likely stay with the same car brand for many decades Cons "

    Wyatt T. - "Clarifying Questions: Is this a Direct-To-Consumer Model or Peer-to-Peer? Assumptions: Direct-To-Consumer Will take place in the United States Primarily Desktop Experience Goal: We are trying to generate leads for Sales Reps Potential Customers: Younger Urban Dwellers Pros Tesla overall age skews younger Generally more Environmentally Conscious Users will likely stay with the same car brand for many decades Cons "See full answer

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  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "To answer this I'd like to think through Facebook's mission, how a dating app aligns with that mission, whether or not a dating app would drive towards Facebook's success as a company, and then the market fit for Facebook moving into the space. Mission Facebook's mission is something to the effect of "bringing the world closer together by giving individuals the tools to build community." Any generic dating app's mission would be something to the effect of "bringing people together and formi"

    Anonymous Hawk - "To answer this I'd like to think through Facebook's mission, how a dating app aligns with that mission, whether or not a dating app would drive towards Facebook's success as a company, and then the market fit for Facebook moving into the space. Mission Facebook's mission is something to the effect of "bringing the world closer together by giving individuals the tools to build community." Any generic dating app's mission would be something to the effect of "bringing people together and formi"See full answer

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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    Product Strategy
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  • "Customers needs changing every"

    Going P. - "Customers needs changing every"See full answer

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