Interview Questions

Praful B. - "Using a join: This is the most common way to do a lookup."See full answer

Alice Z. - "[I'm working on answering questions more concisely, so to practice, I will type this answer in paragraph form] To clarify the question, I understand there are at least two entry points for Stories - one within Facebook (website, app) and one within Instagram. Would you like for me to focus on the Instagram experience of Instagram Stories? Would you like for me to focus on existing markets or emerging markets, or I could decide based off where I see the greatest opportunity? (Interviewer: focus"See full answer

Piyush D. - "Few clarifications questions, RealSelf is a platform/place where people go to look for best doctors for cosmetic surgeries and procedures? Am I correct? Interviewer: Yes. Cool. So as far as I know RealSelf has a very well designed experience where users can find best suitable treatments, procedures, reviews from the users who have undergone treatments and reviews of doctors/clinics. As a PM at RealSelf, I need to build a product which is not there already and which adds value to the mission o"See full answer

Kk - "Video is collection of images and we can call them as moving pictures. Let us break down the important components of the video in comparison to photos and explain how they impact : Frame rate per second : It is at which a total number of frames are captured in a video while it was shot and played then later Resolution : What resolution video was shot and played on devices ( Both can be different) Let us talk a bit deep dive about Frame rate per second. Often , a video co"See full answer

Vince T. - "I own a Google Home and use it everyday. To clarify the question, are we talking about a hardware feature or pure software feature? I assume it can be either. My approach: What is the vision or mission of Google Home? What does good look like? Which KPIs do we want to optimize? Who are the top target segments? What are their pain points or needs that are not met today by Google Home? Let's brainstorm potential game features that can address those needs. Evaluate if we ha"See full answer

Ankit J. - "The goal is to determine which shows get promoted to the home screen i.e the screen the user sees after launching Netflix. There are two ways to promote shows today; Editorially - the editorial team selects the categories and shows to be shown to the users Algorithmically - based on the historical views and contextual information such as location, time of the year, age, etc the recommendation algorithm determines a list of shows to show on the screen. The higher level goal for Netflix is o"See full answer

Anonymous Giraffe - "Assumptions: timeline will be open, both platforms, target is globally. and specifically working with Nike App for shopping Company goal: Goal of Nike is to "Just Do It" as well as anybody can be an athlete, *Goal is open, so the purpose of the app is to allow users to see new items at hand and shop Nike process, Target Segment: 1. Frequent Users 2 First Time users. a. First time users downloading app. 2b. User who have already purchased an order and use the app to see shopping history. User J"See full answer

Chaitali M. - "Clarifications: Is it the voice only Alexa devices or includes echo show (video)? Goal: To have people to safety quickest Users: Alexa owner At the house when somebody breaks in Family Single adult/seniors Outside the house at the time of break in Police Department Pain points/user group: Owner in the house at the time of burglary Inform all the house members at the earliest. Send SOS out on all/selective Alexa devices to ask family members to reach a safe place 2"See full answer

Abdurhman M. - "To determine what predictions to show, our systems look for common queries that match what someone starts to enter into the search box but also consider:"See full answer

Christopher K. - "Amazon is releasing a product recommendation carousel. Q1. How would we approach this launch with executive leadership? Q2. How would you obtain the data to find out if you should launch and what sample size should your testing batch be for an A/B test scenario? Clarifying Questions What is the current goal for the product recommendation - Increase sales How does the current product recommendation view look like on the home page - A mosaic list view Are there any existing custome"See full answer

Pattie K. - "Here are some ways I would evaluate the optimum number of notifications as a product manager: Conduct user research and surveys to understand preferences on notification frequency. Ask users directly how many is too many for different types of notifications. Analyze usage data to see when notifications start getting ignored or dismissed. Look for drop offs in engagement after a certain number of notifications. A/B test different notification frequencies and content types. Measure the open"See full answer

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Sreenisha S. - "Let me tell you about a time where a website I managed suddenly showed slow performance and the mistake on our side was it was unnoticed until a user reported the issue to management. As a PM for that project, I took full responsibility of the situation and worked with the engineering team to quickly resolve it. This mistake taught me the importance of focusing and monitoring non functional requirements as well in addition to new feature development /adoption where I was mostly spending my time"See full answer