Top Product Manager Interview Questions

Calyan - "Hangouts 100k feedback gave 3* rating, in 2013. What to do next Clarify: Solving for 2013, should disregard changes made (Allo, Gchat, Gmeet) since then? [yes] Is this on any specific platform - App Store or Play store? [both] Consumer or Enterprise [consumer] Problem framing - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mission: org world info., be helpful. Hangouts role in this mission to help users stay connected, exchange info and content (via messages and calls) Biz/ Prod goals Growth/ acq Install ba"See full answer

Mahesh G. - "I assume I'm a Product Manager at Uber Eats and I believe we are talking about a food delivery and grocery delivery application that's part of the Uber ecosystem. Yes Before I start looking into the problem statement, I want to ask a few clarifying questions if it's fine with you. Yes Is there any specific reason that I should know why Uber Eats could look into improving the product may be reasons such as an increase in customer queries, any competitive initiatives, etc.? Nothing in spec"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

Anonymous Crayfish - "Let me tell you about a time when I solved a problem at my previous company (one of the top 10 Fortune 500 companies). This was an internship and I was coming with almost 2 years of experience and 2 semesters of my graduate program. My experiences have mostly been theoretical or with startups. I've never solved problems at scale. The first week at this team was slow and relaxed, it was just onboarding. The real work started from the 2nd week when I felt like I was pushed into the ocean with n"See full answer

Steven M. - "Clarifying questions: I assume we're focused on the consumer side of this? ** Yes I am assuming post booking begins immediately after booking a ticket and ends when the user leaves the airport at their destination. Does that sound right? ** Yes Goals: United Airlines wants to get its passengers to their destination seamlessly, safely, and on time. Users: I think about user groups in 3 main buckets. 1) 24 hours following booking 2) >24 following booking through 24 hours before boarding "See full answer

Adarsh S. - "Thanks for the question! This is one of my favourite topics because it’s at the core of what we do as PMs DAILY: making the complex simple to drive alignment. I’ve got a structured way to approach this, and I’ll use it to explain payment aggregators - like Plaid - and how they enable Open Banking, with a twist about a technical hiccup I’ve seen in practice. Let’s dive in. I start by assessing the audience. Say I’m talking to a marketing manager at Transak - someone sharp but not techni"See full answer

Vinay P. - "Fintechs are providing ready solutions for various financial operations of banks with customer-centric UI which are easy to integrate with various platforms and cost-effective."See full answer

Priyank S. - "To clarify are we looking to build this product within FB app or standalone – standalone Can I assume I can build for US as mvp and then we can roll it globally phase wise – yes Is there a limitation to what task we want to cater people on our app or it could be multi task usual handyman not a niche – yes usual handyman Ok so if I understand we are designing a product for handyman for usual task to launch it in US and this is a standalone app not residing in FB app Overall I will talk about mi"See full answer

Ramesh Y. - "Clarification - is it Uber that is building the feature? Answer: Yes Assuming if Uber is the one building this feature, I would start with if and how does the feature help Uber's mission and north star metrics. Uber's mission is to provide reliable transportation around the world and the primary metric that i can think on a high level is Number of rides , Number of drivers and from business revenue perspective revenue per ride, revenue per rider and driver. I picked revenue per ride because it"See full answer

Utkarsh G. - "Clarify: Map means -> coordinates Places -> any location visitable by humans software/hardware? -> up to you unmapped by anyone or in Gmaps? -> not in Gmaps Goal: to widen coverage constraints -> none market - US Time to market -> 3-6 months Why Aligns with Google mission Drive more engagement Users Company Users who drop locations Big City dwellers Country side areas Remote areas with limited internet End users Advertisers Prioritise: siz"See full answer

Carlos S. - "1) Clarifications Is this a Google initiative? Yes Timeline for development? MVP within 3 months. Hotel type? Focus on urban and mid-sized hotels Items to offer? Include ready-to-eat meals/snacks (e.g., microwaveable food, healthy snacks, beverages). Geographic scope? Launch in the US only. 2) Google Mission / Why "Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful." Google aims to enhance the guest experienc"See full answer

Cameron P. - "Estimate the market size for Google Fi Market size -> total revenue/sales in a market = market share Google Fi -> telecommunication services by google. Only for US market Market size = (1)google fi customers / (2)total customers in the market (2)total customers in the market 300m ppl in the US 0-90 life expectancy Factor out 0-12,80-90 240m ~250m ppl in the US who are using phones and need a telecommunication service (1)google fi customers Version 40% - 110m AT&T 30% - 70m T-Mobil"See full answer

S Y. - "Clarifying question? What is GCP and what does it mean to create a new GCP region in Portugal? GCP is Google Cloud Portugal. Creating a new region means creating data centres (clouds) which can be used as hosts. Is there a business objective to consider Portugal for a new region? None in particular Structure: Explore internal factors Is there a particular business goal that we are trying to accomplish like goal of getting more business from EU companies in coming few years? If yes"See full answer

Anil K. - "Acquisition New sign-ups for Google Drive Service Google Drive app installs Activation Number of users with at least one file since sign-up Paid Google Drive Users Engagement DAU, MAU Sessions, Frequency Time spend Files accessed per session Task completion - sharing file, setting up automatic back up etc. Retention % Repeat Users % Users Churning out Google App Uninstalls Referral Inviting"See full answer

Coach - "Product "XYZ" explain what it is and which audience it is serving. Goals Ease the anxiety Offer the most comprehensive perspective of Cloud Engagement Democratize Upsell Insights Business Review Deck Slide #1: NPS - Now, Trend & Insights + Call To Action: FYI & solicit feedback Slide #2: User Engagement Update - DAU, WAU, MAU, Actions Completed + Call To Action: FYI & solicit feedback Slide #3: Partnership Update - Share new cross org collabor"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

Shreejal L. - "Clarifying questions: Should I include the tail of the helicopter when computing the area for this question? Can I assume that the average ping pong ball has a radius of around 1 inch? Assumption: Assume that the helicopter is more circular than a rectangle. Hence use the formula of a circle in computing the area. Assume that the helicopter's radius is 5 feet a 6 feet person can't stand on the helicopter because they're tall for it hence rounding down. Assume that th"See full answer

Ama M. - "Answering only estimation portion for practice (for some reason after submitting the formatting is unorganized) clarification and assumptions can I assume this grocery store location is called Greens can I assume that self-checkout means that customers checks out without assistance? can I assume that cashier checkout means that cashier assists customers with checkout? can I assume that ratio means how man self-checkouts should be place at this grocery store compare"See full answer

Sourabh M. - "\>> Amazon Mission & Strategy \>> Where does Amazon Prime fit into Amazon’s mission? \>> Analyze Amazon’s positioning thru \Porter’s 5 forces \ \>> Available Options \\Amazon Mission & Strategy\\ \>> Vision // To be everything store \>> Jeff Bezos // Your margin is my opportunity \\Amazon Prime\\ \>> Loyalty program to help increase customer loyalty // CLTV \>> Fuels Bezos philosophy of \“your margin is my opportunity”\ \>> Amazon Services\: E-Commerce, OTT, Mus"See full answer