Product Design Interview Questions

Bg - "My use of Pinterest is somewhat limited. Pinterest is a social network that enables users to save and share ideas in a visual manner. So whether you are interested in fashion, health, lifestyle, decor, sports, you can learn about those in a visual manner. Am I correct? Of course, Pinterest provides recommendations for people to follow, makes it easy to save images as pins, categorize into various topics. The source of revenue is advertisements. That’s my understanding. Is there anything else I"See full answer

Anonymous Spider - "1) Start by clarifying your constraints - which side of the marketplace am I focusing on and what are they solving for? (e.g., minimize cost for hoster, maximize comfort for renter indoor etc.). Assuming this is a "dealer's choice" type response then proceed to step 2 2) Where to focus: which customer segment, which job-to-be-done, and why I'd start by laying out segments on 2 dimensions: urban (think big cities, downtowns) and suburban (think suburbs, beach towns, mountains) areas focused on e"See full answer

Ben G. - "Ask Follow up Questions Is this for specific type of user or open? Do we have any past research that has been done? Do we have an idea of company and user goals? Do we have metrics of success? Are there any existing constraints? Why  |  5 min Why is this product or feature important? How does this product benefit customers? What business opportunities does it create? What is our hypothesis? What are our company goals? Who  |  3 min Who are the different types"See full answer

Michael P. - "clarifying questions: Particular location? Small town? Big town? Self- checkout vs. associate checkout? Weekly operating hours? Super-center vs small format? Competitive landscape? Store sales? Are we talking division 1 or adding health and wellness? Does the store have a vision center? Hair… nails … bank etc. Let’s say we agree that this is a super center in a suburb that wants to focus on converting to full self checkout. I’d have to look further into exact times with my data science team t"See full answer

R K. - "Some clarifying questions: Is this going to be a part of exciting Meta product or completely new one? you choose Is there a particular sport or range of sports that the product should cater to? all sports, should be agnostic. What is "athletes"? pros? amateurs? fitness enthusiasts? you can decide Is there a specific problems or challenges faced by athletes does he want the product to address? feel free to make assumptions Is there a specific goal that we want to achieve"See full answer

Sneha D. - "Design a university voting app"See full answer

Gunjali D. - "Clarifying question: By podcast, we mean a series of digital audio generally available on the internet in the form of monologue or interview. Do we need to integrate it with Facebook or design a separate product? --> Separate Product not related to Facebook Mobile/web application --> Any Constraints? --> No Goal? --> To design a dedicated app to recommend podcasts in order to increase user satisfaction Users: Power Users: Who regularly listens to podcasts and keep detailed information on various"See full answer

Shahid K. - "Asked clarifying questions, this was similar to box. Took a minute to gather thoughts. Came up with a structured approach. Focused on use cases, prioritized it. They wanted to focus on security aspects, MFA, simultaneous read/write operations, etc."See full answer

Raina M. - "Clarify the ask/ goal and scope Talk about the general need for travel in a Covid/post covid world + how it aligns with Meta's mission and business (the Why) Audience /Behavior segmentation with needs/pain points Prioritize Suggested 3 Solution territories Dived deep into 1 and mentioned tradeoffs/ risks for that one Summarized with a few GTM considerations/ideas Please note: Although the interview was scoped for 30 mins, the interviewer spent the first 15 diving into past work e"See full answer

Priyal S. - "Clarifying questions: By no online presence, do you mean just no website for order or do you mean no searches showing up on Google/Bing as users are looking for supermarkets. Possibilities of declining revenue: For every product, i.e pantry, vegetables and fruits, are our prices much higher than our competitors? Are our competitors getting products from suppliers at a lower rate? Are we exhausting our economies of scale well? What % of people are shopping online for groceries? Are"See full answer

Saurabh P. - "Clarifying questions: Understand the goal of building this product. (Generate revenue) Geography is limited to cities in USA? (Yes) Can we go big with resource investments? (Yes) Is this is a brand new product? (Yes) Personas: Job switchers - working professionals (high willingness to pay) who are moving to a specific city because of a job change Students moving to a new city - includes those who are pursuing education or internship opportunities People relocating after major life e"See full answer