Product Design Interview Questions

R K. - "Clarifying Questions FB login is the feature that allows a user quickly create a login in a third party application using existing information from FB - YES For whom do we want to improve the product / feature - You choose On what platform mobile / desktop - Mobile Any specific geography - US Any specific user demographic - NO What is the goal of the improvement (acquisition, engagement, retention, monetization) - engagement & retention Outline: Who are the users"See full answer

Rishi P. - "Optimizing Booking.com to improve conversion rates involves a strategic and holistic approach that considers various aspects of the user experience, website functionality, and marketing. Here are several strategies that could be employed: \\User-Centric Design:\\ \\Mobile Optimization:\\ Ensure the website is fully optimized for mobile devices, given the increasing number of users booking on smartphones. \\Intuitive Navigation:\\ Streamline the booking process with a cl"See full answer

Deepti D. - "Clarifying questions: Who is launching this service (some options that come to mind are): Google ? If yes, why? Will it be a new product within the Google ecosystem or feature within existing and relevant Google Products (google maps, search) Startup? What is the current status of the startup/service designing it for hotels Uber/Taxi service providers - Trying to diversify their revenue stream/ add new level of engagement? Hospitality companies/hotels? B"See full answer

Cameron P. - "3 fav products. Pick 1 and 10X it. My criteria: Add value to my life Easy to use My fav products: Pinterest Youtube Google Docs How would you 10X Youtube? Interviewee: 10X revenue? 10X user base? 10X sales? Interviewer: you can decide Interviewee: Ok, let’s discuss Youtube's mission and goal and we will determine which direction to proceed after Youtube: Global product. Has Red,Music,Kids,Premium. Subscription and Ads. 5B videos watched per day. 80% market share Missio"See full answer

Anubhav A. - "Clarifying questions: Are we taking about a personal parking lot or a public parking lot Do we have an objective in head for this lot -> Make money? Public parking lot from govt body Do we have a particular location in head for this -> basement, outside some building or on the roof Are we particular about the number of vehicles it can take up? Are we particular about the kind of vehicles that it can take up? (2 wheelers, 4 wheelers, heavy weight 4 wheelers) Taking a few assumptions:"See full answer

Sneha D. - "Created a solution for remote online learning app on the lines of coursera and also made a option for live streaming classes . Uni admin creates uni account, courses, adds instructors; instructors can create content , give classes ; student searches, enrols, consumes content. Used micro services architecture with APIs for all functions, RDBMS, NoSQL , indexed with redis and elastic."See full answer

Anonymous Parakeet - "Clarifying Questions: How far is the retirement home from the convenience store? What part of the world is this convenience store located in? Will this be designed for Boomer generation or later generations when they retire? We assume that the convenience store is right next door, is located in the US in a very suburban location, and is designed for the Boomer generation that is retired/retiring Users: We assume retirement homes, or assisted living facilities take in folks who"See full answer

KAI - "Clarified on definition of hyperlocal - Defined it as a community of people in a 2-3 km radius and assumed geography as India Talked about different type of community needs in a hyperlocal space - public services, local grocery delivery, food delivery, parcel delivery, making new friends for shared interests like playing badminton (Prioritised public services since it was underserved with respect to things like sewage cleaning, electricity outage in an area, community traffic problems, water"See full answer

Kiley S. - "Improve facebook’s feed. Clarifying questions: Do we want to look at desktop or mobile specifically? – Mobile Is there a specific goal we have in mind that we are trying to meet or just general improvements? — General improvements, innovation Clarify Product: The Facebook newsfeed is the content feed that users see when landing on the app. The feed shows content posted by people users follow Within the feed the user is offered updates on people they follow - friends, family, celebrities"See full answer

Kunal S. - "Goal Clarification Let’s start by clarifying the goals on the in-flight entertainment system. My assumption is that the goal to enhance/improve the in-flight customer experience and increase passenger loyalty rather than generating additional revenue. User Segments We can broadly segment the customers into casual traveler frequent traveler frequent business frequent leisure travelers Given that frequent business traveler account for the highest airline revenue"See full answer

Exponent - "We've identified the problem as a Design a Product question. Use the following framework for tackling these types of questions: Ask Clarifying Questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Identify current solutions Brainstorm new solutions Evaluate solutions Measure success Summarize We'll go through each of these step by step. Ask Clarifying Questions The PM interview isn't about your ability to come up w"See full answer

William W. - "Clarifying questions Is there a specific airline we are focusing on here? Assume any US passenger airline (Delta, United, Spirit etc.) Why is this company interested in improving the boarding experience? To increase customer satisfaction Can you define what we mean by 'boarding experience'? The time between the passenger arriving at the gate and sitting down in their assigned seat on the plane. Are there any constraints (resources or otherwise) that I should"See full answer

Mark - "Clarifying questions: What's Lyft current goal and how does this new focus on Deaf drivers align with Lyft's goal & strategy? Do Lyft already have service/product to enable deaf users to drive for lyft? Assume We don't have any existing product/service to allow deaf users to drive for Lyft today We are designing for the ridesharing business and that the Deaf drivers can drive for all types of Lyft rideshare options Lyft's Mission: Improve people's lives w/ the world's best transport"See full answer

Anonymous Pelican - "Just to preface - I've actually worked in the non-profit space previously, so I have some experience in this problem area. Clarifying questions: Is this within the Facebook app itself/integrations across the FoA’s ? Or is this going to be a standalone product? Assume: Charity function built within Facebook. Clarifying Question: Are we okay to constrain this to the US region? There may be tax implications outside of the US we aren’t strongly familiar with and so easier to focus on U"See full answer

Angela - "Clarifying Qs: What are we building the Google campus for on the moon? We are the Google X team and always want to move people forward and want to be the first private entity on the moon Are we trying to build for astronauts or our employees or someone else? This will be for employees Do we already have a location on the moon and we're expanding or will this be the first one ever? This is the first one ever. For us to answer this question, we'll want to discuss Google's mission, us"See full answer

Adegnika O. - "It was a Finetech product to help people remove credit card limited balance issue. The product is design especially for business man who usually use they credit card to make purchase or big transaction. Problem Credit card have a limit amont of money they can support. it is very difficult to handle situation where people want to make a transaction that goes beyond their supported credit card balance. Having many credit card is not easy to manage and go to trip with a huge amont of money i"See full answer