Product Strategy Interview Questions

Date G. - "Lets start with assumptions 100m people go out to bars in US Assuming COVID is behind us Also assuming this is annually and not monthly or daily (though it might be better to ask this) Step 1: Why should Google build something like this Google Mission: Make information accessible and useful Google's current state: Focus on improving current products (improve engagement and thus monetization) while also building things for future (growth) Product Mission: Make going to bar a"See full answer

Anonymous Wallaby - "Before I begin, I would confirm the idea of Stories as "phone-shot video with light editing to share a person's current experience in a short form video". I would also ask if they would be integrated into the current application or a standalone service. The process I'll use is to think through twitter's mission, outline its current user personas and how they use twitter. Articulate a rubric framework for stakeholder needs, and then compare the stories idea against that. To start off with the m"See full answer

Ilya P. - "They would be better off with stories, i guess."See full answer

Tulio G. - "Imagine you're a PM at YouTube and you've made the decision to ban videos with explicit language from monetization; take me through your decision process. Clarifying questions: Was the decision made, to ban videos in general from the platform, or only for monetization? Answer: Ban for Monetization only, the videos would still be available on the platform. Considering highly offensive, vulgar, sexual or graphical language are already considered violations of Youtube'"See full answer

Chozhls - "Product planning requires a strategic approach that balances customer needs, market trends, and business objectives. Here's a structured framework I recommend: Discovery:Understand the Market: Conduct in-depth market research to identify customer needs, pain points, and competitive landscape. Define User Personas: Create detailed user personas to understand your target audience's behaviors, goals, and challenges. Analyze the Problem: Clearly articulate the core problem your product aims to"See full answer

Tabrez Z. - "First of all, I could tell that Google maps are used by billions of people around the world. Not only immensely used by the billions of people, but also they are dependent on google maps. I believe that google maps are the only map service in the world, which is providing the best services. We are collecting huge data from this service, which is very useful to predict or analyze market sentiments. We have invested a humongous amount of time, effort, and money to establish these renowned google M"See full answer

Sudhansu T. - "In Ideation phase, the below points should be concentrated on. Ideation Market research Competitor Analysis in the next phase it should be conceptualisation where we define the problem, find user persona and some of the feature priortization. Next phase has to be validation where we build the MVP, do user testing, Iterate. Then comes the prototyping, Development, QA, Marketing and Position. After which we launch the product. may be a soft launch first and the proceed to full launch"See full answer

Diana D. - "At some point Instagram became a threat. Instead of competing with it Facebook decided to buy it."See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Strategy Question, which asks you to justify high-level business decisions and strategy. Since this is asking to look at the geopolitical climate, it's important to dig deeper on understanding how things have a cause-effect relationship. Let's go over one possible solution: > The trade war affects Apple in many ways, but I think the three biggest are:Higher tariffs > Slower new hardware growth > Lower domestic sales > Higher tariffs > The trade war immediately impacts our botto"See full answer