Product Manager Interview Questions

DM - "Clarifying my assumptions first, i.e. "Technical contributions are not just writing or reviewing code". Answer : My contributions to any program I lead as a TPM are as follows : Inputs towards design, architecture review, mapping requirements to the proposed design, reviewing the implementation strategy w.r.t scalable solution, Writing core user-centric test scenarios, Validating proposed design vs implementation estimates vs initial planning. etc... Example : Situation: We are a"See full answer

Shyla R. - "Questions Couple of questions to make sure we are on the same page with respect to my overall product understanding and its positioning in the market. Product understanding: FB Pay is a Payment/ Wallet offering using which customers can securely make peer-to-peer payments using Messenger/WhatsApp or even make purchases on FB / Instagram etc. Also, competitors with similar offerings are Apple Pay, Google Pay (to name a few). Is this a fair understanding of the product? Ans: Yes. Cu"See full answer

Sandhya N. - "Clarifying Questions: Discover events, purchase/resell via app Post booking: After ticket purchase to event completion Motivation for Ticketmaster: Strengths: 70-80% of ticketing business, tie ups with venues Competition: meetup Low frequency product - so every experience matters Positive wom: Reduced marketing Retention of users, organizers Users: Ecosystem Attendees: Discover, buy and attend events - {chose this} Event Organizers: marketing/demand, s"See full answer

Vinayak A. - "My structure : Understand the scope of this question? What are some of the product and company objectives to define the values Taking a sample application, its users and user journey to define the real world problem and then relating it to data freshness need and user problems. i ll share the recommendation and justify why they are best Followed by things I would do next if I have more time. I would ask questions like - when we talk about data - what type of data are we tal"See full answer

Upasana S. - "Clarifying questions: What is a roofer? A: A person who constructs and repairs roofs. Should this include construction companies or the actual people who construct it, like masons, labourers? A. you can define the segment Any specific geography to operate in? No, any geography or worldwide can be chosen Does the company have a goal in mind? New product creation to capture a market. Can the product be a physical product? Yes. In terms of constructing roofs, there is generally no separate company"See full answer

Soumya S. - "In 2019, I was given a very important problem to solve. In a team of 3 we had to build a mobility assist device. The customer segment we would go for was something we could decide. The project was very close to me as I had lost someone I loved because of cancer and I saw how reduced mobility was a huge pain point in not being able to do physical activities. My team could only think of elderly people as the main target market. As the Head of Product what I did was: 1) I helped them dive even d"See full answer

Anonymous Amphibian - "Part 1 - Initial diagnostic questions Question: To start, I want to confirm that this is actually an issue. Have we changed any logging related to DAU in past couple of months? Answer: No Question: Ok, now I'm wondering if this could be a seasonal issue. In the past 6 months, have we seen a similar trend where DAU is down by 10%? Answer: No Question: Ok, to zoom out for a second, let's think about any macro-level factors that may have impacted DAU. Is there any negative public sent"See full answer

Scott S. - "As a Software Engineering Manager, one of the biggest mistakes I encountered early in my role involved underestimating the importance of aligning team goals with individual career aspirations and professional growth opportunities. This oversight became evident through a project that initially seemed successful but later revealed deeper issues within the team dynamics and morale. I was leading a software development team on a major project aimed at revamping a critical trading platform. The proj"See full answer

John F. - "(i) helped others success Over the years, I’ve had a few non-technical friends who wanted to start companies. Around two years ago, one of these friends reached out to ask for some guidance on how to start. This individual wanted to take the Airbnb model and apply it to outdoor recreational activities, mainly hunting and fishing. His problem was he had no frame of reference for where to start of what kind of effort and investment it would take. Over the course of a couple of conversations I help"See full answer

Maedu E. - "Imagine a blockchain as a magical, unchangeable diary that keeps track of all the candies you share with your friends. Whenever you share a candy, you write it down in this special diary, and your friends also write it down in their diaries. But here's the cool part – all the diaries are connected and can talk to each other! So, when you want to know who has borrowed your candy or if you borrowed candy from someone else, you just check this special diary. It shows you the history of all the can"See full answer

Glados - "Clarifying questions 1/ Any other products in VC portfolio I need to be aware of - "no" 2/ Market focus? - "no" Started off by stating database marketing 1/ SQL 2/ NoSQL Data models mostly relational Database trends 1/ Vector databases 2/ Growth in cloud / fully managed databases 3/ Multi cloud is important to avoid vendor lock in Ultimately Price/performance is king Competition 1/ Large cloud providers - AWS/GCP/Azure 2/ Legacy databases - Oracle/SQL Server 3/ Niche players - Vitess, Coc"See full answer

Soodong P. - "Problem Understanding Is it within FB applications? > Yes FB Date has one on one matching. Can I consider extending existing capability? After matching, are we considering interactions within FB as well? FB mission is to give people power to connect build community and bring the world closer. Building connection through content engagement is the core of the FB product. With increased demand on learning online and velocity of acquiring new skills required to find a job or sustain in"See full answer

Takashi M. - "My approach is try to narrow down by 4W1H. When - When this happened? Still continuously happen the problem? Where - Is this happen specific region or entire customers? What - What kind of problem? One time big error or any data show the curve? Who - Is it all platform or specific platform (Web, iOS, Android) How - How serious problem? How many customer affected? Next step is to narrow down the causes is from internal factors or external factors. For internal factors: Any recent up"See full answer

Anna H. - "Great. I'm going to get started by asking clarification questions for (1) understanding of the gap by assessing current product features for bookings via platform?, (2) brainstorming possible solutions, (3) how to implement solutions, and (4) suggesting metrics to validate solutions towards an increase of bookings Clarification questions & Assumptions: What is customer segment (family/ group/ individual)? In which market? (individual & US market) Should I specifically focus on one of use ca"See full answer

Abhijit B. - "I would start with the User feedback- both explicit (from surveys) and implicit(from Product insights on app usage/drop offs). Then understand the business direction/priorities that Paypal wants to take with Venmo and come up with a Iteration plan that starts with "low hanging fruit" first and then builds to more ambitious products. The goal is to find features that are at the intersection of "valuable(to users), feasible(for dev) and usable(to users) . Once we prioritize these features, I would"See full answer