Top Product Manager Interview Questions

Anonymous Angelfish - "Not at all impressed. Very simple problem he is solved"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

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

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

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

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

Ketshi B. - "Clarifying questions When we say signals do you mean just features that are fed into the ML model that decide how the content should be ranked? Is newsfeed the front page of fb app. Can you expand what you mean by relevance? User journey User enters blue app.. Newsfeed is the first thing they see. User either continues on newsfeed ie scrolls through it or moves to a separate part of fb As they are scrolling they may see contents from friends, creators and ads, or other pages that they have been"See full answer

Alex N. - "Perplexity - the measure LLM is surprised when it predicts next word. For example: I love to eat --- if LLM selects as next word "fruits" it will be less surprising than if LLM selects as next word "metal". It is better to have lower perplexity score. Cross Entropy is the measure how well model match true labels. So if the next word is "cat" and LLM assigns 0.5 to it then cross entropy value is -log(0.5) = 0.69 and if it assigns 0.9 probability to word cat then cross entropy value is - log(0.9"See full answer

Pete L. - "A bit of context for my answer: Staff are being trained on specific Jobs-to-be-Done for a specific role. From my own experiences with Square sellers, this could include annual inspections of bikes (bike shop) or initial customer interview to assess readiness for more complex hair color (salon). The Jobs-to-be-Done overlaps with Alistair Cockburn's definition of a Use Case (one user, one sitting, about 15 minutes). Anecdotally, many of Square's sellers are microenterprises (15 o"See full answer

Ali H. - "SQL databases are relational, NoSQL databases are non-relational. SQL databases use structured query language and have a predefined schema. NoSQL databases have dynamic schemas for unstructured data. SQL databases are vertically scalable, while NoSQL databases are horizontally scalable."See full answer

nikilukman - "Clarifying questions #1: What does "investment" mean? #2: Verification badge already exists or not? #3: A verification badge is a special symbol (like a checkmark), usually displayed next to the username to identify/verify that an account with this badge is an authentic public figure or brand. It is NOT a way for Instagram to endorse the "importance" of verified accounts. Is this accurate? Anything else I should know of as a PM regarding the definition? **Assumption: Verification badge alre"See full answer

Namrata L. - "Clarifying questions What do you mean by app for gardening? E-commerce kind of app for buying selling or tutorial or something else? Up to me. What is the goal of this app? Getting users and increasing engagement Who are we? startup What is the time frame we are looking at for this? No constraints Where are we looking to implement this? Start with India. User segments Type: Commercial, Personal Plant Parent: New, medium, Old Profession: Student, Working Professional, Stay"See full answer

Naresh A. - "Although there is no fixed or predefined framework that I follow to prioritize, I do have a methodical criterion that is suitable to my organization and practices. The business outcome/value proposition of each project/request - try to quantitative every metric below Number of customers going to be impacted in that product vertical - item with more customers gets more weight Is this an existing feature or a new feature - existing features get more weightage especially if thi"See full answer

Amparo L. - "One weakness of mine is reaching stuff through higher shelves but I'm able to use a step ladder to address the situation."See full answer

Product V. - "Clarifying Questions What is definition of blind - people who cannot see Is this also inclusive of partially blind - No Does this cater people who are blind naturally or got blind due to some illness or accident - Only natural Why do you want to build it - what is the intended goal Improve the smartphone experience Do we expect the users any kind of phone experience when we talk about this device - Yes, basic phone experience with accessibility features "See full answer

Neha A. - "Start with FB vision What are local awareness ad. Ad content that is shown to people when they are in proximity to a brick and mortal stores. Why did fb start local awareness ads. They are very effective in helping businesses acquire customers, or create top of mind recall. Drive business revenue and visibility. Helps FB monetize and enables users discover local businesses. Goal – [secondary] is to ensure that we build visibility for the businesses. [Primary ] Customer engagement. engage the c"See full answer

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Lalit P. - "The ideal length of the charging cable is determined through a combination of user needs, engineering feasibility, and market strategy. UNDERSTANDING USER PREFERENCES Usage scenarios People charge their phones at desks, in beds, in cars and in public spaces. Cable length should be sufficient enough for convenient use and with no slack. Portability vs. Reach Short cables are easy to carry. Long cables offer flexibility but are more bulkier. 3."See full answer

Ana A. - "Amazon: Mission: to be Earth's most customer-centric company Insight: Quick delivery and Great Customer Care are the key value prep of AP. Vision: To be earth's most customer-centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online. Strengths: Personalization Wide User Base + Wide Seller Base Own delivery fleet (planes, trucks etc) How they make Money: Sellers Commission "See full answer