Recent Product Manager Interview Questions

Glados - "First, why are we building the system? What are the requirements we must meet - Do customers care about data being read/written from a single set of tables or multiple tables, do they care about cost allocation, do they need backups/storage to happen slow or fast, do they foresee a lot of data movement from one table to another? Based on this, there are a few options using some common design choices. Shared disk, or Shared nothing. Both have pros and cons. Based on latency, performance, and cos"See full answer

Jaswanth P. - "Proposed Solution: Awareness and Control Features Algorithm Awareness Campaign Educational Content: Create short videos explaining how the algorithm works to enhance user experience. Transparency Reports: Regular updates on algorithm changes to keep users informed. User-Controlled Engagement Settings Customizable Feed Options: Allow users to adjust content preferences and limit certain types of videos. Time Management Tools: Introduce reminders for screen time limits an"See full answer

Rahul J. - "Clarifying questions Key value proposition of the product: targeted search engine for kids to search the internet Target users: kids below 18 years of age Target geography: USA Form factor: web app Target market Kids (largely school students) are now increasingly using the internet for educational purposes to perform assignments, collaborate on projects etc. A search engine is a core need to access the internet for this audience and is needed quite frequently - almost every time a"See full answer

Yair G. - "Are we speaking of all Meta Ads products on something specific? All of them Meta is a social media and AI company that generates most of it's revenue from Ads on social media. Meta's mission is to empower people to build communities and bring the world closer together. If ads violate the community guidelines regulations that can directly hurt both Meta's mission and its revenue stream. For example ads that include hate speech are against community guidelines and also hurts Meta's mission. Ha"See full answer

Manas M. - "Couple of Clarification Questions to be asked are: Aim of the physical product Retention/Encourage Loyalty Attract new customers Collect customer Data outside of the Airbnb ecosystem for better advertising and customer focus User Base of Airbnb Solotravellers - traveling to new places for exploring/solo travel Business Travelers - Lot of business Travelers who own small/medium businesses and book their own travel can choose airbnb Family gr"See full answer

Sdn D. - "Clarifying question: AOV/USER it means that the total price paid by a user in a certain period should be more than what it is now ? Is the average taken on a daily/ weekly/monthly basis ? I would presume it to be a monthly basis , as it helps us a defined period of time to analyse user beharviour and track number of orders. Daily wont be succesfull mertric , as ocassionally only a user may order multiple times in a day , also weekly is also a viable metric but that wont help us to analyse"See full answer

Aekagra S. - "Clarified whether this drop is observed in a particular geography or with a particular demography or devices. Then moved to the analysis of any bugs or flow broken or any defects. If not then talk about any competitor launching a product or feature in a similar category. If yes then double down on that or else speak about any political or marketing campaign that's been launched or any negative news about Facebook. What-Why analysis and concluded with a possible cause."See full answer

Scott S. - "The growth of remote work presented engineering managers with the unique problem of leading scattered teams. Keeping remote workers engaged, motivated, and productive can be a daunting endeavour, but with the appropriate tools and methods in place, it’s possible to bridge the gap caused by physical distance and establish a thriving work environment. One crucial part of managing remote or hybrid teams is good communication. Establishing clear routes of communication and setting expectations fo"See full answer

Anonymous Flamingo - "Design a washing machine for Google Step 1: Building Context through clarifying questions Are we looking at building a complete washing machine(new line of business) or a connected app for washing machine like Android Auto? Any specific geography to look for Goal? Increase usage of any specific google product or introduce smart white goods hardware Step 2: Target users Individuals Single Family Couple Hotels Students Laundromats **Apartments/Studen"See full answer

Apurv W. - "Clarify: Understanding of wallets an UPI What is failure rate here? - transaction failed Is it real time failure or successful on front end but failed in backend - assuming it is front end, real time failure. Have other related products/features experienced the same change? Diagnose (impact, significance) Failure rate = assuming it is significantly increasing Impact = customer lifetime value, # of bookings, Avg order value and satisfaction too. Users & value Seller = Revenue "See full answer

PTL - "Clarify the default pick up location/pin feature - I'm assuming it lets you define a location in settings that is used for pickups unless you over ride it. this is a rider feature. It is not used by the driver to specify where they want to pick up riders Feature goal Make it simpler for the user to book a ride as they no longer need to type in an address when going to the default location User Journey assuming they have already set the default location they open the app cl"See full answer

Arya R. - "I'm going to assume the problem is limited until the point of where the rider get into the car. Rider segments/characteristics: Local rider (lives and travels in the same city) Tourist rider (visiting a city, using Lyft for the first time in the city) Lets think about some problems for these types of users: Local rider: (Choose to prioritize on these use-cases assuming its a larger % of rides overall) Ride shows as confirmed, but driver does not move on the map Driver does"See full answer

Tracy C. - "Before I walk you through my thought process, I want to align you with the definition of discovery. I assume discovery is the journey before a guest adds a property or experience to the cart, which can be broken down into the discovery of listings pre-search bar on the homepage and discovery post-search bar on the search results page. Are we talking about both touch points as discovery, or would you like me to focus specifically on one? Is this for a specific platform, mobile or desktop web? Bec"See full answer

Anonymous Minnow - "Goals (Prod & Safeway) User Groups: Shoppers: College Students Professionals Families Elderly New customers (not already in the store) I selected elderly due to trends on the aging population being a significant population in the next decade and it being a group we have the most opportunity as Safeway to support. Pain Points **Most likely these customers are buying things in person or someone is purchasing items for them and gettin"See full answer

Arasu raja B. - "Amazon price tracker tools like Aarabuy function by monitoring the prices of products listed on Amazon and notifying users when prices drop or reach a desired level. Here's a detailed look at how these tools generally work: Data Collection Web Scraping: Price trackers use web scraping techniques to extract product prices from Amazon's website. They periodically visit product pages to collect current prices. Amazon API: Some tools may use the Amazon Product Advertising API, which provides pro"See full answer

Aekagra S. - "To answer this let's deconstruct what Amazon Prime offers Free Delivery on Amazon Same-day delivery for a few locations Additional discounts Early Access & Exclusive Deals Prime video subscription Prime music subscription Considering above let's first talk about music and video subscription Netflix, Disney, and other OTT platforms on average charge ₹120/month. Now for Music, Spotify or YT music charges an average of ₹180/month for their premium subscription. Coming the E-com"See full answer

Nidhi S. - "I am a book reader, so I use "goodreads" by amazon to track my reading. There are couple of things which can be done to increase user engagement on app. User engagement on goodread is creating profile tagging books - want to read, reading, completed marking up progress on daily reading. Engaging with friends and their feedback about books. Solutioning at each steps Creating profile - App respond time is 2-3 min, which is very slow as compared to any general app,its circling"See full answer