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  • DoorDash logoAsked at DoorDash 
    1 answer

    "Step 1 - clarifying question: Are we just focusing on the customer who rented a car or both who has given a car? (Assumed only a customer who rented a car) Are we just focusing on the mobile or web apps? (Assumed only the mobile app) Step 2 -Define users: customer who rented a car. Step 3 - pain points: unclear communication between both parties. lack of support if needed. hassle-full car drop experience. No survey or complaint channel about how the experienc"

    Jatan P. - "Step 1 - clarifying question: Are we just focusing on the customer who rented a car or both who has given a car? (Assumed only a customer who rented a car) Are we just focusing on the mobile or web apps? (Assumed only the mobile app) Step 2 -Define users: customer who rented a car. Step 3 - pain points: unclear communication between both parties. lack of support if needed. hassle-full car drop experience. No survey or complaint channel about how the experienc"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    2 answers

    "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"

    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

    Product Manager
    Analytical
  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
    1 answer

    "Recently, I was listening to an episode of Lenny Rachitsky’s podcast (aptly named Lenny’s Podcast), where he interviews Christian Idiodi, talking about the essence of product management. In the open sequence, Christian talks about the essence of this job being “you wake up on behalf of someone else, and you have to do it well enough that they give you something back in return.” This statement really struck a chord with me and resonated with why I love being a product manager. Customers and their"

    John F. - "Recently, I was listening to an episode of Lenny Rachitsky’s podcast (aptly named Lenny’s Podcast), where he interviews Christian Idiodi, talking about the essence of product management. In the open sequence, Christian talks about the essence of this job being “you wake up on behalf of someone else, and you have to do it well enough that they give you something back in return.” This statement really struck a chord with me and resonated with why I love being a product manager. Customers and their"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    2 answers

    "Its enough that I shared the question. Im not going to tell you how I answered. If you dont know how to answer, then this isn't the job or company for you. Sorry."

    David E. - "Its enough that I shared the question. Im not going to tell you how I answered. If you dont know how to answer, then this isn't the job or company for you. Sorry."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    1 answer

    "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"

    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

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    2 answers

    "Clarification Question I am assuming this is a new platform What kind of skills are we talking about here ?Open for interpretation What kind of mentorship are we talking about ? Offline vs Online , Group or 1:1 We are open to utilize Meta ecosystem products There are time and cost constraints Geo - Starting with india Why ? Alignment with Meta mission: Building communities and bringing people closer together, building communities connecting mentors with mentees aligns with th"

    Ishan G. - "Clarification Question I am assuming this is a new platform What kind of skills are we talking about here ?Open for interpretation What kind of mentorship are we talking about ? Offline vs Online , Group or 1:1 We are open to utilize Meta ecosystem products There are time and cost constraints Geo - Starting with india Why ? Alignment with Meta mission: Building communities and bringing people closer together, building communities connecting mentors with mentees aligns with th"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • "Answered out loud and summarized the transcription with AI \\*\ If I noticed a 10% drop in conversion rate, I wouldn’t treat it as just restoring a metric I’d frame it as protecting the customer experience and do my level best to maintain stakeholder trust. I’d approach it in five steps: First, confirm the signal. Is this a real issue or broken tracking? I’d segment the data and check if it’s isolated or systemic. _Happy to go deeper on how I’d break down those segments if that’s u"

    Justine C. - "Answered out loud and summarized the transcription with AI \\*\ If I noticed a 10% drop in conversion rate, I wouldn’t treat it as just restoring a metric I’d frame it as protecting the customer experience and do my level best to maintain stakeholder trust. I’d approach it in five steps: First, confirm the signal. Is this a real issue or broken tracking? I’d segment the data and check if it’s isolated or systemic. _Happy to go deeper on how I’d break down those segments if that’s u"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Execution
  • Product Manager
    Product Design
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    10 answers
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    "I would first call out the two types of Google Doodles that are published. First would be the static doodle which just shows a picture, and users can get more information on it by hovering on it or clicking on it. Second would be the dynamic google doodles which are either short videos or games through which users engage a bit more. My top 3 metrics that covers both would be: Click-through rate and post-click CTR - Although different metrics, I clubbed them since they fall under similar"

    Rahul R. - "I would first call out the two types of Google Doodles that are published. First would be the static doodle which just shows a picture, and users can get more information on it by hovering on it or clicking on it. Second would be the dynamic google doodles which are either short videos or games through which users engage a bit more. My top 3 metrics that covers both would be: Click-through rate and post-click CTR - Although different metrics, I clubbed them since they fall under similar"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
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  • Visa logoAsked at Visa 
    1 answer

    "There are couple of reasons for it - Kind of role : Its a product manager role loaded with analytical work, So working with data in stringent regulatory guideline make it more exciting and thrilling. Location & industry is like - Cherry on the cake, Bangalore weather and BFI is at its all time peak as people spending behavior is changing continuously, it will be interesting to see big giants like visa are managing it."

    Nidhi S. - "There are couple of reasons for it - Kind of role : Its a product manager role loaded with analytical work, So working with data in stringent regulatory guideline make it more exciting and thrilling. Location & industry is like - Cherry on the cake, Bangalore weather and BFI is at its all time peak as people spending behavior is changing continuously, it will be interesting to see big giants like visa are managing it."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • DoorDash logoAsked at DoorDash 
    4 answers
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    "what is a task rabbit? marketplace connecting users with freelance labor with local demand, allowing consumers to find help with everyday tasks, including furniture assembly, moving, delivery, and handy person work Explain the User Flow in short: User logs in, searches for the services, sorts, picks and books the service the gig worker gets 24 hours to pick the request, accepted or declined In case it is accepted then it is considered a "BOOKed"gig what is the post booking experience? -"

    Anu S. - "what is a task rabbit? marketplace connecting users with freelance labor with local demand, allowing consumers to find help with everyday tasks, including furniture assembly, moving, delivery, and handy person work Explain the User Flow in short: User logs in, searches for the services, sorts, picks and books the service the gig worker gets 24 hours to pick the request, accepted or declined In case it is accepted then it is considered a "BOOKed"gig what is the post booking experience? -"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
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  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
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    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    2 answers

    "Goal: Maps should reflect reality of places especially with places like hospitals Ecosystem : Maps User Usecases: Daily Commute Explore places Critical situations like emergency - hospital visits, work emergencies, family Businesses using Google Business Profile: Medical & Health Hospitals Clinics Gyms Restaurants Salons Mom & Pop stores, SMB - Retail Enterprises These can be online, physical or both Local guides Downstream usecases for other google products: Google Search Google Gemini "

    Pooja G. - "Goal: Maps should reflect reality of places especially with places like hospitals Ecosystem : Maps User Usecases: Daily Commute Explore places Critical situations like emergency - hospital visits, work emergencies, family Businesses using Google Business Profile: Medical & Health Hospitals Clinics Gyms Restaurants Salons Mom & Pop stores, SMB - Retail Enterprises These can be online, physical or both Local guides Downstream usecases for other google products: Google Search Google Gemini "See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    1 answer

    "Clarifying question: Why would google want to sunset Youtube? What would the business objective be? Based on how the interviewer responds this could go down multiple paths: If they said just because, then I would address the current state data for the YouTube business. Material benefits: XX Million active users $$ in Annual revenue $$ in subscription revenue $$ monetization through influencers Non-material benefits that align to google core values: Democracy on the web works"

    Aditi N. - "Clarifying question: Why would google want to sunset Youtube? What would the business objective be? Based on how the interviewer responds this could go down multiple paths: If they said just because, then I would address the current state data for the YouTube business. Material benefits: XX Million active users $$ in Annual revenue $$ in subscription revenue $$ monetization through influencers Non-material benefits that align to google core values: Democracy on the web works"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Product Manager
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    2 answers
    Video answer for 'How would you improve Google Drive?'

    "User Persona Individual heavy Users Casual users Enterprise Users Occasional Users I would like to think more about the Enterprise users, because they are the power users and the maximum revenue of the Google may come up with the enterprise solutions. It is my hypothesis that despite of improvement of the Google drive, common individual users are highly unlikely to use the premium version of the G Suite User Journey of the person using Google Drive Want to work on the new document"

    Anonymous Muskox - "User Persona Individual heavy Users Casual users Enterprise Users Occasional Users I would like to think more about the Enterprise users, because they are the power users and the maximum revenue of the Google may come up with the enterprise solutions. It is my hypothesis that despite of improvement of the Google drive, common individual users are highly unlikely to use the premium version of the G Suite User Journey of the person using Google Drive Want to work on the new document"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    2 answers

    "Clarifying question? What is GCP and what does it mean to create a new GCP region in Portugal? GCP is Google Cloud Portugal. Creating a new region means creating data centres (clouds) which can be used as hosts. Is there a business objective to consider Portugal for a new region? None in particular Structure: Explore internal factors Is there a particular business goal that we are trying to accomplish like goal of getting more business from EU companies in coming few years? If yes"

    S Y. - "Clarifying question? What is GCP and what does it mean to create a new GCP region in Portugal? GCP is Google Cloud Portugal. Creating a new region means creating data centres (clouds) which can be used as hosts. Is there a business objective to consider Portugal for a new region? None in particular Structure: Explore internal factors Is there a particular business goal that we are trying to accomplish like goal of getting more business from EU companies in coming few years? If yes"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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    Product Design
  • Uber logoAsked at Uber 
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    "I would structure my answer to this question by considering: Clarifying Questions Landscape Options for Growth Prioritization Risks & Considerations Clarifying Questions Are we talking about Uber’s ride sharing service, Uber Eats, or both? -- assume Uber rides Do we care about total users who have ever used the platform, or total users per day/time period? -- assume ever How many resources do we have to acquire resources? -- assume have a budget larger than the curre"

    Maggie S. - "I would structure my answer to this question by considering: Clarifying Questions Landscape Options for Growth Prioritization Risks & Considerations Clarifying Questions Are we talking about Uber’s ride sharing service, Uber Eats, or both? -- assume Uber rides Do we care about total users who have ever used the platform, or total users per day/time period? -- assume ever How many resources do we have to acquire resources? -- assume have a budget larger than the curre"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
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