Product Design Interview Questions

Anonymous Moose - "Clarifying Questions: Why does Meta want to build this product ? {Aligns with Meta's mission of connecting people} What's the goal ? Does Meta want to monetise this initiative in any way? {It wants to increase the total number of users using this platform and then in the mid-term increase engagement} User Groups: Young (20-40), tech-savvy working professional; seeking doctor consultation for self, friends and family members (First) Older mass (50+), seeking frequent and accessible doct"See full answer

Exponent - "This is an Improve a Product question. Let's first go over the Improve a Product formula: Ask clarifying questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Brainstorm small improvements Brainstorm bolder improvements Measure success Summarize Now, let's begin! Ask clarifying questions Before we begin listing off recommendations, it's important you ask questions to ensure you and the interviewer are on the same page"See full answer

Shashi R. - "Clarification — Need to design an MVP for Booking’s homepage to improve CLV — Objective is to test out things to get more CLV out of our existing or new customers right? yes — apart from this objective, is there anything that I have to keep in mind? nope — is there any preference in user groups or geography or platform? mobile, open to all Cool, I get the gist of it. Improving or increasing CLV is a function of retention & cross-sell. — retention what all things we can build for reten"See full answer

Amin S. - "We can implement Mall psychology, use the monkey effect, FOMO, top-rated stuff from the same restaurants, bundle offers like couple or group offers, and prompt popups for free delivery if you complete X$ amount by adding X item. We can lure customers by giving free subscriptions to Spotify, Netflix, etc. by collaborating with these giants. This is a long-story-short overview of how we can increase the average basket size. Tracking telemetry and refining can make a difference obviously..."See full answer

Priya J. - "User groups - Elderly People People with physical disabilities Blind people Hikers The cane required for each group is different. Elderly and People with physical disabilities are using it for support, and hence their cane has to be more stable and static. The cane for blind people is very lightweight because they use it to find any hurdle on their way The cane for hikers is mostly for support but lightweight because they cannot carry heavyweights cane while hiking. Thinking about the blind"See full answer

Anonymous Dove - "One possible product idea is to create a Layover Buddy app that connects travelers who have layovers at the same airport and helps them make the most of their time. The app would use Facebook’s data and features to match users based on their preferences, interests, and flight schedules. For example, the app could suggest users who are traveling to the same destination, who have similar hobbies or tastes, or who are looking for the same type of activity during their layover. The app would als"See full answer

Stephen C. - "We've identified the problem as a Design a Product question. Use the following framework for tackling these types of questions: Ask Clarifying Questions Identify users, behaviors, and pain points State product goal Identify current solutions Brainstorm new solutions Evaluate solutions Measure success Summarize We'll go through each of these step by step. Ask Clarifying Questions The PM interview isn't about your ability to come up w"See full answer

Kavitha G. - "What does the google translator does is translate the text from one language to other takes voice command in a language and translate it into another language both in voice and text Below are some of the Areas in which it can be improved, The user experience of the translation - text to text The current translation can take input data of certain size only. If the data size is more, it clearly rejects and doesn't translate until we truncate the input message. Suggestion to improve:"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a classic Favorite Product question with a constrained product type. For this, we want to make sure it's a SaaS product. Let's go over the Favorite Product formula before diving in: Choose a product and briefly explain what it is Who are the users? What are their pain points? How did competitors solve it in the past? How does this product address these pain points differently and better? How would you improve it/make it better? **Summarize"See full answer

Madhu K. - "Clarifications Just so I understand the question, are you asking me design a mobile app to check the menu of a particular restaurant ? Yes Where will this app be available ? Global or US Only ? US only Are there any constraints that I have to keep in mind. In terms of money, time , resources etc ? No constraints Can i assume that the goal of the application is to enhance the dining experience of the customer ? By enhance I mean customer delight ? Yes Lastly,"See full answer