Product Design Interview Questions

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

Lakshay T. - "I would first start by telling what Google maps do: Finding direction from A to B Few users also use it for safety purpose while in Cab Businesses use it for listing themselves and also consume APIs When we open Google Maps: We see the focus is primarily on maps, giving few suggestions on top if user wants to caetgorize thier search such as pretol pump etc User can add reviews in contribute section User can review at the feed/suggestions Since primary usage is navigation, I will"See full answer

Rev - "Clarify: Physical car garage or some app? 1 garage or a chain? Where is it located? (if highway then user seg to be focussed would change) (rn consider a residential area) Objective/ constraints? - majorly revenue i.e. #users * rev/user (acquire more users) Is there some issue and we are trying to address that via features or we just need features to improve the overall user experience? basic idea of garage: Car issue - drop it to garage/ sometimes pickup service - repair time -"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

Robbie A. - "Discussed a toaster, the user case for a toaster, how this toaster fails, why the company might have made those design choices."See full answer

B P. - "What do AVs need? Search for a destination Best route to the destination Real time update on traffic on the way Location information for other cars, bikes, pedestrians Lanes Road signs Road conditions Weather conditions Parking information for destination What does Google Maps already have? Search for destination Navigation to a destination Shortest distance Filters like Tolls, Highways, Ferries Traffic updates Incident reports like constructi"See full answer

Ak - "First, I'd like to ask a few clarifying questions: Do you have any specific user segment in mind or i can choose? A: you can choose Should we think about mobile rather than website? A: you can choose, choose mobile because of growth in usage across the glob Do you have any specific objectives in mind or i can choose? A: you can choose Is this app stand alone or part of broader Facebook ecosystem ? Part of Facebook Facebook mission is to give people power to build community and bring"See full answer

Promise S. - "Submitted before deadline and described the creativity behind the new website"See full answer

Anonymous Impala - "Understand who will use the kitchen is the first step"See full answer

Rahul J. - "Target market \# of users: Almost every household requires groceries Frequency of problem: Groceries are a perishable item and is bought frequently to be consumes fresh Importance of problem: Groceries are a necessity for survival - so it's a highly important problem Internal company assessment Assuming this has to be built by Facebook. It marginally aligns with the company mission and existing business model of ads driven revenue Players in ecosystem: Grocery suppliers, User (consum"See full answer

Unicorn 2. - "Here is what I understand from the question. Riders use "scheduled rides" to schedule rides for upto 24 hours in advance. Do drivers see these scheduled rides before? Assuming no. The drivers get matched 30min before the scheduled ride. Possible factors in matching Location of driver Location of rider No. of rides the driver has had? Maybe give preference to new drivers? Scheduled rides are only single party rides (no pool,etc) What is our goal here? Maximi"See full answer

Allison C. - "If I were to design a smartwatch app for Uber, I'd sort my work into two buckets: modifications fro the mobile-native app and new features that would be considered for the Uber experience on a smartwatch. As for modifications - you'd really have to think through the customer journey of ordering an Uber from your watch. For the purposes of this question, the only use case to use Uber would be to order and complete a ride from one point to another, not to look at ride history or get help on a pr"See full answer