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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    1 answer

    "My favorite app on my phone is Youtube because that way I could watch iCarly videos for free."

    Amparo L. - "My favorite app on my phone is Youtube because that way I could watch iCarly videos for free."See full answer

    Product Manager
  • DoorDash logoAsked at DoorDash 
    1 answer
    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • +4

    "Clarification: workplace is a communication messaging tool for employee to send and receive messages. Why: meta's mission current landscape market trends meta's unique value strength & weakness Workplace Mission: build a communication tool for employees to better collaborate and engage with each other Goal: focus on engagement, not revenue Product ecosystem: Meta Company sourcing department IT department User: sender/receiver #of people log in #of people"

    Mark H. - "Clarification: workplace is a communication messaging tool for employee to send and receive messages. Why: meta's mission current landscape market trends meta's unique value strength & weakness Workplace Mission: build a communication tool for employees to better collaborate and engage with each other Goal: focus on engagement, not revenue Product ecosystem: Meta Company sourcing department IT department User: sender/receiver #of people log in #of people"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    10 answers
    +7

    "YouTube Goal -> Give voice to everyone and show them the world, Video -> Shorts( Dominated by Shorts, Reels, Tiktok Mid(1-25 Min). -> Youtube Medium Long(60-90 Mins) -> [Opportunity] Long(150-180 Mins) -> OTT Platform, Movies Youtube can assist content creators on Youtube to make high-quality Film Like Videos without any Production Setup. Assisting Content Creators to create Movies with"

    Anonymous Muskox - "YouTube Goal -> Give voice to everyone and show them the world, Video -> Shorts( Dominated by Shorts, Reels, Tiktok Mid(1-25 Min). -> Youtube Medium Long(60-90 Mins) -> [Opportunity] Long(150-180 Mins) -> OTT Platform, Movies Youtube can assist content creators on Youtube to make high-quality Film Like Videos without any Production Setup. Assisting Content Creators to create Movies with"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    2 answers

    "In our product portfolio there were many teams and we were almost 12 product managers interacting closely to deliver the entire product feature area. Situation was that we were frequently had defects come in which will result in defects pushed back and forth. Goal was to avoid this as SLA of defects was getting impacted immensely there were priority 2 defects which we were sitting for couple of weeks before being looked at. There was a need to establish a triaging process. Along with my leaders"

    Karthik T. - "In our product portfolio there were many teams and we were almost 12 product managers interacting closely to deliver the entire product feature area. Situation was that we were frequently had defects come in which will result in defects pushed back and forth. Goal was to avoid this as SLA of defects was getting impacted immensely there were priority 2 defects which we were sitting for couple of weeks before being looked at. There was a need to establish a triaging process. Along with my leaders"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    5 answers
    +2

    "First, let’s discuss why this is important for any platform business Think of platform businesses like Amazon or YouTube as matchmakers. They connect people who want something with those who provide it, whether it's products or content. But here's the catch: users trust these platforms to make sure they're getting good stuff. They want genuine products, safe content, and no scams. So, platforms need to be like guardians. They check suppliers and content creators to make sure they're not"

    Jay K. - "First, let’s discuss why this is important for any platform business Think of platform businesses like Amazon or YouTube as matchmakers. They connect people who want something with those who provide it, whether it's products or content. But here's the catch: users trust these platforms to make sure they're getting good stuff. They want genuine products, safe content, and no scams. So, platforms need to be like guardians. They check suppliers and content creators to make sure they're not"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    10 answers
    +7

    "This question can be answered in two different ways: a. Strategic b. Product Sense Since , the question is which product you would work upon , it is likely a product strategy question , where interviewer is trying to find about how would you go about selecting the product to solve for. Another approach would be to clarify on the two approaches from the Interviewer. Can ask your hierarchy in PM role [ APM/PM/ Sr. PM / GPM ] and then approach this. Candidate : Do you have any specific goal"

    Vivek S. - "This question can be answered in two different ways: a. Strategic b. Product Sense Since , the question is which product you would work upon , it is likely a product strategy question , where interviewer is trying to find about how would you go about selecting the product to solve for. Another approach would be to clarify on the two approaches from the Interviewer. Can ask your hierarchy in PM role [ APM/PM/ Sr. PM / GPM ] and then approach this. Candidate : Do you have any specific goal"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    3 answers

    "Clarifying questions : When we speak about video buffering, are we looking at long video (more than an hour), medium video, short videos and shorts? I will assume its all video types. Is this was a steady increase or sudden one and over what time period? I will assume sudden one over last week? Has we experienced any such issues in the past or trends? I will assume no. Are we experiencing this globaly or for some region? I assume globaly The KPI we are measuring is Average Video Buffering T"

    Aeshvarya J. - "Clarifying questions : When we speak about video buffering, are we looking at long video (more than an hour), medium video, short videos and shorts? I will assume its all video types. Is this was a steady increase or sudden one and over what time period? I will assume sudden one over last week? Has we experienced any such issues in the past or trends? I will assume no. Are we experiencing this globaly or for some region? I assume globaly The KPI we are measuring is Average Video Buffering T"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Analytical
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  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
    1 answer

    "Assumptions and Clarification! What kind of blind person are we talking about ? Are they partially blind? Color Blind? Can Detect Light ? Can See blurry Images? Is the Blind person an adult, elderly or a teenager? Do they have any additional disabilities? Where will this Iron be used? At home? or perhaps one for travel? Do we have any limitation of resources? Assumptions- We are talking about a Complete Blind person who cannot see anything at all i.e Zero ability to se"

    Prabhav G. - "Assumptions and Clarification! What kind of blind person are we talking about ? Are they partially blind? Color Blind? Can Detect Light ? Can See blurry Images? Is the Blind person an adult, elderly or a teenager? Do they have any additional disabilities? Where will this Iron be used? At home? or perhaps one for travel? Do we have any limitation of resources? Assumptions- We are talking about a Complete Blind person who cannot see anything at all i.e Zero ability to se"See full answer

    Product Manager
  • TikTok logoAsked at TikTok 
    2 answers

    "Clarifying questions By mutual follows, we mean that both of them follow each other on Tiktok, correct? : Yes We want to know an average number for the same, ie mean and not median or any other value, right? : Yes Shall we consider the global audience or that of a particular country? : Global Can we assume the time setting of this question as of 2025?: yes Here’s how I will tackle this question. > We will first estimate the total number of Tiktok users. Then we will try to"

    Kartikeya N. - "Clarifying questions By mutual follows, we mean that both of them follow each other on Tiktok, correct? : Yes We want to know an average number for the same, ie mean and not median or any other value, right? : Yes Shall we consider the global audience or that of a particular country? : Global Can we assume the time setting of this question as of 2025?: yes Here’s how I will tackle this question. > We will first estimate the total number of Tiktok users. Then we will try to"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Estimation
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    1 answer

    "Assumptions: User type: school children living in the USA. Form factor: mobile app on iOS and Android Problem statement School children all across the country visit museums 2-4 times in a year. The museums have info on the contents and layout but that is static. Key value proposition of product is to guide users through the museum Internal company assessment Let's assume the interview is at Google. Google's mission is to organise the world's information so this problem aligns with"

    Rahul J. - "Assumptions: User type: school children living in the USA. Form factor: mobile app on iOS and Android Problem statement School children all across the country visit museums 2-4 times in a year. The museums have info on the contents and layout but that is static. Key value proposition of product is to guide users through the museum Internal company assessment Let's assume the interview is at Google. Google's mission is to organise the world's information so this problem aligns with"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • "This depends on the following two variables: What's the percentage of people dropping off at each step What's the perceived impact to business and users of the failure of each step. In general, I'd start from the very end, and then go back in the process as it's more important that we satisfy customers who have paid i.e. they should get a booking confirmation vs customers that are entering details and then payment info."

    Rahul J. - "This depends on the following two variables: What's the percentage of people dropping off at each step What's the perceived impact to business and users of the failure of each step. In general, I'd start from the very end, and then go back in the process as it's more important that we satisfy customers who have paid i.e. they should get a booking confirmation vs customers that are entering details and then payment info."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Strategy
  • Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    1 answer

    "Of course! Let me outline a general approach and ask questions along the way to see if any one path makes more sense to follow. On my general approach: I think it's important to start with a strategic goal or purpose the museum is trying to accomplish with this product. That way we have a north star. From there I'll identify a couple user types we could solve for. Once aligned, I can drill down to potential pain points and solutions of different magnitude. How does that agenda sound? For our"

    Irene C. - "Of course! Let me outline a general approach and ask questions along the way to see if any one path makes more sense to follow. On my general approach: I think it's important to start with a strategic goal or purpose the museum is trying to accomplish with this product. That way we have a north star. From there I'll identify a couple user types we could solve for. Once aligned, I can drill down to potential pain points and solutions of different magnitude. How does that agenda sound? For our"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    1 answer

    "Consulted on building a mental healthcare marketplace, performed user research, and competitive analysis. Formulated business strategy shift from D2C to B2B and product roadmap for MVP, onboarded 100K+ users. Shift was based off changing market dynamics."

    Ayush S. - "Consulted on building a mental healthcare marketplace, performed user research, and competitive analysis. Formulated business strategy shift from D2C to B2B and product roadmap for MVP, onboarded 100K+ users. Shift was based off changing market dynamics."See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
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    Product Manager
  • Monday logoAsked at Monday 
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    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • LinkedIn logoAsked at LinkedIn 
    6 answers
    +3

    "Clarifying questions is there a main reason why we want to improve it? For instance: active users declined monetization declined performance issues customer complaints (Based on this clarifying question the following answer could be any to be honest. if the interviewer says that it's an open questions, then I would go to the product design framework) Assumption Based on the impact that we would like to do, 1) I would assume that we are looking to improve the messaging experi"

    Sergio C. - "Clarifying questions is there a main reason why we want to improve it? For instance: active users declined monetization declined performance issues customer complaints (Based on this clarifying question the following answer could be any to be honest. if the interviewer says that it's an open questions, then I would go to the product design framework) Assumption Based on the impact that we would like to do, 1) I would assume that we are looking to improve the messaging experi"See full answer

    Product Manager
  • Stripe logoAsked at Stripe 
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    Product Manager
    Product Design
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