Product Manager Interview Questions

Kunal M. - "I would apply the CIRCLES framework to this problem. Context: The mortgage industry is based on front to broken back-office operational processes, fragmented data, rates war, non-clarity on appraisal. The coming age of digital savvy Millenials who wants a one-stop shop for all their banking needs in a techno-savy way will pave the way for mortgage disruption. Goal: Metrics to optimize - increase market share in Loan origination, increase revue and increase customer stickiness on the plat"See full answer

Alemayehu m G. - "I would try to understand their perspective, focus on the issue, find common ground, brainstorm solutions, and agree on a course of action."See full answer

Googlepm 1. - "Getting things done. Since the job is all about leading without authority, it is important to always have the north star in mind. When all in the team do not agree or see a potential solution: Data based evidence : Provide testing results/ Analysis results/ PoC on showing why a potential solution might be better than others, Bring in a trusted stakeholder : Have a conversation with the trusted stakeholder who first believes in the solution, then vouches for the solution to the team "See full answer

Ammro H. - "Clarifying questions: What do we mean by a video conferencing app? Zoom or Messenger? A: More like Zoom Is the app for B2B users or C2C users? A: Dealer's choice What stage is this app at? Early-stage or has been in the market for a while? A: Current Player This question will help decide if you will focus on Adoption or Engagement and retention... Is there a specific market or user group we need to focus on? A: Dealer's choice Is it a paid or free service? A: Both The structure"See full answer

Deric C. - "Clarification/Problem What is the timeline that we're working with? (You Choose) What is the criteria for how you'd define an improvement or success? (You Choose) Is there a specific area of the DMV experience that you want me to improve? (No) Are we thinking about this from the perspective of the DMV? (Yes) What is the market that we should be thinking about or focusing on? (US) Business Objective The DMV has a couple of key goals: To help uniquely identify which vehi"See full answer

Shreejal L. - "Clarifying questions: Should I include the tail of the helicopter when computing the area for this question? Can I assume that the average ping pong ball has a radius of around 1 inch? Assumption: Assume that the helicopter is more circular than a rectangle. Hence use the formula of a circle in computing the area. Assume that the helicopter's radius is 5 feet a 6 feet person can't stand on the helicopter because they're tall for it hence rounding down. Assume that th"See full answer

Kiran R. - "Automated Reimbursement System 1. Clarifying Questions Scope: Will the system be applicable to all employees or only specific grades/levels? Ownership: Are we building this product internally for our own use, or is it intended for external/outsourced usage? MVP Requirements: Besides automation, what additional features or problem statements should the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) address? 2. User Segmentation Commute Expenses: e.g., m"See full answer

Anonymous Hummingbird - "I responded how capital one wants to help everyone have access to banking and change banking for the better for all. (Tying it to their mission statement) Leaned into this saying how I personally want to use my use my skills to help increase awareness to financial health for the community and serve the community that im a part of."See full answer

onering2ruleall - "My leadership style is flexible and adaptive, it varies depending on the team members and the needs of the company. My leadership goal is to empower the team and inspire and grow leaders. In order to achieve that, I combine transformational, democratic and coaching leadership styles. Usually when we are facing a new type of challenge, or at the early stage of a project, I like to adapt the transformational leadership which allows me to listen to all the suggestions from the team members and sta"See full answer

Megha V. - "Assumptions, company, industry, external, customers, problems, solutions, metrics Company is microsoft, its vision is to help people and organization to achieve their full potential by increasing productivity . Task management - there are many products like notes, google task etc which exist but no one is market leader. A user had a list of tasks which she wants to complete by Y deadline and their is prirotization among these and could be categorized Task - start day, end day, estimated time to"See full answer

Jack F. - "The project manager must take care of the risks associated with the particular project. Scrum Master is a team facilitator and serves as a servant leader. The product manager serves as a team leader and is responsible for project performance and ensuring that everything goes according to plan."See full answer

Anonymous Porcupine - "Scope Clarification with Interviewer: Is it a standard civil 4-seater helicopter or a Military cargo carrier? Do we wish to calculate the balls in the passenger compartment only or do I consider the gas tank and other spaces in a helicopter? 3.Is the helicopter loaded with seats and passengers or do I assume that there are no seats and passengers/ pilot? Assumptions: The interviewer asked me to make assumptions. Its a standard 4-seater helicopter It is empty but has the standard seat"See full answer

Pree M. - "Let's split the experience in four parts: Time between order is placed and order is waiting to be prepped by the shopper. Time between order is prepped by the shopper and ready to be picked by the driver. Time when it's out for delivery. Post delivery experience. Now lets think through what can do wrong? How do we define wrong? A wrong would be anything where a customer has a negative experience. Let's dive into the when things could potentially go wrong. **order is placed and"See full answer

Mahesh G. - "I assume I'm a Product Manager at Uber Eats and I believe we are talking about a food delivery and grocery delivery application that's part of the Uber ecosystem. Yes Before I start looking into the problem statement, I want to ask a few clarifying questions if it's fine with you. Yes Is there any specific reason that I should know why Uber Eats could look into improving the product may be reasons such as an increase in customer queries, any competitive initiatives, etc.? Nothing in spec"See full answer

Smriti G. - "Product -> Self service Portal North Star Metric-> No. of proposal downloaded Problem-> 15% Decrease in Proposal downloads RCA-> System Health check-> Bugs, errors in pages during session, site crashed, server inavailability, new feature was introduced which made it difficult for user to navigate. If there was problem of server in-availability, is load balancer working fine/server is not available? If problem was with feature-> What feature was introduced? do an A/B test with older feature Fu"See full answer