Product Design Interview Questions

Wang L. - "Tagging system - tagging the resources, like tickets, tasks, pages. Support to query based on tags."See full answer

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Aiden L. - "clarification define a handyman: someone who's paid to do minor renovations or domestic repairs. define the app: standalone or within facebook or meta's app family? why are we designing this? should I come up with a goal (engagement, monetization)? constraints (financials/timeline)? goal: adoption. since it's a new app, i want ppl to adopt first and then monetize the users. I'd define a handyman as someone who's paid by app users to do minor fixes, such as unc"See full answer

Rahul J. - "Clarifying questions Target geography: USA, all urban areas Form factor: Mobile app, supported on iOS and Android Items to be borrowed: simple appliances like toaster, FMCG products, etc. Target market USA has a population of millions of people People generally need to frequently borrow household items from neighbours in case of emergency (or even otherwise) Internal company assessment Meta's mission is to create communities that help each other. This problem ties in well with t"See full answer

Brandon C. - "We can start by considering the key components: waiters, tables and customers. We'll need a database to store information about waiters, tables and customers, each waiter can have a unique ID and we can track the. number of tables they are servicng. Tables can have attributes like table number, capacity, and current status. Customers can be tracked by their arrival time and party size. we can calculat ethe expected waiting time bu considering the average time a table is occupied and the number o"See full answer

Alessandra L. - "My answer followed the framework: Users -> Goals -> Main Tasks -> Requirements -> Design -> Implementation -> Launch"See full answer

Alice Z. - "[I'm working on answering questions more concisely, so to practice, I will type this answer in paragraph form] To clarify the question, I understand there are at least two entry points for Stories - one within Facebook (website, app) and one within Instagram. Would you like for me to focus on the Instagram experience of Instagram Stories? Would you like for me to focus on existing markets or emerging markets, or I could decide based off where I see the greatest opportunity? (Interviewer: focus"See full answer

Ananya M. - "goal : user experience CUJ for cinema : Part A : deciding to watch a movie read reviews for movies that have released check nearby cinemas that are showing that movie check with friends/family who want to go with you find tickets online at a nearby cinema (if its a hit movie, you better hurry) buy tickets online split price on an app like split wise Part B : physically arriving at the theatre arrive at cinema hall find parking show e-ticket to enter stand i"See full answer

Aishwarya R. - "Need for this feature : A user who has to reach somewhere on time - probably someone commuting to the airport would use this feature. I would pilot this feature in a city where there is a high volume of users using uber to commute to the airport, as well as a high volume of drivers, so that we deliver on what we promise. There are 2 side to this - the end user side, and the driver side. To measure the success of this application, primarily, I would track the number of users who are booking sched"See full answer

Abhijit B. - "Clarifying question- What exactly is this product expected to do ? - are we trying to build a community around people passionate about gardening ? or are we trying to give them better tool and seeds or something else ? Do we have any time or cost constraints ? or any specific business goal we are trying to achieve ? Is this a non profit or a for profit venture ? 2) Users: Which users segment are we trying to go after and what are the pain points ? Is it millennials and gen z or someone in Boom"See full answer

A M. - "For the purpose of this exercise , I will treat the question as improving the vacation experience Starting with some clarifying questions Is this product a part of Facebook or a different standalone app? Part of FB There are several aspects of the travel experience like booking , planning , packing, the actual travel, post-travel. Any specific aspect I should consider ? Interviewer says I'm free to pick one or more What is the intent of the product? User impact , acquiring new"See full answer