Product Design Interview Questions

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Asked at LinkedIn • 5 years ago
Design a furniture product for Airbnb.
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"Assumption: This will be part of the existing Airbnb application. Airbnb Mission: Belong anywhere. Stakeholders using AirBnB: Travellers:Non-locals travelling to a diff place for short duration to visit a new place Hosts: offering their place for stay to traveller User segmentation: Travel Nomads(Solo)- staying for a long time and working during visit Families coming to stay for vacation (choosing this user group as they would need additional furnitures the most) Group Travelers - ex"
Apeksha J. - "Assumption: This will be part of the existing Airbnb application. Airbnb Mission: Belong anywhere. Stakeholders using AirBnB: Travellers:Non-locals travelling to a diff place for short duration to visit a new place Hosts: offering their place for stay to traveller User segmentation: Travel Nomads(Solo)- staying for a long time and working during visit Families coming to stay for vacation (choosing this user group as they would need additional furnitures the most) Group Travelers - ex"See full answer
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Asked at Meta • 4 years ago
You're a PM for Facebook Group Travel on mobile. What would you build?
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Asked at Pinterest • 4 years ago
As a PM at Slack, how would you redesign the product to enter the education sector?
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"Clarifying Slack is a mature product in markets with millions of users B2B platform Expand customer base to school boards SWOT Technology is mature and well reputed Good privacy practices Threats Google school Microsoft learning education Zoom Journeys User Users for slack - for - school School boards 12 school boards Primary Secondary High Universities - Remote learning / Distant educations - Incumbents MooCs - Existing platform End Users: Students Teachers Administrators Ed"
Hl M. - "Clarifying Slack is a mature product in markets with millions of users B2B platform Expand customer base to school boards SWOT Technology is mature and well reputed Good privacy practices Threats Google school Microsoft learning education Zoom Journeys User Users for slack - for - school School boards 12 school boards Primary Secondary High Universities - Remote learning / Distant educations - Incumbents MooCs - Existing platform End Users: Students Teachers Administrators Ed"See full answer
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Asked at Google • 5 years ago
Design a car for seniors.
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"I am assuming goal is to improve driving experience for seniors and not solve for transportation between point A to B. A in ananya loves road trips and long drives but when ananya is old and grey she misses going on long drives and road trips . goal : user experience user : physical disability hinders them from getting in and out of car seniors have joint and back pains, they can sit at the same position for longer time eye sight is weak for driving low energy to walk to parking and"
Ananya M. - "I am assuming goal is to improve driving experience for seniors and not solve for transportation between point A to B. A in ananya loves road trips and long drives but when ananya is old and grey she misses going on long drives and road trips . goal : user experience user : physical disability hinders them from getting in and out of car seniors have joint and back pains, they can sit at the same position for longer time eye sight is weak for driving low energy to walk to parking and"See full answer
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You are a PM for a grocery delivery app and need to launch the first version of the app in 3 months. How would you approach this go-to-market strategy?
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"I will sit with the client to understand the requirement and priority. On the basis of the priority I will make a sprint plan with team where I will focus on the high priority items first. once sprint plan is done I will distribute roles and responsibility. In daily stand ups I will make sure about ant obstacle team is facing. Regularly check the backlog. I will check the project health daily using JIRA. If everything is going as planned I will release the first increment in"
Priyanka A. - "I will sit with the client to understand the requirement and priority. On the basis of the priority I will make a sprint plan with team where I will focus on the high priority items first. once sprint plan is done I will distribute roles and responsibility. In daily stand ups I will make sure about ant obstacle team is facing. Regularly check the backlog. I will check the project health daily using JIRA. If everything is going as planned I will release the first increment in"See full answer
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Asked at Google • 4 years ago
Improve Google Maps for group travel.
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"Tagging system - tagging the resources, like tickets, tasks, pages. Support to query based on tags."
Wang L. - "Tagging system - tagging the resources, like tickets, tasks, pages. Support to query based on tags."See full answer
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Asked at Asana • 7 months ago
Design a video streaming product for senior citizens.
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Asked at Meta • 4 years ago
Design a solution for borrowing and lending goods among neighbors on Facebook.
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"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"
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
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Asked at Microsoft • a year ago
Design an app to read books online.
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Asked at Meta, Pinterest • 4 years ago
Design a Facebook app to connect users with handymen.
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"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"
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
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Asked at Anthropic, Remitly • 7 months ago
How would you launch a new product to our existing user base?
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Asked at Meta • 5 years ago
Facebook wants to enter the food sector. What would you build?
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Asked at Meta • 5 years ago
How would you increase engagement on Instagram?
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"[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"
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
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Asked at Bolt, Google • 3 years ago
How would you launch a scheduled rides feature for Uber or Lyft?
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"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"
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
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Asked at Intuit • 5 years ago
Design a restaurant reservation product for Yelp.
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Asked at Google • 5 years ago
Design an app for cinema.
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"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"
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
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Asked at Amazon • 5 years ago
Develop an email service for checkout experience that confirms orders.
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Asked at Amazon • 5 years ago
How would you improve Amazon Alexa?
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Asked at IBM • 3 years ago
Design a grocery list app.
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"My answer followed the framework: Users -> Goals -> Main Tasks -> Requirements -> Design -> Implementation -> Launch"
Alessandra L. - "My answer followed the framework: Users -> Goals -> Main Tasks -> Requirements -> Design -> Implementation -> Launch"See full answer
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Asked at TikTok • 2 years ago
Describe your preferred e-commerce platform and walk me through the user journey.
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