Product Design Interview Questions

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

M N. - "Clarifications: What type of food? Let's assume cloud kitchens for this exercise. Lyft's mission: Improve people's lives with the worlds's best transportation. Lyft aims to achieve this in 3 ways: Socially, economically and environmentally. We can see Lyft playing a part in the cloud kitchen ecosystem and create economic mobility. Chef, Food consumer . Lyft is connecting these two users. Usecases: 1) Individual chefs who might be resource-constrained. Eg: Refugees who are skilled but don'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

Inraathp R. - "Clarify : "Movie watching” can happen in a Theatre On a cable TV via an OTT app, A dedicated home-theatre set-up. I will focus on OTT streaming on a Smart-TV because: It is the fastest-growing surface (70 % of long-form streaming minutes). Geography: USA Platform : Any (Android TV, Tizen etc) OTT: Netflix What are we trying to improve ? Basic Journey -->Switch on TV->Navigate to OTT->Find Movie->Play Movie->Consume Audio and Video Setup Journey -> Create account -> Setu"See full answer

Helen - "Clarify What type of company are we? [We are a new company that is launching a smart closet] Any constraints? [No constraints; you have infinite resources] What’s the goal? [Enter the market/acquire users] Closet for clothing only or for some commercial use? [Clothing only in homes] How are we defining a 'smart' closet? Assuming we are incorporating technology? [Yes] Which market? [You decide] --> Let's go with US market to start Business Objective/Market Context For the purpose of thi"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Favorite Product question with a slight twist. We have a constraint: picking a marketplace. Let's go over the Favorite Product formula before we begin: 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 Let's start! Choose a"See full answer

Preethi B. - "How would you improve LinkedIn's homepage? Firstly I would like to think about: 1) Goals and Constraints 2) User and the user personas 3) Prioritize the Use cases / Painpoints 4) Brainstorm on possible solutions for the chosen use case If that's fine by you! In terms of Goal: 1) Revenue 2) Active Users/Engagement - MAU These are three goals I can think of for improving the LinkedIn homepage. We are looking to generate more revenue, increase the number of monthly active users. I would"See full answer

Product V. - "Clarifying QQ What do you mean by Smart - Lets say it means its connected Am I the google PM - yes Will we own the hardware part or this will be developed by any vendor/partner - Say vendor on requirements from google Any specific market - USA What is the overall goal - Enter the new market with driving better adoption and enhanced experience through the users Any specific piece of furniture - No you are free to assume Thanks for all the clarifying QQ Lets say for this exa"See full answer

Praveen V. - "to clarify, there is nothing specific about FB email. you expect all functionalities of typical email program like msft/google etc assume there are no restrictions. i.e. not restricted to use within FB only As always, fb has great suite of tools to bring people together and build community. its only natural that if i have fb account why not i have FB email address.... assume its a new product, they we need to acquire and engage users and then think about retention this case..... for any produ"See full answer

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

Roopesh N. - "Goal: What product would I build next Who am I? I am Disney's head of technology Focus: Theme parks Geolocation: Pilot in the US and then roll out across the globe Eco-system>>>User>>>Pain points are>>>Solution>>>MVP>>>Launch metrics> Guardrails Eco System Customers Direct Suppliers, vendors to DIS In-Direct suppliers (Hotels, restaurants, etc.) DIS- Service User ( TAM, underserved, Frequency) Customers Families, including Children ( L, L, L) Couples(S,L, M) Si"See full answer

Brody C. - "Honestly, I was a bit all over the place with this one. My structure was: Meta Mission Audiences Thinking about journeys and pain points (TAM + Unmet Needs) Brainstorm solutions Prioritize solutions MVP - Measure of success Risks and tradeoffs The interviewer kept trying to derail the conversation. I chose Group Volunteers (a group of people who want to volunteer together) as the audience, and in hindsight it was a poor choice. Because I chose that over individuals, I couldn't narrow down"See full answer

Emily T. - "Solution picked: a half software half hardware remote control"See full answer