Recent Product Manager Interview Questions

Tony A. - "Get alignment with interviewer on how Gen AI works, then talk about the automotive space with value chain analysis on high level: 1. Design the automobile 2. Source components 3 assemble 4. Market 5. sell to customer 6 vehicle operation and maintenance. Competition: Hyper competitive industry with ~10 big manufacturers in the world. Trends: EV, Self-driving Potential Goals for the Automotive company Gen AI use case: Gain market share by offering Gen AI driven value to its customers Bi"See full answer

Krishnan S. - "I would start with few clarifying questions for the investigation and diagnosis of the problem. Timing and volume: For how long is the peak surge being noticed? Past few days / weeks / months? Clarify about 'certain times'. Is it weekday Morning (Peak), Morning (off peak), Afternoon, Afternoon (peak), Evening (peak), Evening (off peak) or weekend? Do we info on vehicle type that have the most volume? Cars, trucks, commercial vehicles, etc., Location and convenience of the gas st"See full answer

Maria T. - "Clarifying questions: Will it be a separate app of Google maps or integrated into an existing one? Let's say it will be integrated into an existing app. Which disabilities users have? Any of your choice. For which audience are we building this product? Any exact geo, age, gender? Any of your choice. How many resources we have? Any timeline for the product to be launched? Need to launch a product in a year and any resources required. Google's mission is to organize the world's"See full answer

Brajendra S. - "Clarifying Questions and Assumption: It is a Online store or a offline store ? Assuming it is an online store There would be multiple processes, for which process the CSAT score needs to be increased ? Assuming the CSAT score needs to be increased for product search & checkout process. Does this required for Mobile App or Website ? assuming mobile app Mission & goal: CSAT score of online search process for Costco needs to be increased. User personas: Working profession"See full answer

Avi G. - "Clarifying Questions: Will this feature be rolled out to the Facebook App or will it be a stand-alone app like Messenger? -- Assume it will be another feature like Marketplace embedded in the Facebook App What is the goal of this feature? How will it be used? Similar to Marketplace where you might see job listings and employer's company pages linked for reviews Will this be rolled out to a specific geographic region or a specific industry? - Lets assume all industries in US **Assump"See full answer

Siddhant S. - "We'll consider cost-effectiveness, environmental impact, convenience, and scalability. Here are key metrics and trade-offs to consider: Cost Metrics Operational Costs: Compare the direct costs associated with operating each mode of transit, including vehicle maintenance, fuel or energy, and driver salaries. Subsidization Level: Assess how much subsidy each option requires per ride or per passenger to remain free or low-cost to employees. Cost Efficiency: Analyze the cost p"See full answer

realkimchi - "Define: What is the Verified Badge Product? The Meta verified badge is a product displayed alongside a verified user’s profile across all Meta platforms. Mission: Why Build the Verified Badge Product? Trust and Authenticity: Meta's primary reason for introducing a Verified Badge is to enhance trust and authenticity across the platform. By confirming the identities of key figures and influencers, Meta can assure users that their interactions are with genuine profiles, no"See full answer

Aeshvarya J. - "Food delivery apps : Food delivery apps are clear example of demand and supply functions, Both end need to monitored closely. Ecosystem : Order placer, Restaurant and Food delivery Platform Value : Order placer find value when they can order food at home from their fav restaurants. Restaurant find value when they make sell via order coming in and probably good reviews which marks future growth. Food delivery platform when orders are being placed. North star metrics : # of order delivered Bre"See full answer

Prabhav G. - "Assumptions and Clarifications! 1 . What is the aim? increase monetization or to just provide easy accessible food for customers 2.What are the supposed items to be available in the vending machines? 3.How many Vending Machines per hotel if more than 1 Can we add different items in the machines or are they supposed to be similar? 4.Which company is looking to Design this machine?Is it google? Or some other company? 5.These machines should they be available to paying guests or visitors or bot"See full answer

Ashutosh K. - "Imagine you're a PM for Mastercard. Design a product for restaurants to help them transition to a purchase order (PO) system that reduces their labor costs Mission & Vision : Mastercard is a payment processing fintech company, it has different payment service & products ex credit/debit cards etc. Mastercard vision and mission to to connect the world financially making payment process seamless across different industries. Clarifying questions : What type of restaurants on basis of revenue we"See full answer

Justin G. - "Observation This is an interesting question. The solution has two heads, meaning that the user must feel less guilty AND the solution must also increase revenue towards the platform. Structure The way I would approach this involves splitting the question into sequential steps. Why are users feeling guilty about using Instagram? What are some ways to make them feel less guilty? How can we monetize this? Clarification How do we define guilt? Is there a relevant subsector of"See full answer

Karthik M. - "What metrics do you use to measure the success of a product? Clarifications & Assumptions What type of a Product is it? Is it an App? Assume it is an App. Are you launching the App now or is it an App that has already been in production for a while? Assume you are launching the App now. It is for a consumer (D2C or a B2B / Enterprise)? Assume it is for consumers / individual users to start with, and eventually will be adopted by Enterprises. Assume that your current target custo"See full answer

Saurabh G. - "Picked Turo, prioritized customer (renter) persona, listed a few paint points across three pillars - Tool, Car Owner, Car Worst Case scenarios Order did not go through, no order confirmation received Notification issue with tool Owner not replying Owner did not deliver car as expected - delayed or no show 5 Issues with car - not clean, not as promised, dirty, engine isssues Car breakdown after pickup Payment issues Fraud I picked up no show as an issue which could b"See full answer

Amparo L. - "I would improve the Walmart search function by being more specific on what I’m searching like for example if I’m searching for potato chips I would just type Lays Potato Chips and then click the search button and It will appear a lot of options instead of all other brands."See full answer

Sergio C. - "There are many places where you can gather feedback. We can divide the feedback from external and internal sources External sources: facebook twitter reddit G2. Internal sources: on-app surveys or chats support Support engineers Sellers Recordings or notes from other PMs However, you always have to talk with the customers so customer interviews are very important. "See full answer

Sandhya P. - "What is Meta Quest, Horizon world VR game? Horizons worlds is a platform that lets creators build worlds where real people can come and interact. This could be a gaming world, a socializing world, a marketplace, immersive experience, etc. Why would people want to use Horizon worlds: Because it isn’t possible to always visit all places in person I know that Meta has been encouraging creators at this time because the Horizon’s worlds needs a lot of worlds for it to be interesting for customers Cus"See full answer

Karthik T. - "Our application has millions of users and significant load on file upload feature. Situation : In our legacy application we had a particular page which was accepting file uploads and it had the legacy way of selecting file uploads and page would redirect you to the next page or show an error message on failure. Task : I had regular calls with the customer who had reported issue multiple times on this application area. In my calls my I also understood that client was expecting some inno"See full answer

Rasheek N. - "Clarify: I have some clarifying questions I would like to get answered Is this a podcast app that uses Netflix actors/actresses/producers/etc? Is this available to everyone or just Netflix subscribers? How is this product presented? Is it apart of the Netflix app or its own separate app? Goals: First thing first is to understand Netflix. Netflix is a streaming platform that differentiates itself by being the first platform that creates its own original content. It is facing massi"See full answer

Jagriti C. - "Clarifying questions: Will this be within the facebook blue app or will this interface/app sit separately? Volunteering can be of a few types- say for social causes or volunteering in college fest/ music fest etc. Is there a specific type of volunteering we need to consider? Let's start by revisiting company's mission statement and see if this gels with the mission- Meta's mission- To give power to build community and bring the world closer together. Volunteering is basically a way for hu"See full answer