Product Manager Interview Questions

Product V. - "Clarifying Questions What is definition of blind - people who cannot see Is this also inclusive of partially blind - No Does this cater people who are blind naturally or got blind due to some illness or accident - Only natural Why do you want to build it - what is the intended goal Improve the smartphone experience Do we expect the users any kind of phone experience when we talk about this device - Yes, basic phone experience with accessibility features "See full answer

Kartikeya N. - "Clarifying questions We are referring to Facebook here within Meta products, correct?: Yes Can we base the CAC as of 2025?: yes Facebook acquires users through multiple channels, are we focussed on any particular channel? : We are looking at an overall CAC for Facebook What all do we want to include in CAC? Can we limit it to the marketing and advertising costs and leave aside technical, infrastructure or people costs?: yes Here’s how I will calculate this. **Customer acquisition c"See full answer

Kartikeya N. - "Clarifying questions By mutual follows, we mean that both of them follow each other on Tiktok, correct? : Yes We want to know an average number for the same, ie mean and not median or any other value, right? : Yes Shall we consider the global audience or that of a particular country? : Global Can we assume the time setting of this question as of 2025?: yes Here’s how I will tackle this question. > We will first estimate the total number of Tiktok users. Then we will try to"See full answer

Anonymous Flamingo - "As a YouTube PM, there are several factors that I would consider when evaluating the idea of developing a tool for content creators to generate ideas with scripts automatically added. First, I would assess the potential demand for such a tool among YouTube content creators. This would involve researching the needs and challenges of content creators, as well as gathering feedback from content creators on the value and usefulness of the tool. This would help me understand whether there is a strong"See full answer

Kirit K. - "Had to refactor code at recent startup after having it fully deployed and working. This was due to us hitting some performance and UX issues. What I did was refactor the core engine first myself, and then line up a work team to progressively refactor the edges and exception flows that sit around the core. Completed in 4 weeks."See full answer

Rishi P. - "Facebook's mission is to bring people closer. And sports is common language connecting people across the world. The joy of enjoying watching sports is with friends who also support the same team, cheer for them and trade facts about them. The product I would build is a live interactive sports app that a group of friends, though they are apart physically, can join into, chat and share happiness. The interactive sports app will stream live sports and allow users to create a community or group"See full answer

Sharad K. - "If I had a fitness product that saw a significant drop-off in users after 3 months, I would focus on several key strategies to improve user retention: 1. Optimize the Onboarding Experience Ensure that new users are guided through a simple, intuitive onboarding flow that helps them quickly experience the core value of the product. Provide personalized recommendations based on their goals and fitness levels. Celebrate milestones and encourage users to make their first few visits. 2."See full answer

Jessie Y. - "Instagram Reels: Instagram's answer to TikTok, Reels allows users to create and share short-form videos within the Instagram app. It leverages Instagram's existing user base and social features. YouTube Shorts: YouTube introduced Shorts as a feature within its platform to enable users to create short, catchy videos. It capitalizes on YouTube's extensive content creator community and viewer base. Snapchat Spotlight: Snapchat's Spotlight feature highlights short-form videos in"See full answer

Vihari K. - "Clarify Questions • Target Audience: Are we focusing on existing TikTok users, new users, or both? • Scope of Search Features: Are we looking at in-app search, search engine optimization (SEO), or both? • Geographical Focus: Are there specific regions we are targeting for user acquisition? Goal Our primary goal is to increase user adoption and market share by making it easier for users to discover and engage with TikTok Shop through optimized search features. User Segments Current TikTo"See full answer

Rahul J. - "Skype is a communication and collaboration tool used by individuals and businesses. Users can send messages, do audio and video calls, share screen etc. There are two parts to the business model: Individual user - to - individual user: users can make audio and video calls at no fee Enterprises: Organisations need to purchase the subscription for internal usage. Revenue depends on \# of paying enterprises, length of subscription, price per month/year Product objective: increase rev"See full answer

Aekagra S. - "I'll approach this by asking questions and creating scenarios based on answers. If the answer to any questions points to a specific issue, I'll double down on that to understand the issue. This is more of a RCA question. First I'll quickly check Were there any recent updates released before we observed the drops? Assuming Yes, I'll check the updates released and check the test cases and testing results If the issue is identified, I will engage with the product leadership, update them and conne"See full answer

Amparo L. - "The reason I want to work at Doordash is because I’m a really hard worker, I never give up and I’m good at delivering stuff to my teachers at school whenever they have something to drop off to them, I look at the paper and then I read the directions given to me on the ipad to drop it off."See full answer

Josephine F. - "How do you ensure that your process maps accurately reflect current workflows in a university?"See full answer

Rohan S. - "Honestly, I would’ve loved something like this when I was younger. I couldn’t wait till the day I was 18 so I could start investing and would read personal finance books on random topics. Clarification Questions Kids is a very broad term, is there a specific age range you had in mind or would you want me to determine that myself? > I will assume that this will start off as an application, and then later can be integrated on a"See full answer

Kanishkan V. - "I responded with a project that I was a part of during my capstone class. I described how I used HTML, Python, and PostGRESQL in conjunction to create a functioning website using SCRUM."See full answer

Namrata L. - "NPS is the Net Promoter Score. It basically measures if the users will promote or recommend our product or not. Do we have any timelines for this? Also Amazon as in the Amazon MarketPlace right? So to improve NPS, we need to improve the customer experience and keep them more engaged. So lets focus on improving engagement. Mission of Amazon - Help users get any and everything by just clicking some buttons at their doorstep. Users Demographics - Teenagers, Young Adults, Adults, Oldies Pro"See full answer